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Piano music of Richard Rodney Bennett and Jed Distler on our 500th episode this Friday (1/24, rebroadcast Saturday 1/25)
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A Tempo this Saturday (1/25 at 2 pm) features a conversation with cast and creative team members of Opera Philadelphia's upcoming production of the opera by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, about the opera, its composer and reclaiming their place in musical history.
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Richard M. and Robert B. Sherman were an integral part of the Walt Disney family where they were known simply as “The Boys.” Most people will recognize some of their songs like “It’s a Small World” and “Chim Chim Cher-ee,” but on this week’s Dress Circle (1/19 7:00 p.m.), we’re going to be looking at some of their songs from stage and screen with which listeners might not be familiar or know that they wrote them.
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In this broadcast concert Monday, (1/13 at 8 pm) the saxophone quartet performs works it commissioned to explore the musical and social relationship between Jewish and African-American Artists.
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A Tempo host Rachel Katz speaks with Army Staff Sgt. Andrew Kosinski, a member of the U.S. Army Band, who composed music for the funeral proceedings of former President Jimmy Carter.
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A Tempo this Saturday (1/11 at 7 pm) goes inside the VR performance by the Mahler Chamber Orchestra being presented this weekend by Princeton University Concerts. It also includes an excerpt of host Rachel Katz's conversation with a Mason Gross School of the Arts graduate who wrote the funeral hymn performed at Former President Jimmy Carter's funeral.
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24 Preludes with 12 Pianists, this Friday (1/10, rebroadcast 1/11)
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“Calendar art” strikes again, and on this week’s Dress Circle (1/12 7:00 p.m.) we’re getting seasonal by looking at songs from stage and screen musicals that have to do with all things winter. We might not be getting too much snow in our area, but this Sunday night, we’ll have enough snow, ice, and cold to make every winter-lover happy.
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This episode Sunday (1/5 at 2 pm) features some of the music written by Benjamin Britten.
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