New Music for Double Bass
Bassist Edgar Meyer’s Quintet for Bass and Strings is featured, as well as works by Veljo Tormis, Peteris Vasks, and more. Scott Blankenship hosts.
Extra Eclectic
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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.
New Music for Double Bass
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An American Canvas
It’s two hours of contemporary American sounds this week, as we look forward to the July 4th holiday.
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Open Minded Approaches
It’s an exploration of composers “getting outside” some of the standard assumptions and approaches of Western classical music on this weeks show - including a few examples of non-Western tuning and alternate scales.
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Ideas from Indonesia
Canadian composer Colin McPhee was the first Westerner to begin exploring the traditional music of Indonesia in the 1930s, and his best known work, "Tabuh Tabuhan" helped set the stage for the exploration of world-music sounds in classical music thereafter. Guest host Bill Morelock showcases McPhee’s work on this edition of the program.
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Extra Eclectic: Out in Front
June is Pride Month, and Steve Seel features a few different proudly out composers and performers on this episode of Extra Eclectic, including guitarist Sharon Isbin — who came out at 18 and who has long been a vocal advocate for LGBTQ rights.
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Devonte Hynes Defies Description
Devonte Hynes has performed under the band monikers Lightspeed Champion and Blood Orange, but as a classical musician, he's collaborated with the likes of Philip Glass and written film and television soundtracks. We hear some of Hynes music on this week's episode, along with selections from Michael Nyman, Tansy Davies, and Sarah Kirkland Snider.
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John Adams' Saxophone Concerto
John Adams’ jazz-inflected Saxophone Concerto is featured on this week’s Extra Eclectic, as well as works by Judd Greenstein, Aaron Jay Kernis, and more.
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Bermel Honors Bartok
Composer Derek Bermel’s homage to Bela Bartok, “A Shout, A Whisper, A Trace” is one of Steve Seel’s focal points on this week’s episode, as well as more of the “bowed piano” music of Stephen Scott.
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Jennifer Higdon's Viola Concerto
Jennifer Higdon’s Viola Concerto won the Grammy in 2018 for Best Classical Contemporary Composition. Steve Seel showcases the work on this week’s show.
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John Luther Adams' "Become River"
Hear composer John Luther Adams' "Become River" as well as works by 20th century mavericks Olivier Messiaen, Jacob Druckman, and Colin McPhee on this week’s Extra Eclectic with Steve Seel.
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About Extra Eclectic
Where classical music is always arriving, with host Steve Seel. Listen live at 10 p.m. central every Wednesday on YourClassical Radio.