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The Coronavirus crisis has forced WPRB to cancel all live broadcasts effective March 16. Live broadcasts have been partially resumed with the DJ's presenting programs from their home studios.

Untill WPRB reopens, Classical Discoveries will present a weekly three hour program broadcasted from home during summer each Tuesday and Wednesday from 7:00 till 10:00am.

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Tuesday, June 16, 2021 from 7:00 till 12:00

Some composers presented in this edition: Boudewijn Buckinx (1945- )
Linda Robbins Coleman (1954- )
Stacy Garrop (1969- )
Magnús Blöndal Jóhannsson (1925-2005)
Tālivaldis Ķeniņš (1919- 2008)
Jonathon Kirk
Odaline de la Martinez (1949- )
Joanne Metcalf (1958- )
Avet Terterian (1929-1994)
Plus sections by Emily Doolittle. Atli Petersen, Peeter Vähi and others

Playlist and MP3 File *(available after the broadcast for 2 weeks)

Some composers presented in this edition:
Lauren Bernofsky (1967- )
Erberk Eryilmaz (1989- )
Qigang Chen (1951- )
Vivian Fung (1975- )
Vladimir Godar (1956- )
Justė Janulytė (1982- )
Raimo Kangro (1949-2001)
Tania León (1943- )
Marc Mellits (1966- )
Anna Segal
Frances White (1960- )
Arnold Griller, Stanley Grill, Lance Hulme, Urmas Sisask, Neil Stipp
and others if time allows

Playlist and MP3 File
*(available after the broadcast for 2 weeks)

Some composers presented in this edition:
Silvia Colasanti (1975- )
Matthew Coleridge (1980- )
Anthony Paul De Ritis (1968- )
Ewa Fabiańska-Jelińska (1989- )
Hanna Kulenty (1961- )
Paul Lansky (1944- )
Paweł Łukaszewski (1968- )
Matt McBane (1979- )
Christopher Tyler Nickel (1978- )
Andriy Igorovich Sovetov
and Tomaso Cecchini, Jane Antonia Cornish, Ludovico Einaudi, Gaspare Torelli and others.

Playlist and MP3 File
*(available after the broadcast for 2 weeks)

Some composers presented in this edition:
Beth Anderson (1950- )
Halim El-Dabh (1921-2017)
Kenneth Fuchs (1956- )
Jennifer Higdon (1962- )
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
Neil Rolnick (1947- )
Arnold Rosner (1945-2013)
91919 (2020) by Kamala Sankaram (1978- )
Binorie Variations by Tom Scott (1912-1961)
Spiral III by Chinary Ung (1942- )
Plus music by Stephen Gryc, Tania Leon, David Maslanka, Mona Lyn Reese, Julius P. Williams and others

Some composers presented in this edition:
Frank Horvat (1974- )
Peter Machajdik (1961- ) - aired in honor of the 60th birthday of the Indra Rise (1961- )
Andrew Rudin (1939- )
Alex Shapiro (1962- )
Alexander Tchaikovsky (1946- )
Andris Vecumnieks (1964- )
Ester Mägi (1922-2021)
Philip Blackburn, Linas Rimša, María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir, Pamela Z and others

Playlist and MP3 File
*(available after the broadcast for 2 weeks)
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Classical Discoveries presents: In The Year of The Ox - Part Two
WPRB Radio tribute to Asian American Composers in observance of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Some composers presented in this edition:
Chiayu (Taiwan, 1975- )
Pei-lun Vicky Chang (Taiwan, 1966- )
Shih-Hui Chen (Taiwan, 1962-
Yuanlin Chen (China, 1957- )
Texu Kim (Korea, 1980- )
Mari Kimora (Japan, 1962- )
Tonia Ko (Hong Kong, 1988- )
Bun-Ching Lam (China, 1954- )
Dai-Keong Lee (China, 1915-2005)
Lei Liang (China, 1972- )
Beata Moon (Korea, 1969- )
Huang Ruo (China, 1976- )
Karen Tanaka (Japan, 1961- )
Chinary Ung (Cambodia, 1942- )

Playlist and MP3 File
*(available after the broadcast for 2 weeks)
Other programs devoted to music of Asia
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Tuesday, May 18, 2021 from 7:00 till 109:00

TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC

Some composers presented in this edition:
Marco Antonio Centorio (c.1600-1638)
Marc’Antonio Ingegneri (c. 1535/36-92)
Andrzej Siewiński (fi. 1725)
Johannes Tinctoris (c.1435-1511)
Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745)
Giovanni Croce, Orlando Gibbons, Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, Kassiani, Antonio Montanari,
and others

Playlist and MP3 File*(available after the broadcast for two weeks)
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Classical Discoveries presents: In The Year of The Ox - Part One
WPRB Radio tribute to Asian American Composers in observance of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Some composers presented in this edition:
Paul Chihara (Japan, 1938- )
Gao Hong (China, 1964- )
Thomas Oboe Lee (China, 1945- )
Lei Liang (China, 1972- )
Zhou Long (China, 1953- )
Narong Prangcharoen (Thailand, 1973- )
Juri Seo (Korea, 1981- )
Bright Sheng (China, 1955- )
Chou Wen-Chung (China, 1923-2019)
Chen Yi ( China, 1953- )
plus music by Phyllis Chen, Asako Hirabayashi, Betty Anne Wong and others, if times allowed

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Other programs devoted to music of Asia

Wednesday, May 05, 2021 from 7:00 till 10:00

Some composers presented in this edition:
Julius Aglinskas (1988- )
Alexis Alrich (1955- )
Dace Aperane (1953- )
Jennifer Bellor (1983- )
Reena Esmail (1983- )
Maria Granillo (1962- )
Dorothy Hindman (1966- )
Mario Kuri Aldana (1931-2013)
Benjamin Rimmer (1993- )
Alejandro Basulto, Peter Facer, Ola Gjeilo, Suor Leonora d’Este (Lucrezia Borgia’s Daughter), Juan de Lienas, James Primosch and more

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Some composers presented in this edition:
Svjetlana Bukvich (1967- )
Julius Eastman (1940-1990)
Tine Surel Lange (1989- )
Red Shift by American composer, Lois V. Vierk (1951-)
Krzysztof Penderecki (1933- )
Some Satoh, Agnieszka Stulgińska
and others if times allowed

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Wednesday, April 28, 2021 from 7:00 till 10:00

75th birthday of Latvian composer, Pēteris Vasks (April 16, 1946) Included will be:
Dona Nobis Pacem, The Fruit of Silence (2013) and Viatore for string orchestra (2001)
Some composers presented in this edition:
Eleanor Alberga (1949- )
Gareth Farr (1968- )
José Serebrier (1938- )
Cristina Spinei (1984- )
Adrienne Albert, T. Patrick Carrabré, Gayaneh Chebotarian, Ross Edwards, Komitas
and others, if times allowed

Playlist and MP3 File
*(available after the broadcast for 2 weeks)

Some composers presented in this edition:
Robert Carl (1954- )
Ēriks Ešenvalds (1977- )
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
Kassiani (ca. 810-ca. 865)
Philip Glass (1935- ) and Robert Moran (1937- ) (PercussionArrangement)
Jakub Polaczyk (1983- )
Lior Rosner
Jeannot Sanavia (1962- )
Niklas Sivelov (1968- )
Paweł Szymański (1954- )
plus music by Cyprian Bazylik, Nahla Farouk Mattar, Samantha Sack, Maria Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir, Francesco Scarlatti and others

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SPRING WPRB MEMBERSHIP DRIVE - Thursday, April 08, 2021 - 7:00am - until Saturday, April 17, 2021

CLASSICAL DISCOVERIES FUND DRIVE EDITION
Wednesday, April 14 from 7:00 - 10:00am

Dear Friends of Classical Discoveries!
The Annual Membership Drive is coming to WPRB starting April 8 at 7:00am and will last through April 17, 2021.

WPRB is a student run station that consists of a voluntary staff of students and community DJ's like me, and is not funded by Princeton University (they provide us the operating space).
WPRB does not receive funds from other sources. Your donations will be used for the station's operating costs.

As always, there will be minimum talking and plenty of wonderful new music.

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Some composers presented in this edition:
Stanley Grill (1953- )
Grahame Harris
Karl Jenkins (1944- )
Zibuoklė Martinaitytė (1973- )
Pēteris Plakidis (1947-2017)
Jaan Rääts (1932-2020)
Sunleif Rasmussen (1961- )
plus music by Axel Borup-Jørgensen, Hyunjung Byun, Henry Cowell, Heather Niemi Savage, Amin Sharifi
and others

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CLASSICAL DISCOVERIES will present a memorial tribute to Polish composer, Krzysztof Penderecki (November 23, 1933- March 29, 2020)

Also check out my newest blog, Krzysztof Penderecki - My Window to the Avant-Garde.

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Other playlists devoted to Polish composers

CLASSICAL DISCOVERIES 18TH ANNUAL "IN PRAISE OF WOMAN" - 2021 - American Women Composers - Part 5

Classical Discoveries presents the first program of the annual series In Praise of Woman - devoted to music written by women

Some composers presented in this edition:
Margaret Bonds (1913-1972), Ľubica Čekovská (1975- ), Vanessa Lam (1968- ), Kerrith Livengood (1981- ), Bianca Maria Media (1661?-1732/33), Victoria Poleva (1962- ), Deon Nielsen Price (1934- ), Mirjam Tally (1976- ), Lois Vierk (1951- ), Carlotta Ferrari, Kassiani, Miho Kawasaki, Eleni Lomvardou, Martha Mooke, Violaine Prince, Cristina Spinei, Andrea Tarrodi and others

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CLASSICCLASSICAL DISCOVERIES 18TH ANNUAL "IN PRAISE OF WOMAN" - 2021 - Part 4

Some composers presented in this edition:
Beth Anderson (1950- ), Claude Arrieu (1903-1990), Emma Lou Deemer (1927- ), Beth Denisch (1958- ), Leonara Duarte (1610-1678), Alissa Firsova (1986- ), Elena Firsova (1950- )
Hanna Kulenty (1961- ), Ana Milosavljevic (1977- ), Gráinne Mulvey (1966- ), Errollyn Wallen (1958- ), Francesca Campana, Emily Doolittle, Agnes Dzodtsoeva-Bashir, Ellen Mandel and Gabriela Ortiz and others

Playlist
*(available after the broadcast for 2 weeks)

Some composers presented in this edition:
Adrienne Albert (1941- ), Elizabeth R. Austin (1938- ), Lauren Bernofsky (1967- ), Jennifer Higdon (1962- ), Cynthia Miller (1950- ), Florence Price (1887-1953- ), Marga Richter (1926-2020), Jennifer Ricciardi (1980- ), Alex Shapiro (1962- ), Shelly Washington (1991- ), Rain Worthington (1949- ), Stacy Garrop, Julie Giroux, Stefania de Kenessey, Judith Shatin, Kim Sherman and others

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CLASSICAL DISCOVERIES 18TH ANNUAL "IN PRAISE OF WOMAN" - 2021 - American Women Composers - Part 3

CLASSICAL DISCOVERIES 18TH ANNUAL "IN PRAISE OF WOMAN" - 2021 - Part 2

Some composers presented in this edition:
Frøy Aagre (1977- ), Jennifer Bellor (1983- ), Johanna Doderer (1969- ), Hyo-shin Na (1959- ), Jennifer Jolley (1981- ), Nora Morrow, Geraldine Mucha (1917-2012), Athina Pavlaki-Pirounia (1974- ), Alicia Terzian (1940- ), Eve de Castro Robinson, Maija Einfelde, Gao Hong, Jurgita Mieželytė, Asha Srinivasan, Dobrinka Tabakova, Ayanna Witter-Johnson and others

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Wednesday, February 24, 2021 from 7:00 till 10:00

CLASSICAL DISCOVERIES 18TH ANNUAL "IN PRAISE OF WOMAN" - 2021 - Part 1

Some composers presented in this edition:
Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-1969), Gina Biver (1960- ), Galina Grigorjeva (1962- ), Melissa Hui (1966- ), Jocelyn Morlock (1969- ), Caroline Szeto (1956- ), Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolf (1948- ), Isidora Žebeljan (1967-2020), Joanne Metcalf, Andrea L. Reinkemeyer, Dilorom Saidaminova, Rosanna Scalfi Marcello and others

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Some composers presented in this edition:
Bun-Ching Lam (1954-), Chen Yi (1953- ), Rihards Dubra (1964- ), Imants Kalniņš (1941- ), Žibuoklė Martinaitytė (1973- ), Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (1932-2004), Dan Visconti (1982- ), Zhou Long (1953- ), Chinary Ung, Tania León, Santa Ratniece, Valentin Silvestrov, Jan Van der Roost and others

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Some composers presented in this edition:
Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-1969), Corrina Bonshek (1977- ), Henry Cowell (1897-1965), Brent Michael Davids (1959- ), Emily Doolittle (1972- ), René Eespere (1953- ), Mark Lackey (1966- ), Sophia Serghi (1972- ), Marco Antonio Centorio, Susan T. Nelson, Krzysztof Penderecki, Francesco Scarlatti and others

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Some composers presented in this edition:
Jacobus de Kerle (1531/32-1591), Juan de Lienas (c. 1600-1654), Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000), David Maslanka (1943-2017), Ann Millikan (1963- ), Georgs Pelēcis (1947- ), Jaan Rääts (1932-2020), Jórunn Viðar (1918-2017), Luigi Battiferri, Margaret Bonds (arr.), Leonora Duarte, Florence Price, Giovanni Valentini, and others

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Wednesday, January  27, 2021, 7:00 till 10:00 - Home Edition

Some composers presented in this edition:
Guillaume Connseeson (1970- ), Aftab Darvishi (1987- ), Sven Grünberg (1956- ), Molly Kien (1979- ), Jeppe Moulijn (1972- ), David Post (1949- ), Daniel Rhode (1988- ), Veronique Vaka (1986- ), Rain Worthington (1949- ), Christopher Duncan, Jēkabs Jančevskis, Alexander Knaifel, Marcus Paus, Ylva Skogand and others

Playlists and due to technical problem sound file will be not available this weeke note

VIVA 21ST CENTURY - 24-HOUR - 50/50 - INTERNATIONAL EDITION - non-marathon part 3

Wednesday, January  20, 2021, 7:00 till 10:00 - Home Edition

Some composers presented in this edition:
Gloria Coates (1938- ), Johanna Doderer (1969- ), Amanda Harberg (1973- ), Hannah Kendall (1984- ), Weronika Ratusińska (1977- ), Kile Smith (1956- ), Evan Premo (1985- ), Noam Faingold, Carlotta Ferrari, Ola Gjeilo, Gonzalo Grau, Ted Hearne, Michael John Trotta, Sławomir Zamuszko, and others

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Wednesday, January  13, 2021, 7:00 till 10:00 - Home Edition

Some composers presented in this edition:
Victoria Bond (1945- ), Alexandra Du Bois (1981- ), Rosemary Duxbury (1964- ), Andreas Hepp (1969- )
, Pierre Jalbert (1967- ), Debra Kaye (1956- ), Paolo Marchettini (1974- ), Missy Mazzoli (1980- ), Martijn Padding (1956- ), Kaija Saariaho (1952- ), Mona A. Ahdab, Rosemary Duxbury Ēriks Ešenvalds, Edna Alejandra Longoria, Bushra El-Turk and others

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VIVA 21ST CENTURY - 24-HOUR - 50/50 - INTERNATIONAL EDITION - non-marathon part 1

Wednesday, January  06, 2021, 7:00 till 10:00 - Home Edition

Some composers presented in this edition:
Jenny Brandon (1977- ), Stanley Grill (1953- ), Sarah Wallin Huff, Laura Sgroi (1986- ), Kate Whitley (1989- ), Karim Al-Zand, Robert Butts, Diana Čemerytė, Sadie Harrison, Robert Strobel, Lawren Brianna Ware and others

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SHALL WE DANCE

Some composers presented in this edition:
Ge Gan-Ru (1954- ), Georges Gurdjieff, (1877-1949)/Thomas de Hartmann (1885-1956), Howard Hersh (1940-), Gabriel Kaczmarek (1986- ), Sima Wolf, and more

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VIVA 21ST CENTURY - 24-HOUR - 50/50 - INTERNATIONAL EDITION - 24-HOUR LIVE FROM HOME WPRB RADIO BROADCAST
Playlists and MP3 Files *(please note: sound file will be available after the broadcast for 4 weeks)

Sunday, December 27th at 12:00 noon until 12:00 noon Monday, December 28th, 2020

Some composers presented in this edition:
Adrienne Albert, Dace Aperane, Ayala Asherov, Gina Biver, Bruce Babcock, Sylvia Bodorova ,Chen Yi, Jakub Ciupinski, Dorothee Eberhardt, Ross Edwards, Reena Esmail, Kenneth Fuchs, Nina Grigoryan, Mario Grillo Jennifer Higdon Martin Hebel, Douglas Knehans, Dirk-Michael Kirsch, Matija Krecic, Jonathan Leshnoff, Vladimir Martynov, Ella Macens, Peeter Machajdik, Zibuokle Martinaityte, Joanne Metcalf, Kate Moore, Alyssa Morris, Fabian Muller, Grainne Mulvey ,Mark Mellits, Robert Moran, Eric Nathan, Gabriel Prokofiev, Andrea Reinkemeyer, Huang Ruo, Andrew Rudin, Alex Shapiro, Caroline Shaw, Valentin Silvestrov, D.J. Sparr, Niklas Siverlov, Kat Souponetski, William Susman, Roland Szentpali, Erkki-Sven Tuur, Peters Vask, Anne Vanschothorst, Errollyn Wallen, and Shelly Washington.

Stories about the Marathon in the papers and internet

CHRISTMAS IN AMERICA

Playlist and MP3 File
*(available after the broadcast till December 24, 2020)

CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD

Composers presented in this edition:
Anonymous Medieval Spain, Otmar Mácha (1922-2006), Paweł Łukaszewski (1968- ), Urmas Sisask (1960- )
plus music from the following countries:
Australia, Canada, England, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Romania, Soouth Africa, USA and others

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Wednesday , December 23, 2020 from 7:00 till 10:00 - Live From Home Edition

A MEDIEVAL, RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE CHRISTMAS

Lesser known music before 1750

Composers presented in this edition:
Christoph Bernhard (1628-1692), Cristofaro Caresana (c 1640-1709), Joan Baptista Comes (1582?-1643), Tarquinio Merula (1594-1665), John Sheppard (c. 1515-1558), Pietro Verdana (c. 1600-1643), Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745), Josquin DesPrez, Claudio Merulo, Marcin Mielczewski, Angelo Ragazzi and others

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Art: Nativity from Bedford Hours - Paris c.1410

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