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A MEDIEVAL, RENAISSANCE, AND BAROQUE CHRISTMAS

If you enjoy The Early Music Classical Discoveries Specials, you might like the special Early Christmas MP3 files posted below from the last 4 years (over 40 hours of lesser known early music for the holiday season).

*Files will be available until December 17, 2020

Playlist available below MP3 files

THE CHRISTMAS TRILOGY - 2019

Art: Nativity from Henry VIII - Book of Hours

Wednesday, December 11, 2019 - from 5:00 till 11:00am

Classical Discoveries will present its 23th Annual and the1st of its Christmas Trilogy:
CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD

Here is a list of some works which will be presented:
A Baby is born-Christmas Carol Suite for women's choir and string quartet by Polish composer, Miłosz Bembinow (1978- )
Christmas Past, Christmas Present by English composer, Judith Bingham (1952- )
Martines de Navidad by Spanish composer, Jerónimo de Carrión (1660-1721)
Five Carols from Quem Quaeritis by Australian composer, Ross Edwards (1943- )
Symphony No. 49, Opus 356, "Christmas Symphony" by American composer, Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
The Legend of Christmas by Czech composer, Jaroslav Krček (1939- )
Three Carols by English composer, Steve Martland (1939- )
Bethleem from "Tres Dei Matris Symphoniae by Lithuanian composer, Onutė Narbutaitė (1956- )
Cantata "Christ is Born" by Latvian composer, Brigita Ritmane
Christmas Mass by Estonian composer, Urmas Sisask (1960- )
plus music by:
Girolamo Abos,
Christoph Bernhard,
Manuel Cardoso,
Andre Jolivet,
Tarquinio Merula
and others

Playlist and MP3 File
*(available after the broadcast till December 25, 2019)

Friday, December 13, 2019 - from 6:00 till 9:00am

Classical Discoveries will present the 2ndt program of its Christmas Trilogy and the 14th Annual program devoted to music for the holiday season by American composers

CHRISTMAS IN AMERICA

Here is a list of some works and composers to be presented:
A Little Suite for Christmas, A.D. 1979 by George Crumb (1929- )
String Quartet No. 7 "Angels" by Gloria Coates (1938- )
The Carol of the Bells by Jeffrey Jacob (1948- )
O Magnum Mysterium by Frank LaRocca (1951- )
Three Nativity Carols by Stephen Paulus (1949-2014 )
Magnificat, Opus 72 by Arnold Rosner (1945-2013)
A Christmas Symphony by Walter Saul (1954- )
Willow from "Twelfth Night"by Frank James Staneck (1958- )
Hommage à Hendrix, Satriani, et Beck by Gregory T.S. Walker (1961- )

Playlist and MP3 File
*(available after the broadcast till December 27, 2019)

Art: Adoration by Shepards from Book of Hours, Bonaparte Ghislien- BL.MS.Yates Thompson 29f.15v

Wednesday, December 18, 2019 from 5:00 till 11:00am

Classical Discoveries will present the 23th Annual and the 3rd program of its annual Christmas Trilogy

A MEDIEVAL, RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE CHRISTMAS - Part 1

Lesser known music before 1750

Here is a list of some works which will be presented:

Program will be announced

Playlist and MP3 File
*(available after the broadcast till January 02, 2020)

Friday, December 20, 2019 from 5:00 till 9:00am

A MEDIEVAL, RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE CHRISTMAS - Part 2

Lesser known music before 1750

Here is a list of some works which will be presented:

Program will be announced

Playlist and MP3 File
*(available after the broadcast till January 04, 2020)

Art: Nativity from Bedford Hours - Paris c.1410

Friday, December 27, 2019 - from 6:00 till 9:00am

Classical Discoveries will present a special program devoted to music by black composers in observance of Kwanzaa.

THE NEGRO SPEAKS OF RIVERS

Here is a list of some works and composers to be presented:

Program will be announced

Check other programs devoted to music by black composers

Playlist and MP3 File *(available after the broadcast till January 10, 2020)

VIVA 21ST CENTURY - 24-HOUR - 50/50 - INTERNATIONAL EDITION - 24-HOUR LIVE WPRB RADIO BROADCAST

Please join Marvin for the 15th Marathon and the 14th devoted to 21st century music.

It will begin on Saturday, December 28th at 2:00pm (EST time) and will go non-stop, live, until 2:00pm Sunday, December 29th, 2019.
and every Wednesday in January 2020
Wednesday, January 08, 2020, 5:00 till 11:00am
Wednesday, January 15, 2020, 5:00 till 11:00am
Wednesday, January 22, 2020, 5:00 till 11:00am
Wednesday, January 29, 2020, 5:00 till 11:00am

Approximately over 200 new works (including submissions) with equal representation of both men and women composers (hence 50/50 subtitle) will be broadcast during this 48 hour long event.

Playlists and MP3 Files *(available after the broadcast for 2 weeks)

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2019 hashtags:
#Viva21st2019 #Viva21st2019 #MarathonMoosh19(mascot) #21stCenturyClassicalMusic #ClassicalMusic #NewMusic #ContemporaryMusic #NewChoralMusic #AmericanComposers

Wednesday, January 01, 2020 from 5:00 till 11:00am

Classical Discoveries will present its 23nd Annual program:

SHALL WE DANCE

In the last regular holiday series of programs, we will celebrate the New Year with light and joyful music.

Playlist and MP3 File *(available after the broadcast till January 16, 2020)

RECENTLY AIRED PROGRAMS

Wednesday, December 04, 2019 from 5:00 till 11:00am

Composers presented in this edition:
, Karen Amrhein (1970- ), Jennifer Bellor (1983- ), Sylvie Bodorova (1954- ), Gareth Farr (1968- ), Stephen Frost (1959- ), Andrei Golovin (1950- ), Talivaldis Kenins (1919-2008), Douglas Knehans (1957- ), Ko Matsushita (1962- ), David Matthews (1943- ), Georgs Pelēcis (1947- ), Russell Peterson (1969- ), Viktorija Rimenaite, María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir (1980- ), James M. Stephenson (1969- ) plus others

Art: Late Autum Evening in Nebran Forest by Azerbaijani Artist - Darvin Valibeyov at: AZgallery.org
Playlist and MP3 File *(available after the broadcast till December 19, 2019)

Monday, December 02, 2019 from 6:00 till 10:00

TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC

Composers presented in this edition:
Francesco Foggia (1604-1688), Pietro Gnocchi (1689-1775), Alonso Lobo (!555-1617), Pierre de la Rue (c. 1452-1518), Stanisław Sylwester Szarzyński (c. 1650- c. 1720), Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745), Paolo Benedetto Bellinzani, Isabella Leonarda, Piero Mazzuoli, Jacob Obrecht, and others

Art: Pipers at the gates of dawn (Annunciation from Book of Hours, MS M.220 fol. 49v - France, Rouen, ca. 1500)
Playlist and MP3 File *(available after the broadcast till December 19, 2019)

MUSIC OF THE AMERICAS

Wednesday, November 27, 2019 from 5:00 till 11:00

Composers presented in this edition:
Beth Anderson (1950- ), Nancy Bloomer Deussen (1931-2019), Roger Davidson (1952- ), Nick Didovsky (1958- ), Gina Enriquez (1954- ), Sebastián Errázuriz (1975- ), Kenneth Fuchs (1956- ), Anthony Genge (1952- ), Robert Honstein (1980- ), Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000), Frank Horvat (1974- ), Dan Locklair (1949- ), Elliott Miles McKinley (1969- ), Paul Moravec (1957- ), Jocelyn Morlock (1969- ), Marjan Mozetich (1948- ), Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (1932-2004), and others.
Playlist and MP3 File *(available after the broadcast till December 12, 2019)

Wednesday, November 20, 2019 from 5:00 till 11:00am

- VINYL WEEK

Composers presented in this edition:
Louis Andriessen (1939- ), Jean Apothéloz (1900-1965), Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-1969), Rudolf Bruči (1917-2002), Marcel Dupré (1886-1971), Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000), Tomojiro Ikenouchi (1906-1991), Haji Khanmammadov (1918-2005), Jaan Rääts (1932- ), Marga Richter (1926- ), Carlos Surinach (1915-1997), Robert Wylkyson (ca. 1450-post 1515), Richard Yardumian (1917-1985) and more

Playlist

Wednesday, November 13, 2019 from 5:00 till 11:00

Composers presented in this edition:
Tim Brady (1956- ), Gloria Coates (1938- ), Valerie Coleman (1970- ), Emma Lou Diemer (1927- ), Alexandra Dubois (1981- ), Wisam Gibran (1970- ), Peter Klatzow (1945- ), Daniel Lentz (1942- ), Steve Martland (1954-2013), Robert Moran (1937- ), Arnold Rosner (1945-2013), Fazil Say (1970- ), Juri Seo (1981- ), Tracy Silverman (1960- ), Dmitri Smolsky (1937- 2017), and much more

Playlist

Wednesday, November 06, 2019 from 5:00 till 11:00

Composers presented in this edition:
Andy Akiho (1979- ), Derek Bermel (1967- ), Avner Dorman (1975- ), Reena Esmail (1983- ), Marcus Goddard (1973- ), Diptych for choir (2011), Galina Grigorjeva (1962- ), Michael Kurth (1971- ), Arvydas Malcys (1957- ), David Maslanka (1943-2017) and Matthew Maslanka (1982- ), Jocelyn Morlock (1969- ), Julia Wolfe (1958- ), Cristian Carrara, Zosha Di Castri, Zuzanna Falkowska, Pamela Sklar, and others

Art: Evening Red Leaves by Azerbaijani Artist - Darvin Valibeyov at: AZgallery.org

Playlist

Friday, November 01, 2019 from 6:00 till 9:00

TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC - Music for All Saints Day

Composers presented in this edition:
Noel Bauldeweyn (c.1480-after 1513), Carl Heinrich Biber (1681-1749), Claudio Casciolini (1697-1760), Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (c. 1666-1729), Antonio Lotti, Daniel Purcell, Giovanni Battista Somis, Wacław of Szamotuły, and others

Art: Dance of Death - German-18th
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