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Extra Eclectic

Where classical music is always arriving, with host Steve Seel. Listen live at 10 p.m. central every Wednesday on YourClassical Radio.

Extra Eclectic - July 05, 2023

Exploring folk music inspirations

Exploring folk music inspirations

Folk music inspires the theme for this week’s Extra Eclectic. Host Steve Seel features several works influenced by bluegrass and other folk idioms, including music by composers Jennifer Higdon, Jessie Montgomery and Philip Glass

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Contemplative summer nights

Contemplative summer nights

This week on Extra Eclectic, it’s all about the nostalgia that summer brings. Host Steve Seel explores that feeling with pieces by Robert Honstein, Viet Cuong, Anna Clyne, Arvo Pärt and more.

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Contemporary night sounds

Contemporary night sounds

As the first official day of summer ends with the first summer night of the year, host Steve Seel is ready with an episode of contemporary summer-night sounds on Extra Eclectic.

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Extra Eclectic: Classical Pride!

Extra Eclectic: Classical Pride!

It's a different world today for those in the LGBTQIA community, and classical music is becoming refreshingly open and accepting in the 21st century. This week’s episode of Extra Eclectic, with host Steve Seel, showcases composers who paved the way in the 20th century by confronting old prejudices head-on and composers who have benefitted from their courage in the 21st century.

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Carefree spirit of summer

Carefree spirit of summer

This week on Extra Eclectic, guest host Bonnie North sits in for Steve Seel with music that’s all about encapsulating the spirit of summer with a touch of nature and spirituality.

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A Ligeti centenary

A Ligeti centenary

This week on Extra Eclectic, host Steve Seel remembers one of the most important avant-garde composers of the 20th century, György Ligeti, including his haunting ‘Atmosphères,’ which was used in the film '2001: A Space Odyssey.‘ Other featured works include those by Steve Reich, David Lang and Marc Mellits.

Malek Jandali bridges multiple borders

Malek Jandali bridges multiple borders

This week on Extra Eclectic, host Steve Seel showcases the work of Syrian composer Malek Jandali, who integrates Middle Eastern and Arabic melodies into the structures of Western classical music in his pieces. Other works on this episode include those by Missy Mazzoli, Reinaldo Moya and Sarah Kirkland Snider.

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Modern Viola

Modern Viola

The viola is in the spotlight on this week’s episode of Extra Eclectic. Steve Seel features works for the viola by Nico Muhly, Christopher Theofanidis, Todd Reynolds and others with performances from Nadia Sirota, Jordan Bak and more. 

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Osvaldo Golijov depicts life as a day

Osvaldo Golijov depicts life as a day

Extra Eclectic host Steve Seel explores the haunting sound of Argentine composer Osvaldo Golijov's ‘Um Dia Bom,’ performed by Brooklyn Rider, on this week’s episode — along with music by Reena Esmail, Gabriela Montero and Mary Kouyoumdjian.

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Modern music of the Americas

Modern music of the Americas

We're venturing south this time on Extra Eclectic —  south of our southernmost borders, that is, to honor our musical neighbors who live there. Host Steve Seel presents music from composers with Mexican, Chilean, Venezuelan, Argentinian and Peruvian heritage

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Where classical music is always arriving, with host Steve Seel. Listen live at 10 p.m. central every Wednesday on YourClassical Radio.

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