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Music Highlights for Fri., 3/12/10
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WSHU Classical Music
Airs weekdays on WSHU-FM
9 a.m. - 1 p.m., hosted by Kate Remington
Smetana takes us on a trip down the mighty Moldau River this
morning.
1 - 4 p.m., hosted by Lauren Rico
People spend their entire lives looking for their perfect match. And
sometimes, they find it. In the 1940's, a great relationship was
formed when choreographer Agnes De Mille collaborated with Aaron Copland
to create a ballet about exactly this topic… The difficulty pioneer
women had finding a suitable man. A musical match made in heaven… when
Rodeo comes to Afternoon Classics today.
8 - 10 p.m., hosted by Kate Remington
Cuban composer Julian Orbon breathes new life into an 18th
Century form. You can enjoy his Concerto Grosso for Quartet and
Orchestra tonight.
WSHU music program playlists
CLASSICAL
FOLK & OTHER
NEW AGE
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Sunday Baroque features Baroque and early music written before 1750.
This week: Although women composers were relatively few and far between in the 18th century, there were some prominent and successful women in music. Elizabeth Claude Jacquet de la Guerre was a celebrated performer and composer, and Isabella Leonarda created some 200 compositions from inside her convent. You’ll hear music by these and other remarkable women on Sunday Baroque this week.
Every week on Sunday Matinée, host David Bouchier puts a different spin on classical music.
This week: David Bouchier brings you a program that explores the curious alchemy of words and music. Shakespeare, Pushkin, Voltaire and Alfred Lord Tennyson will all put in appearance, to show how often and in so many different ways composers have been inspired by the written word.
Classics for Kids host Naomi Lewin focuses on a different composer each month, with each week’s program highlighting a different aspect of that composer’s life and work. Weekly topics may include the composer’s life, a trip through the music and its instrumentation, an explanation of the musical form, the story behind the piece or connections between composers.
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