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Friday Favorites - Sept. 27, 2024

Friday Favorites: Listener requests with guest host Julie Amacher
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A mysterious hum and a charismatic leader stoke chaos in Missy Mazzoli's opera
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Listen to the 2024 BBC Proms on YourClassical

Listen to the 2024 BBC Proms on YourClassical

The BBC Proms concerts return to YourClassical for the 2024 season. Enjoy live performances featuring world-class ensembles, conductors and soloists from London and elsewhere in the United Kingdom. Listen at 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. on weekdays through Sept. 27 — plus on-demand audio for 30 days afterward.

Women composers bring the fire

Women composers bring the fire

On this episode of ‘Extra Eclectic,’ host Steve Seel features a selection from Julia Wolfe’s ‘Fire in My Mouth’ in an hour devoted to contemporary women composers, which also showcases music by Meredith Monk, Paola Prestini, Gala Flagello and more. Listen now!

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Gao Hong and Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde improvise together on their new album
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Great actors of the 30s and 40s

Great actors of the 30s and 40s

This week on ‘Saturday Cinema,’ join host Lynne Warfel as she highlights the films of James Stewart, Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Fred Astaire, Humphrey Bogart, John Wayne, Henry Fonda and more. Listen now!

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Saxophonist Nubya Garcia writes her own Odyssey, string section and all
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Friday Favorites: Listener requests with guest host Steve Seel
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 Violinist George Bridgetower left his mark on Beethoven

Violinist George Bridgetower left his mark on Beethoven

Violinist and composer George Bridgetower was good friends with Ludwig Van Beethoven. So much so that Beethoven wrote a violin sonata just for him. Find out more in the latest episode of the ‘Rhapsody in Black’ podcast.

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A celebration of Black composers

A celebration of Black composers

Julius Eastman’s Symphony No. 2 (‘The Faithful Friend: The Lover Friend’s Loe for the Beloved’) is this week’s ‘Extra Eclectic’ highlight from the 2024 BBC Proms Festival and it kicks off an hour of works by African-American composers from the 20th and 21st centuries. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

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