Playlist: Classical
Compiled By: PRX Editors
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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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Most recent piece in this series:
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
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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:
23-52 Winter’s Tale: Vivaldi, Piazzolla, Marek Pasiecyny, Roberto Di Marino, Tan Dun, Reentko Dirks
From Tony Morris | Part of the Classical Guitar Alive! series | 58:58
TO: All Stations
FR: Tony Morris
DT: December 25, 2023
RE: ***** CLASSICAL GUITAR ALIVE! 23-52 Winter’s Tale: Vivaldi, Piazzolla, Marek Pasiecyny, Roberto Di Marino, Tan Dun, Reentko Dirks
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:
Vivaldi: Winter, from Four Seasons Amsterdam Guitar Trio
(RCA 1131688)
Marek Pasieczny: Winter’s Tale Duo Guitarinet
(JBRecords 2006)
Roberto Di Marino: Guitar Concerto Robert Belinic, guitar
Russian Symphony Orchestra Prokofiev
Miran Vaupotic, conductor
(Classic Concert 62020)
Tan Dun: Memories in Watercolors Beijing Guitar Duo
(Tonar Music 2011)
Piazzolla: Winter Julien Labro, Bandoneon
Jason Vieaux, guitar
A Far Cry chamber orchestra
(Azica 71270)
R. Dirks: Danza non Danza Dirks und Wirtz guitar duo
(Classic Concert 62034)
CLOSING THEME/FUNDING CREDITS
This week’s edition of Classical Guitar Alive features music about Winter and more, including works by Vivaldi, Piazzolla, and the young Polish guitarist-composer Marek Pasieczny’s piece for guitar and clarinet, titled “Winter’s Tale.”
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! airs each week on over 250 stations. FUNDRAISER EDITION of Classical Guitar Alive! is available here to all stations, no carriage fee: 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
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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Michael Campion explores the diversity of American music with a potpourri of different kinds of works from different kinds of composers.
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.
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.
Most recent piece in this series:
FST 23-38: Romantic Latin America, 12/10/2023
From The WFMT Radio Network | Part of the Fiesta! series | :00
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