Where classical music is always arriving, with host Steve Seel. Listen live at 10 p.m. central every Wednesday on YourClassical Radio.
English composer Tansy Davies has written more than one work dealing with September 11. This week, Steve Seel plays her piece, “What Did We See?” as well as selections from the new release by the Attacca Quartet, “Real Life.”
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.
It’s two hours of contemporary American sounds this week, as we look forward to the July 4th holiday.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
