Get your binoculars out for this episode of ‘Extra Eclectic’! Host Steve Seel brings us two hours of new classical works about birds, including Jennifer Higdon’s ‘An Exaltation of Larks,’ John Luther Adams’ ‘Strange Birds Passing’ and Jocelyn Morlock’s ‘Oiseaux Bleus et Sauvages.’ Listen now!
We pick the theme — you choose the variation by requesting a piece of music inspired by that theme. Our theme for June is music for ROAD TRIPS.
On this episode of ‘SymphonyCast,’ the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra and conductor Renaud Capuçon open with a rare work by Charlotte Sohy. Capuçon then takes the spotlight in Robert Schumann’s Violin Concerto, and closing the program, Ludwig van Beethoven’s ‘Pastoral Symphony.’ Listen now with host Steve Seel!
May 26 marks the birth centenary of one of America’s most prolific and revolutionary composers: Miles Davis. In celebration, join host Kevin O’Connor for selections from Davis’ most influential album, as well as commentary and facts about Davis’ life, in Milestones: Kind of Blue.
On the latest episode of ‘New Classical Tracks,’ conductor JoAnn Falletta and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra bring Igor Stravinsky’s ‘Fairy Tales’ to light on their latest album. Listen now with host Julie Amacher!
With spring in full bloom, Steve Seel brings us a bounty of “green sounds” in the first hour of this episode of ‘Extra Eclectic,’ from Jeffrey Mumford’s ‘verdant cycles of deepening spring’ to Clint Needham’s String Quartet No. 1 (‘Shades of Green’). Listen now!
On the latest episode of ‘SymphonyCast,’ alongside the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, soloist Håkan Hardenberger presents Bernd Alois Zimmerman’s trumpet concerto, combining jazz, twelve-tone technique, symphonic music and spirituals. Listen now with host Steve Seel!
For decades, an Israel-based father-son team have been recovering and repairing violins played by Jewish musicians that survived the Holocaust. Through June, those violins are touring the state.
On the latest episode of ‘New Classical Tracks,’ violinist Gil Shaham performs Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Violin Concerto alongside conductor Eric Jacobson and the Virginia Symphony Orchestra. Listen now with host Julie Amacher!
Composers have quoted, borrowed from, and paid tribute to earlier composers for centuries, and Steve Seel brings us some contemporary examples on this episode of ‘Extra Eclectic.’ Featured composers include Caroline Shaw, Greg Saunier and Curt Sydnor. Listen now!
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