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Well-known as a movie-making wunderkind, Charlie Chaplin was also known to dabble in the musical arts.

Wednesday's early-morning sky featured a stunning celestial display as a lunar eclipse coincided with a supermoon and a blue moon. If that doesn't make you want to break out in song, at least you can cue up some classical music that also features the moon in a starring role. Here's your must-hear lunar soundtrack.

Besides the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra's win for best chamber/small ensemble performance, here are the other 2018 Grammy winners for classical-related recordings, as presented Sunday by the Recording Academy.

You might think you know everything by multi-Oscar-nominated film composer John Williams, but there's a lot of his work that has flown under the radar. On this week's Flicks in Five and Saturday Cinema, Lynne Warfel surveys Williams' less-familiar music.

This year's Oscar nominees for best score include some familiar names, such as the omnipresent John Williams and Hans Zimmer, along with two fresher names in the category, Carter Burwell and Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood.

On this week's Flicks in Five, Lynne Warfel looks at the work of Michael Giacchino. She will share some of his score to 2009's 'Star Trek,' which cleverly interweaves elements of Alexander Courage's melodies from the original TV series' score from the 1960s.

One of the great composers of Hollywood's Golden Age is Hungarian-born Miklos Rozsa. On this week's Flicks in Five, we'll hear the 'Love Theme' from Rosza's score for 'The Lost Weekend'.

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He considered film music to be 'operas without words' and his movie scores earned three Oscar nominations -- including one win for best original score. This week on Flicks in Five, Lynne Warfel discusses Erich Wolfgang Korngold and shares music from his soundtrack to 'The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex.'

Watch composer Ramin Djawadi bring his incredible music from "Game of Thrones" to life in the studio. He called the session "Game Of Thrones: Unplugged," as he usually performs this score with a full orchestra.

Crazy for "The Crown"? Netflix's original series about Queen Elizabeth II's reign is all the rage -- and in no small part because of its music. Here's a selection of 10 classical works that brightened its first two seasons.

From 'Dunkirk' to 'The Shape of Water,' 'Flicks in Five' and 'Saturday Cinema' host Lynne Warfel ranks her favorite film scores of 2017. Check out her top picks and let us know: What was your favorite movie music this year?

Join Lynne Warfel for an hour of holiday movie music that ranges from the sentimental to the completely cranky. And don't forget our holiday-themed Flicks in Five episodes, as Lynne surveys "White Christmas," "Scrooge," "Polar Express" and "It's a Wonderful Life."

It's all aboard on "The Polar Express" for this week's Flicks in Five, hosted by Lynne Warfel.

In 1946, the year America was recovering from the ravages of World War II, a couple of war veterans, Jimmy Stewart and Frank Capra, joined forces with composer Dimitri Tiomkin to make "It's a Wonderful Life."

Romanian soprano Angela Gheorghiu was born to sing opera. It's been six years since Angela's last studio recording, but now she's back with a new release, "Eternamente."

The first movie to be shot on location at the Macy's Day Parade in New York City, 'Miracle on 34th Street' was also the first major vehicle for then-child star Natalie Wood.

As you gather with friends and family to give thanks this holiday weekend, we want you to have one less thing to worry about. So we've put together the perfect playlist of classical music for your Thanksgiving get-together.

Whenever there's a listener request show on Saturday Cinema or Flicks in Five, 1989's "When Harry Met Sally invariably comes up.

Saturday, Nov. 11, is Veterans Day, when we thank our military veterans for their service and pay tribute to the sacrifices they've made for our country. Classical MPR is offering a musical salute for the occasion.