Bill McGlaughlin co-hosts this performance by PostClassical Ensemble along with the ensembles co-founders, author and music historian Joseph Horowitz, and Music Director Maestro Angel Gil-Ordonez. They are joined by Simon Volkov, author of the book "Testimony" - Shostakovich's own words as related to the author. (**Because of our tribute this week, Exploring Music will not be heard.)
Daniel Harding leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Schumann's Overture to Manfred, Brahms' Schicksalslied and Holst's The Planets, featuring the Chicago Symphony Chorus prepared by guest director Jenny Wong.
A program of macabre masterworks for Halloween, including Bach's Toccata and Fugue in d-minor, Ballet Music from Gounod's 'Faust', Mussorgky's Night on Bald Mountain and many more.
Violinist Janine Jansen joins the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Sir Antonio Pappano for Johannes Brahms’s technically challenging and musically virtuosic Violin Concerto. On the second half of the program, the orchestra performs Richard Strauss’s colorful symphonic poem Aus Italien, which depicts Italy's landscapes, history, and folk life in four movements.
Enjoy your evenings revisiting the B&K Cafe as we pay tribute to Bill McGlaughlin, who hosted this program monthly with Karrin Allyson. Listen this week Tuesday - Friday at 7 pm, and at other times throughout the day over the next few weeks. (Exploring Music, usually heard weeknights at 7 pm, is being pre-empted this week so we can bring you these special encore broadcasts).
Michael Barone hosts this program featuring music from the diverse repertoire for the organ.
Please join us as we remember Bill McGlaughlin through the exclusive programs he brought to listeners of The Classical Network's listeners. Through November 12, enjoy encore broadcasts of PostClassical and B&K Café throughout the afternoons and evenings. Click here for a full list of scheduled programming.
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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An eclectic mix of music, this Friday (10/23, rebroadcast Saturday 10/24)
Having celebrated Cadenza’s 1000th episode, host David Osenberg is retooling Cadenza and will unveil a new format in the weeks to come. Stay tuned for more details. And check out some of his past interviews with some of the most dynamic and up-and-coming artists of our day. Cadenza was the recipient of the 2014 ASCAP Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Awards.
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