A presentation of NPR Music and member station WNYC. A piece of spiritual music, written in part right after the passing of his wife Linda, Ecce Cor Meum is the first piece of choral music McCartney ...

Sir Paul McCartney discusses his new choral piece, Ecce Cor Meum, or Behold My Heart. It was first performed in London earlier this month, and had its American premiere at Carnegie Hall earlier this ...

Most of the choir and orchestra sit tomb-silent, as a single oboe’s lament rises over the welling strings, soft as a mourner’s sigh. It is for Linda, written by Paul, and everyone in the room knows it ...

Paul McCartney says he's "doing fine," despite the turmoil surrounding the breakup of his marriage. McCartney, who appeared Monday at a news conference to launch his new classical album, "Ecce Cor ...

How dare rock stars go classical? What is Sting doing, taking up a 16th-century gloombag named John Dowland? Why is Paul McCartney trying to write another oratorio? But Sting’s Songs from the ...