This week's broadcast features five of the orchestra’s principle players as concerto soloists, including Anthony McGill in Copland's Concerto for Clarinet and Frank Huang in Barber's Concerto for Violin and Orchestra.
Tugan Sokhiev leads L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande in Lili Boulanger’s D’un Matin de Printemps, Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5, and Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto with violinist Sergey Khachatryan.
Esa-Pekka Salonen leads the LA Phil in Debussy's Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun and Bryce Dessner's Violin Concerto, featuring soloist Pekka Kuusisto. We'll also hear Beethoven's third symphony, "Eroica". (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: "Mozart at his Zenith."
The Piano Matters - Wednesdays at 3 PM and Sundays at noon (And catch up with past webcasts anytime)
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Music by Brahms, Debussy, Mozart and more.
Between the Keys - Fridays at 3 PM and Saturdays at 6 PM (and catch up on past webcasts anytime)
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A tribute to the late Gary Graffman this Friday (1/9, rebroadcast Saturday 1/10)
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: Pianist Marc-André Hamelin.
Hear an encore of this month's Bach at Noon from the Bach Choir of Bethlehem, this Friday at 6 pm.
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.
Catch up on The Classical Network's exclusive specialty programs at any time on our Webcasts page.
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