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.
Where classical music is always arriving, with host Steve Seel. Listen live at 10 p.m. central every Wednesday on YourClassical Radio.
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.
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.
Philip Glass said that after he heard pianist Simone Dinnerstein play, he knew he had to write a new piano concerto for her. His Piano Concerto No. 3 was the result, and it's one of the main works featured on this week's show with Steve Seel.
Host Steve Seel pays tribute to the closure of Mills College in Oakland, California, after 163 years, with Lou Harrison's music on this week's Extra Eclectic. He also showcases Aaron Dessner's new Concerto for Two Pianos, written for sisters Katia and Marielle Labeque.
Stephen Scott's Bowed Piano Ensemble jumps to the fore in this week's episode of Extra Eclectic. Our music director, Joe Goetz, joins host Steve Seel to share his memories of performing in the group and to play some adventurous music.
It's a contemplative two hours of spiritual and reverential selections this week, featuring works by Arvo Part, Normal Dello Joio, John Tavener, Jennifer Higdon, Tonu Korvits, and more.
We're capping off our celebration of Women's History Month this week with a sampling of contemporary women composers from all over the world, including Brazil, Armenia, Mexico, Lithuania, and more.
We continue our celebration of Women's History Month this week with another program showcasing contemporary women composers, including Gabriela Lena Frank, Jennifer Higdon, Jessie Montgomery, Angelica Negron, Chen Yi, and many others.
She's one of the most accomplished and beloved classical singers of the last several decades, but many listeners first heard Dawn Upshaw's voice in a recording that may have also been their first encounter with classical music in general -- the 1992 recording of Henryk Gorecki's "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs." Steve Seel features a selection from it on this week's show.
New Amsterdam is an adventurous record label that's been showcasing some of today's most interesting and groundbreaking young composers since 2008. Steve Seel showcases a number of new releases from the label this week, including the brand new work from one of the label's founders, Sarah Kirkland Snider.
Where classical music is always arriving, with host Steve Seel. Listen live at 10 p.m. central every Wednesday on YourClassical Radio.
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