This week concludes our celebration of the Leonard Bernstein centenary with part two of Lenny's Playlist, including his Symphonic Dances from West Side Story and works by Mozart, Copland, Mahler and Beethoven.
Stanislav Kochanovsky leads the NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra in a thoroughly Russian program, featuring Leonidas Kavakos and the Violin Concerto No. 2 by Shostakovich, as well as Tchaikovsky’s passionate masterpiece, the Symphony No. 6.
Dalia Stasevska conducts the orchestra in Julia Perry’s setting of the 13th-century Stabat Mater hymn, with mezzo-soprano Josefina Maldonado, as well as Sibelius' Second Symphony and Rautavaara's Cantus Arcticus. (Part of the WFMT World 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: "Sounds of the City of Light" - Music in Paris from Hector Berlioz to Claude Debussy, spanning from 1830 to the early 1900s..
The Piano Matters - Wednesdays at 3 PM and Sundays at noon (And catch up with past webcasts anytime)
Between the Keys - Fridays at 3 PM and Saturdays at 6 PM (and catch up on past webcasts anytime)
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Music of composer/pianist Frederic Rzewski this Friday (7/4, with the rebroadcast Saturday 7/5)
Robert Aubry Davis explores the sources and mainstreams of European music for the thousand years before the birth of Bach. Enjoy an encore broadcast Mondays at noon.
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 Gloria Cheng.
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