Monday Evening Broadcast - 8 PM
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This broadcast Monday (6/2 at 8 pm) features selections from this song cycle, based on the same Chinese poems set by Mahler in his Das Lied von der Erde, sung in their original language, along with works by Bach, Vivaldi and more.
Marin Alsop, Chief Conductor of the Ravinia Festival, leads the CSO in a performance celebrating American composers. Included in the program is Copland’s Suite from Appalachian Spring, Johnson’s Charleston, Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24 (with soloist Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha) and Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, featuring pianist Michelle Cann.
Leonard Bernstein leads the Philharmonic in Marc Blitzstein's Airborne Symphony and works by Charles Ives and Aaron Copland.
Pianist Martha Argerich joins the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra in Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 2. Violinist and Conductor Renaud Capuçon also leads the orchestra in Weber's Overture to Oberon and Brahms's Symphony No. 2.
Michael Barone hosts this program featuring music from the diverse repertoire for the organ.
Robert Aubry Davis explores the sources and mainstreams of European music for the thousand years before the birth of Bach. Enjoy an encore broadcast Mondays at noon.
Each week Bill explores a different theme in classical music with illuminating commentary and musical examples, over the course of time sampling from all genres and eras of classical music. This week: "It Takes Two to Tango" - Remarkable performances of musicians working in tandem playing Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart.
The Piano Matters - Wednesdays at 3 PM and Sundays at noon (And catch up with past webcasts anytime)
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Schumann's Toccata, Prophet Bird and Etude Variations, plus works by Beethoven, Brahms and Bach.
Between the Keys - Fridays at 3 PM and Saturdays at 6 PM (and catch up on past webcasts anytime)
Enjoy conversations with and performances by classical musicians of local, national and international fame Thursdays at 3 pm and Saturdays at 4 pm on Cadenza - winner of the 2014 ASCAP Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Awards. This week: Pianist Roberto Prosseda.
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