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Friday Favorites - May 30, 2025

Friday Favorites: Wide-ranging listener requests with Tom Crann

Friday Favorites: Wide-ranging listener requests with Tom Crann

On the latest episode of ‘Friday Favorites,’ host Tom Crann shares a wide variety of listener requests! You’ll hear Debussey’s famous musical sea voyage — ‘La Mer’ — , a Mendelssohn piano concerto and even a depiction of an iron foundry. Listen now!

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Grammy-nominated cellist Seth Parker Woods pushes boundaries of classical music
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Electronic elements

Electronic elements

On this week’s episode of ‘Extra Eclectic,’ Your Classical Fellow Anna Tessman guest-curates a playlist showcasing modern classical works featuring electronic sounds and textures — often integrated with traditional acoustic instruments. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

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The European Space Agency will beam the famous 'Blue Danube' waltz into space
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Memorial Day 2025

Memorial Day 2025

This week on ‘Saturday Cinema,’ host Lynne Warfel shares music from movies that pay tribute to those who served and made the ultimate sacrifice over the centuries: ‘Saving Private Ryan,’ ‘The Longest Day,’ ‘Victory at Sea’ and more. Listen now!

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Remembering Yuri Grigorovich, a visionary leader of Russian ballet
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A new opera in Omaha uses technology to give voice to two non-verbal actors
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Friday Favorites: Listener requests with Tom Crann
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George Floyd musical tribute poet warns of 'worse' racial tensions five years after the murder
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Julius Eastman composed music that challenged oppressive stereotypes

Julius Eastman composed music that challenged oppressive stereotypes

Composer and pianist Julius Eastman’s personal philosophy was ‘to be what I am to the fullest.’ A graduate of the Curtis Institute, his music was highly acclaimed and challenged racist and homophobic stereotypes. Find out more in the ‘Rhapsody in Black’ podcast.

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