Jaap van Zweden conducts Julia Wolfe’s Grammy-nominated composition "Fire in my mouth", a dramatic account of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911 and the fight for workplace rights for immigrant women. The Philharmonic is joined by the women of The Crossing and the Young People’s Chorus of New York City.

This broadcast celebrates Frederick Stock, the CSO’s second music director, featuring the ensemble’s first commercial recording — Mendelssohn’s Wedding March from A Midsummer Night’s Dream —his own arrangement of Paganini’s Moto perpetuo, and other works that received their premiere under his baton, including Bartók’s Second Piano Concerto and Elgar’s Violin Concerto.

Contralto Jasmin White joins the Pacific Youth Choir, sopranos and altos from Portland State University Choirs, the Oregon Repertory Singers, and the Oregon Symphony for Mahler’s monumental Symphony No. 3, all under the baton of David Danzmayr.

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: "Haydn and Mozart Quartets" - a survey of music from the brief time in history when Mozart and Haydn enjoyed each other’s company, playing and composing string quartets together.