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12 am — Classical Music with Kevin O'Connor
6 am — Classical Music with Melissa Dundis
10 am — Classical Music with Lynne Warfel
3 pm — Classical Music with Mindy Ratner
7 pm — Classical Music with Scott Blankenship

Bernstein gets political

In 1968, Senator Eugene McCarthy was running for President on an anti-war platform. The war in question was in Southeast Asia, and many American artists were, like Senator McCarthy, openly calling for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Vietnam. On today’s date at a New York fundraising event for...Episode details...

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Conrad Tao: Eventide

Conrad Tao wrote a piece when he was 15 years old called Eventide. It's inspired by the gentle arrival of night. Now, a dozen years later, it's still one of his favorites. On today's show, we'll hear Conrad Tao and friends play Eventide, from a concert in Rockport, Maine. Episode details...

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Kirkpatrick plays Ives

On today’s date in 1939, pianist John Kirkpatrick gave a recital at Town Hall in New York City which included the New York premiere of the “Concord” Sonata by the American composer Charles Ives. Ives had self-published his “Concord” Sonata some 20 years earlier, and sent copies of it free to...Episode details...

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