Episode 31: 15031 Whispers of Heavenly Death
Contemporary song cycles generally lead a marginal existence in the shadow of Schubert's perennial, towering example. Connecticut-native composer Scott Perkins nevertheless audaciously marches to the ...
30 Nov 20201h 31min
Episode 30: 15030 Butterfly Effects
Elizabeth Vercoe’s newest album BUTTERFLY EFFECTS AND OTHER WORKS begins with a quotation. The Chinese philosopher Zhuangzi asked, "Am I a human who dreamt of being a butterfly, or am I now a butterfl...
30 Nov 20201h 16min
Episode 29: 15029 Boundless
Choi has been a champion of contemporary composers throughout her career, and her debut album demonstrates this championship while also celebrating the many cultures and customs that make up American ...
30 Nov 20201h 13min
Episode 28: 15028 Classical Christmas
100 of our most requested pieces to broadcast. All works were request by our Happy Listeners over our past 14 years. Purchase the music (without talk) for only $2.99 at: http://www.classicalsavings....
30 Nov 20206h 12min
Episode 27: 15027 When You Are Reminded by the Instruments
Pan-Fare, the album's starting point, is a rare modern classical piece for steel pan and a motley, jazz-inflected ensemble. Fun, energetic, and brimming with rhythmic imagination, it is set against an...
30 Nov 20201h 13min
Episode 26: 15026 Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D minor - Te Deum in C Major
Anton Bruckner's final symphony with "Te Deum", Bruckner's proposed 4th movement to the symphony. Kathryn Cavanaugh conducts the CMD Grand Opera Company of Venice Orchestra for movements 1, 2 and 3 ...
29 Nov 20201h 30min
Episode 25: 15025 Prokofiev 2 and Shostakovich 6
Sergei Prokofiev wrote his Symphony No. 2 in D minor (Op. 40) in Paris in 1924-5, during what he called "nine months of frenzied toil". He characterized this symphony as a work of "iron and steel". T...
29 Nov 20201h 16min
Episode 23: 15023 In Your Head
Acclaimed piano four-hand duo Dana Muller and Gary Steigerwalt come together once more for IN YOUR HEAD, a collection featuring the work of six composers that highlights both fresh compositional talen...
29 Nov 20201h 20min
