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Extra Eclectic

Where classical music is always arriving, with host Steve Seel. Listen live at 10 p.m. central every Wednesday on YourClassical Radio.

Extra Eclectic - Oct. 12, 2022

Anna Thorvaldsdottir portrays the feeling of freedom in 'Aeriality'

Anna Thorvaldsdottir portrays the feeling of freedom in 'Aeriality'

Anna Thorvaldsdottir's ‘Aeriality’ seems to express both stasis and motion at the same time. The Washington Post called it "a big, spinning planet of a work that contains multitudes." Listen with host Steve Seel as he features it on this week's show.

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American composer Joan Tower navigates troubled waters in ‘Still/Rapids’
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Latvian composer Vasks' 'Vox Amoris' is all about love

Latvian composer Vasks' 'Vox Amoris' is all about love

Latvian composer Peteris Vasks says his work Vox Amoris (Voice of Love) is "about the greatest power in the whole world — love.” Host Steve Seel features that work on this week's episode of Extra Eclectic, as well as music by Missy Mazzoli, Anna Clyne and Ramon Humet.

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Technology continues to change music
Pekka Kuusisto in concert

Pekka Kuusisto in concert

Violinist and conductor Pekka Kuusisto is heard in two live recordings this week.

Missy Mazzoli portrays the violin as healer
Carolina Eyck takes the theremin into the future
Paola Prestini finds her center of gravity

Paola Prestini finds her center of gravity

Composer Paola Prestini’s ‘G-Force’ uses gravity as a metaphor for the weightiness of “a life well lived.” We hear her work, as well as two exclusive live recordings from the BBC Proms, on this week’s Extra Eclectic, with host Steve Seel.

The Proms gets eclectic
Jennifer Higdon's Violin Concerto

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Where classical music is always arriving, with host Steve Seel. Listen live at 10 p.m. central every Wednesday on YourClassical Radio.