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Today's Schedule

12 am — Classical Music with Andrea Blain
6 am — Classical Music with Ward Jacobson
10 am — Classical Music with Melissa Ousley
3 pm — Classical Music with Mindy Ratner
7 pm — Classical Music with Steve Seel

Classical Kids Corner

Each Saturday at 8 a.m. central, Melissa Dundis presents Classical Kids Corner. She asks questions that will help families explore classical music together. What's your family's answer to Melissa's question from this week's show? Or send us your request!

Beethoven and Kernis in a somber mood

On this date in 1813, Beethoven's Seventh Symphony was played for the first time in Vienna. The occasion was a benefit concert in honor of the Austrian and Bavarian soldiers who had died fighting Napoleon, with the concert's proceeds donated to their widows and orphans. At its first rehearsal,...Episode details...

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The Philharmonic does Beethoven

On today's date in 1842, an orchestra of 63 players performed Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 at the first concert of the Philharmonic Society of New York. This 1842 performance of Beethoven's Fifth occurred 34 years after the work's premiere in Vienna in 1808. One early and avid Philharmonic Society...Episode details...

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Giancarlo Guerrero & the Nashville Symphony

Conductor Giancarlo Guerrero's family emigrated from Nicaragua to Costa Rica, where he began his musical journey as an percussionist with the Costa Rican Youth Symphony. On today's show, Guerrero conducts the Nashville Symphony in a performance of Ravel's Rapsodie espagnole. Nick Canellakis guest hosts. Episode details...

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Daily Download: Otto Nicolai - Christmas Overture

Get a free MP3 of Otto Nicolai - Christmas Overture. And don't forget to sign up for the Daily Download newsletter to get a bonus download of Tchaikovsky's '1812 Overture' - and so you never miss a free classical track!

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Brubeck's Birthday

Today marks the anniversary of the birth of the American composer and pianist Dave Brubeck. Born in Concord, California on December 6th, 1920, Dave Brubeck would become one of the most famous jazz performers of our time—and one of the most successful at fusing elements of jazz and classical...Episode details...

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