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Playlist: Classical

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Meet the Composer with Nadia Sirota - Season 2 (Series)

Produced by WQXR

From New York Public Radio’s Q2 Music, a five-part Peabody award winning radio series that takes listeners into the minds and creative processes of the composers making some of the most engaging, innovative, and beautiful music today. Season 2 features host Nadia Sirota with Meredith Monk, Kaija Saariaho, Ingram Marshall, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, and Nico Muhly

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Bonus Track: 'Viola Concerto: Part II' by Nico Muhly

From WQXR | Part of the Meet the Composer with Nadia Sirota - Season 2 series | 09:53

Mtc_itunes_sb_medium_small Says Nadia Sirota, "Nico wrote the concerto in 2014, and in a lot of ways it's the fruit of 10 years of our working together.  The piece is in three movements, and this movement, Part II, is sort of the emotional heart of the piece.  It's soulful and colorful and I adore playing it.

At the end of the movement the viola line suffers a sort of massive emotional breakdown, which is then answered by a huge orchestral explosion, featuring a giant tam-tam (gong) and all sorts of low-brass rumbles.  In the aftermath, individual members of the orchestra play small phrases independently of each other, finally reuniting in a wounded coda.  

This is my favorite part of the concerto to play."

Classical Guitar Alive! (Series)

Produced by Tony Morris

Classical Guitar Alive is a weekly one-hour music with interviews program that is free to all stations.

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Most recent piece in this series:

24-24 Cimarosa, Mertz, Ponce “Sonata Romantica,” Morel’s Fantasia de la Danza”

From Tony Morris | Part of the Classical Guitar Alive! series | 58:58

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TO: All Stations

FR: Tony Morris

DT: June 10, 2024

RE: ***CLASSICAL GUITAR ALIVE!   24-24 Cimarosa, Mertz, Ponce “Sonata Romantica,” Morel’s Fantasia de la Danza”

 

In Cue: MUSIC IN "Hello and welcome to..."

Out Cue: "...another edition of Classical Guitar Alive!"

Program Length: 58:57

 

INTRODUCTION:

 Bizet:  Carmen Suite: Prelude       Los Romeros, guitar quartet

                                                        (Philips 412-609)

PROGRAM BEGINS:

 

Cimarosa: Sonata in G Minor              Hannu Anala, guitar,  Mari Mantyla, decacorde

             “Musica Barocca a Due”   (Alba 2023) (3:39)

 

Mertz: Duo Concertant uber ein Theme aus Elisir d’amore     Brian Torosian, guitar,

                                                                                                 David Schrader, piano

                           “Mertz: Guitar & Piano Duos”      (Brian Torosian 2012) (9:13)            

 

Ponce: Sonata Romantica  “Homage a Schubert”      Jason Vieaux, guitar

                                “Manuel Ponce: Guitar Sonatas” (Azica 2001) (22:31)

 

Morel: Fantasia de la Danza                     Krzysztof Pelech, guitar,
                                              Capella Bydgostiensis,  Michal Nesterowicz, conductor

                                         (Luthier Music 2006) (20:05)

 

CLOSING THEME/FUNDING CREDITS

 

This week’s program features a keyboard sonata by Cimarosa arranged for guitar and decacorde (10-string guitar), Mertz’s Duo Concertant for guitar and piano on a theme from the Donizetti opera The Elixir of Love, Manuel Ponce’s Sonata Romantica in homage to Franz Schubert, and Argentine composer Jorge Morel’s “Fantasia de la Danza” for guitar and orchestra.

 

CLASSICAL GUITAR ALIVE! is a weekly one-hour music with interviews program that is sound-rich, energetic, and has a positive vibe. It is an audience bridge-builder program that attracts both core classical audience and fans of all kinds of acoustic music.

 

Classical Guitar Alive! celebrates 25 years of national distribution and airs each week on over 200 stations. FUNDRAISER EDITION of Classical Guitar Alive! is available here to all stations: http://www.prx.org/pieces/187790-fundraiser-editio

 

CGA! is a winner at PRX's 13th Annual Zeitfunk Awards: #1 Most Licensed Producer, and #2 Most Licensed Series.

The Spanish Hour with Candice Agree (Series)

Produced by Candice Agree

There's no better way to know a country or a people than through its music. The Spanish Hour with Candice Agree invites everyone who has an interest in, a fascination of, and a love for the cultural life of Spain and the Spanish-speaking world to be entertained, enriched, and informed by this unique classical music program.

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Most recent piece in this series:

The Spanish Hour 2341: Profile: Conductor Ataúlfo Argenta

From Candice Agree | Part of the The Spanish Hour with Candice Agree series | 58:30

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Highly regarded as one of the great conductors of the 20th century, Ataúlfo Argenta is not as well known as Monteux, Beecham, Koussevitzky, and other mid-twentieth century conductors. This week, we hear Argenta conduct L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in the concert version of Manuel de Falla’s El amor brujo (Love the Magician) and Francisco Escudero’s Concierto vasco para piano y orquesta (Basque Concerto for Piano and Orchestra) featuring pianist Martín Imaz.


An American Stew

From KCME | 58:24

Michael Campion explores the diversity of American music with a potpourri of different kinds of works from different kinds of composers.

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Music and Conversation with Philip Glass

From The WFMT Radio Network | 58:44

To celebrate the incredibly influential American composer Philip Glass's 80th birthday, enjoy this music infused hour recorded last February when he was honored by his alma mater, the University of Chicago. WFMT host Kerry Frumkin speaks with him about his life in music, where he’s been, and what’s inspired him on his particular path.

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The duration is 58:44, and the show is entirely self contained, with no breaks.
The following music is featured in the program:
PHILIP GLASS (1937 -  )
Wichita Sutra Vortex
Philip Glass, Solo Piano
CBS MK 45576
6:05
 
LENNIE TRISTANO (1919-1978)
Line Up, excerpt
Peter Ind, Bass; Jeff Morton, Drums, Lennie Tristano, Piano
Atlantic 1224
 
PHILIP GLASS (1937 -  )
“Train” from Einstein on the Beach, excerpt
The Philip Glass Ensemble
CBS M4K38875
 
BILLY ECKSTINE (1914-1993)
I Want to Talk About You, excerpt
John Coltrane, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone; Jimmy Garrison, bass; Elvin Jones, drums; McCoy Tyner, 
Piano
MCA Impulse 29015
 
RAVI SHANKAR (1920-2012)
Chappaqua
Ravi Shankar, Sitar
Columbia 82876745022
PHILIP GLASS (1937 -  ) & RAVI SHANKAR (1920-2012)
Ragas In Minor Scale
Private Music 2074-2-P
 
PHILIP GLASS (1937 -  )
Serra Pelada, excerpt
Elektra Nonesuch 79192-2
 
PHILIP GLASS (1937 -  )
Australia, excerpt
Mark Atkins, Didgeridoo; The Philip Glass Ensemble
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PHILIP GLASS (1937 -  )
Wise Man, excerpt
Roberto Carillo Cocío, Guitar; Philip Glass, Piano; Daniel Medina de la Rosa, Violin
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PHILIP GLASS (1937 -  )
The Gambia
The Philip Glass Ensemble
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Fiesta! (Series)

Produced by The WFMT Radio Network

Fiesta! is an original production devoted to Latino concert music, and brings artistically significant compositions from Latin America, Spain and Portugal to your listeners.

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