This week's broadcast features a Strauss double bill - Don Quixote with violist Cynthia Phelps and cellist Carter Brey, conducted by Bernard Haitink, and Ein Heldenleben, with violinist Frank Huang and conductor Alan Gilbert.
Vikingur Ólafsson joins Philharmonia Orchestra in John Adams' Piano Concerto 'After the Fall' under the baton of Esa-Pekka Salonen. The broadcast also includes Ravel's Daphnis and Chloé, with the Philharmonia Chorus.
Kazuki Yamada leads the SF Symphony and Chorus in Fauré’s tenderly radiant and humane Requiem, and Ravel’s sprightly Piano Concerto in G major with soloist Hélène Grimaud. (Part of the WFMT Orchestra Series)
Each week Bill explores a different theme in classical music with illuminating commentary and musical examples, over the course of time sampling from all genres and eras of classical music. This week: "Get the Picture" - Works inspired by well-known paintings and poems, including Goyescas, by Enrique Granados, a musical impression of Francisco Goya’s paintings, Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, Hindemith’s Matthias der Maler, and Rachmaninoff’s Isle of the Dead.
The Piano Matters - Wednesdays at 3 PM and Sundays at noon.
Between the Keys - Fridays at 3 PM and Saturdays at 6 PM.
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A tribute to poet, visual artist and educator Bette Distler (1935-1986), this Friday (7/17, rebroadcast Saturday 7/18)
Enjoy conversations with and performances by classical musicians of local, national and international fame Thursdays at 3 pm and Saturdays at 4 pm on Cadenza - winner of the 2014 ASCAP Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Awards. This week: Composer Dave Soldier.
Join George Marriner Maull, Artistic Director of The Discovery Orchestra, for a delightful exploration into the musical details of a new selection on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of every month at 7:30 pm. This week: Juba Dance - The Music of Florence Price.
Robert Aubry Davis explores the sources and mainstreams of European music for the thousand years before the birth of Bach. Tune in Fridays at 10 pm and Mondays at noon.
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