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7 pm — Classical Music with Steve Seel

Herrmann and Daugherty look to the skies

On today’s date in 1951, the classic sci-fi film “The Day the Earth Stood Still” was playing in theaters across America. The film’s opening sequence depicted a UFO hovering over Washington, D.C. Back then, flying saucer sightings were increasingly common, perhaps a result of mass hysteria spawned...Episode details...

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: Blue Cathedral by Jennifer Higdon

Composer Jennifer Higdon wrote Blue Cathedral in 2000. It was inspired by an imaginary vision of a glass cathedral in the sky. On today's show, The Orchestra Now (TON) takes us on a journey through that cathedral. Blue Cathedral by Jennifer Higdon, from a concert in upstate New York. Episode details...

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Carter's Cello Concerto

In September of 2001, the American composer Elliott Carter was just a few months shy of his 93rd birthday, but still busy composing new works both large and small. On today’s date that year, Carter’s Cello Concerto received its premiere in Chicago with cellist Yo-Yo Ma and Daniel Barenboim...Episode details...

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Dawson's "Negro Folk Symphony"

Today’s date in 1899 marks the birthday of the famous African-American composer, choir director, and teacher, William L. Dawson, in Anniston, Alabama. After musical studies in Kansas City and Chicago, from 1931 to 1956 Dawson taught at the Tuskegee Institute, where he developed the Institute’s...Episode details...

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: Cell phones off

The pandemic has profoundly affected the musical world, with concerts and festivals having been cancelled worldwide. There is hope though...in some places, concerts with audiences are safely back underway. On today's show, hear a highlight from a concert presented just last month by the Taipei Music Academy & Festival. Episode details...

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Daily Download: Fanny Mendelssohn - Im Herbst

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An Italian Western (for English horn)

“Spaghetti Western” is a nickname given a genre of Italian films from the 1960s, most famously directed by Sergio Leone, and often starring Clint Eastwood as the taciturn, gun-toting anti-hero. “Spaghetti Western” is also the title of a Concerto for English horn written by the American composer...Episode details...

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