Get a free MP3 of Felix Mendelssohn - Violin Sonata: II. Poco adagio as we celebrate works and composers for High Holy Days. And don't forget to sign up for the new Daily Download newsletter so you never miss a free classical track!
On today’s date in 1928, the Danish composer Carl Nielsen conducted the first public performance of his new Clarinet Concerto in Copenhagen.
“The clarinet,” said Nielsen, “can, at one and the same time seem utterly hysterical, gentle as balsam, or as screechy as a streetcar on badly greased...Episode details...
Ever played that game using the letters of musical notes to spell words? Composer Belinda Reynolds used that idea when she wrote a piece for piano and two marimbas. On today's show, it's a musical spelling game: "Play" by Belinda Reynolds.
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Get a free MP3 of Ignaz Moscheles - Concertante in F as we celebrate works and composers for High Holy Days. And don't forget to sign up for the new Daily Download newsletter so you never miss a free classical track!
In James Joyce’s novel “Ulysses,” the thoughts of its major characters keep shifting from the sights and sounds they encounter in and around Dublin to their private, non-stop interior monologues. This narrative technique came to be called “stream of consciousness” writing.
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Choral music that glows with divine light; that's what VocalEssence explores this Sunday in its Divine Light concert. Director Philip Brunelle shares a preview.
Composer Joan Tower wrote half a dozen fanfares celebrating women she admires. Risk takers and adventurers. On today's show, hear the fanfare in honor of composer Tania Leon: Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No. 6, by Joan Tower. Guest-hosted by Elena See.
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Avi Avital is an Israeli mandolinist, best known for his renditions of well-known Baroque and folk music, much of which was originally written for other instruments. Just about all those things are defied however in the work Steve features this week - a new work by David Bruce, called "Cymbeline," in which the composer says the mandolin conveys "the warmth of the sun." Steve also features two works by Steve Reich, as well as pieces by Missy Mazzoli, Colin Stetson, and more.
This week on New Classical Tracks, violinist Colin Jacobsen of Brooklyn Rider discusses the group's collaboration with Irish fiddle virtuoso Martin Hayes on the album 'The Butterfly.' Enter the giveaway for a chance to win a copy of the CD!
