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Marvin Rosen - piano

Wednesday, September 28, 2016 from 5:30 till 11:00

Here is a list of some of the works which will be presented:
Divertimento (2011) for cello and piano by American composer, Scott Brickman (1963- )
Sonata for cello and string orchestra III by French composer, Jean Catoire (1923-2005)
Conduit by American composer, Robert Honstein (1980- )
Talin for viola and string orchestra by American composer, Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
Spirals for solo marimba (2013) by American composer, Paul Lansky (1944- )
Missa Sancta Maria Magdalenae by Italian composer, Giovanni Felice Sances (1600-1679)
Carbon Paper and Nitrogen Ink: Concerto for Marimba and Wind Ensemble (2013) by American composer, Adam Silverman (1973- )
Concierto Cubano for violin and string orchestra (2000) by David Stock(1939-2015)
plus music by:
Elizabeth Brown,
Sergio Cervetti,
Galina Grigorjeva,
Jeffrey Jacob,
Hye-Kyung Lee,
Ann Milikan,
Somei Satoh,
and others

Playlist and MP3 File *(available after the broadcast till October 18, 2016)

Classical Discoveries will present music of Jewish inspiration in observance of the Jewish High Holy Days in a program titled:

SHEPHERD OF ISRAEL

more details to come

Playlist and MP3 File*
*(available after the broadcast till October 25, 2015)

MOST RECENT PROGRAMS

Christopher Coleman (1958- ), Peter Dayton (1990- ), Barbara Harbach (1946- )
Kamran Ince (1960- ), Timothy L. Miller (1961- ), Valentin Silvestrov (1937- ), David Rakowski (1958- ), Dana Wilson (1946- ), Osvaldas Balakauskas, Margaret Brandman, Ēriks Ešenvalds, Vladimir Godar, Guy Klucevsek, Ludmila Yurina,
and others

Playlist and MP3 File *(available after the broadcast till October 11, 2016)

Nigar's Portrait Courtesy: Azerbaijani Artist: Latafat Mammadova at:   AZgallery.org)

Classical Discoveries is paying a tribute to all Native American Indians in a program titled: TULPE - Water Turtle (in the language of the Lanape Tribe) - Whole program will be devoted to music composed and inspired by American Indians

Alton Howe Clingan (1969-1996), Gloria Coates (1938- ), James DeMars (1952- ),Jerome Kitzke (1955- ), George Quincy (Choctaw Nation), Jerod Impichchaachaha'Tate (1968- )(Chickasaw Nation), David Amram,
Dawn Avery (Mohawk Nation), Marilyn Bliss, Brent Michael Davids (Mohican Nation), Mark Grey, Michael Mauldin, David Yeagley (Comanche Nation) and others

Playlist and MP3 File *(available after the broadcast till October 04, 2016)

TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC - Lesser known music before 1750

LOOKING INTO EAST - LOOKING INTO WEST

Manuel Chrisaphes the Lampadarios (c.1440-63), Guillaume Du Fay, Yehuda Halevi or ha-Levi (1075-1141), Michelangelo Falvetti (1642-1692),
Johann Joseph Fux (1660-1741),Georg Daniel Speer (1636-1707), Wojciech Bobowski aka Ali Ufki/Claude Goudimel, Ibn al-Arif,
Wu Li, and others

Playlist and MP3 File
*(available after the broadcast till September 30, 2016)

Lawrence Ball (1951- ), Ross Harris (1945- ), Arturs Maskats (1957- ), Frank James Staneck(1958- ), Mikis Theodorakis (1925- ), David Toub (1961- ), Takashi Yoshimatsu (1953- ), Andrzej Dziadek, Kazimierz Serocki, Lepo Sumera and more

Playlist and MP3 File
*(available after the broadcast till September 30, 2016)

In the Garden - by American Artist, Dr. Laurie Sucher-Gaster (1942-2009)

All 3 programs will be devoted to music written in the 21st Century by American composers.
The final program on Labor Day, September 5th - “Those Fabulous Philadelphians" will be totally devoted to works by living composers who were born or currently live in Philadelphia and its Pennsylvania suburbs.

Classical Discoveries presents a 3 day FESTIVAL OF AMERICAN MUSIC in observance of Labor Day, 2016.

Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Mason Bates (1977- ), Jenni Brandon (1977- ), Mohammed Fairouz (1985- ), Kenneth Fuchs (1956- ), Colin Jacobsen (1978- ), Deon Nielsen Price (1934- ), Randall Woolf (1959- ), Frances White (1960- ), Nikitas Demos, Alex Freeman, Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate, Eric Moe, Martha Mooke, Gene Pritsker, Isaac Schankler, Karen P. Thomas, Sarah Wallin Huff, and others

Playlist-08-30-2016 - Playlist-08-31-2016 - Playlist-09-05-2016

Cover art from composer Aaron Gervais blog written on October 21, 2015

Monday, September 05, 2016
Daniel Dorff (1956- ), Jennifer Higdon (1962- ), David Ludwig (1974- ), Robert Moran (1937- ), James Primosh (1956- ), David Bennett Thomas (1969- ), Curt Cacioppo, George Crumb, David Finko, Amanda Harberg, Andrew Rudin, Anna Weesner, and others

TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC

Lesser known music before 1750

Giacomo Carissimi (1605-1674), Maurizio Cazzati (1616-1678), Sébastien de Brossard (1655-1730), Marcin Mielczewski (c. 1600-1651), Jacob Obrecht (1458-1505), Alessandro Stradella (1639-1682), Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, Jacob Handl-Gallus, Alessandro Scarlatti, Samuel Scheidt and others

Playlist and MP3 File
*(available after the broadcast till September 30, 2016)

TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC

Lesser known music before 1750

Antonio Caldara (1670-1736), Ambrosio Cotes (ca. 1550-1603), Antonio Lotti (1667-1740), Adam Reincken (1623-1722), Pietro Torri (ca. 1650-1737), Pavel Josef Vejvanovsky (ca. 1633-1693), Carlo Donato Cossoni, Adam Vaclav Michna, Christoph Schaffrath
and others

Playlist and MP3 File
*(available after the broadcast till September 30, 2016)

LOOKING INTO EAST - LOOKING INTO WEST

Halim El-Dabh (1921-), Kamran Ince (1960- ), Tigran Mansurian(1939- ), Tamar Muskal (1965- ), Hasu Patel, Fazil Say (1970- ), Chen Yi, Alan Hovhaness, Malek Jandali, Sister Marie Keyrouz, Arif Malikov, Alexandra Ottaway, Nancy Van de Vateand others

Playlist and MP3 File
*(available after the broadcast till September 30, 2016)

Odalisca - Artist Theodor Aman

TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC

Lesser known music before 1750

Antonio Caldara (1670-1736), Johann Christoph Graupner (1683-1760), Alonso Lobo (1555-1617), Juan Frances de Iribarren (1699-1767), Bernardo Pasquini (1637-1777), Francesco Ratis (?-1676), Carlo Farina, Carlo Antonio Marino,
Francesco Provenzale, Johann Rosenmüller, and others

Playlist and MP3 File
*(available after the broadcast till September 30, 2016)

David Bruce (1970- ), Alexandre Danilevski (1957- ), Carlotta Ferrari (1975- ), Joep Franssens (1955- ), Giorgio Gaslini (1929-2014), Jimmy Lopez (1978- ), Helen Jane Long, Marjan Mozetich, Cristina Spinei, Marcelo Zarvos, and others

Playlist

On Squirell Island - by American Artist, Dr. Laurie Sucher-Gaster (1942-2009)

TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC

Lesser known music before 1750

Antoine Dauvergne(1713-1797), Bartłomiej Pękiel (?-c.1666), Francesco Rovigo (ca. 1541-1597), Rosanna Scalfi Marcello (1704 or 1705-after 1742),
Gaetano Veneziano (1656-1716), Silvius Leopold Weiss (1686-1750), Loyset Compère, Pietro Gnocchi,Benedetto Marcello, Antonio Nola, and others

Playlist

Robert Carl (1954- ), Galina Gorelova(1951- ), Sadie Harrison (1965- ), Sima Wolf, Ahmad Pejman (1937- ), Kevin Puts, Sydney Guillaume, Jon Leifs, Kate Moore, Rebecca Oswald, Atli Heimir Sveinsson, Xiaogang Ye, and others

Playlist

Hide Out - Artist Anne Canfield

TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC

Lesser known music before 1750

Playlist

Wednesday August 03, 2016 from 5:30 till 11:00

Alexander Blechinger (1956- ), Charles Fernandez, Adolf Gebauer (1941- ), Nikolai Korndorf (1947-2001), Maria Newman (1962- )
Michael Schelle (1950- ), Mathew Fuerst, Robert Hugill, Debra Kaye, and others.
Polish women composers.
Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-1969), Hanna Kulenty (1961- ), Marta Ptaszyńska (1943- ), Ewa Fabiańska-Jelińska, Anna Ignatowicz,
Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil, Weronika Ratusińska, and others

Playlist

Omen by Azerbaijani Artist: Chingiz Aassov at:  AZgallery.org

TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC

Lesser known music before 1750

Willem De Fesch (1687-1761), Abraham Caceres (first half of 18th century), Carolus Hacquart (1640-1701), Herman Hollanders (1600-1636), Quirinus Van Blanckenburg (1654-1739), Benedictus a Sancto Josepho, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinc, and others

Playlist

Wednesday July 27, 2016 from 5:30 till 11:00

Here is a list of some of the works which will be presented:
Vladimír Godár (1956- ), Brian Wilbur Grundstrom (1956- ), Jan Jirásek (1956- ), Christian Jost (1963- ), Walter Ross (1936- ), Daniel Schnyder (1961- ), Raminta Šerkšnytė (1975- ), Marijn Simons (1982- ), Matthias Frommelt, Galina Grigorjeva, Sarah Kirkland Snider, Karen Tanaka, Zachary Wadsworth, and others

Playlist

Rainbow Bouquet of Summer flowers - by Artist Denise Ann Saldutti Egielski 

Friday, July 22, 2016 from 5:30 till 11:00am

TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC

Lesser known music before 1750

Robert Carver(1484/5-after 1568, Philipp Heinrich Erlebach (1657-1714), Giovanni Giorgi (?-1762),   Élisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre (1665-1729), Pierre de la Rue (ca. 1450-1518), Domenico Sarri (1679-1744), Francesco Conti, Costanzo Festa, Thomas Stoltzer, and others

Playlist and MP3 File
*(available after the broadcast till August 05, 2016)

Hossein Alizadeh (1950- ), Wojciech Kilar (1932-2013), Peter Lieuwen (1953- ), Marty Regan(1971- ), Somei Satoh (1947- ), Philip Spratley (1942- ), Joby Talbot (1971- ), Adrienne Albert, Alan Hovhaness, Antonín Tučapský, and many others

Playlist and MP3 File* (available after the broadcast till August 05,2016)

Flowers in a Glass - by American Artist, Dr. Laurie Sucher-Gaster (1942-2009)

Philippe Chamouard (1952- ), Daron Hagen (1961- ), Kamran Ince (1960- ),
Bart Visman (1962- ), Lydia Kakabadse, Marc Mellits, Cristina Spinei, Errollyn Wallen and others

Playlist and MP3 File
*(available after the broadcast till August 05, 2016)

Portrait - by Polish Artist Iwona Altmajer  

Friday, July 15, 2016 from 5:30 till 11:00am

TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC

Lesser known music before 1750

Johann Bernard Bach (1676-1749), Giacomo Carissimi (1605-1674), Sebastián Durón (1660-1716), Johann Samuel Endler (1694-1762), Walter Frye (?-1674?), Antonio Maria Montanari (1676-1737), Giacomo Antonio Perti (1661-1756), Francesco Scarlatti(1666-1741), Johann Melchior Gletle, Isabella Leonarda, Johannes Nucius, Damian Stachowicz, Domenico Zipoli, and others

Playlist

Wednesday, July 13, 2016 from 5:30 till 11:00

Sergio Cervetti (1940- ), Brenton Broadstock (1952- ), David Finko (1936- ), Houtaf Khoury (1967- ), Russell Pinkston (1949- ), Vesselin Stoyanov (1902-1969), Ray Twomey (1938- ), Martin Burlas, Jane Antonia Cornish, Limos Dizdari, Andrzej Koszewski, Marijan Lipovšek, Ľubica Čekovská, and many others

Playlist

Sunflowers by Azerbaijani Artist: Sanan Abusamadov at:  AZgallery.org

Friday, July 08, 2016 from 5:30 till 11:00am

TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC

Lesser known music before 1750

Anonymous Ordinary of the Mass Medieval Italy, Henri DuMont (1610-1684), Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer (1656-1746), Daniel Bollius (c. 1590-c. 1642), Alessandro Stradella (1639-1682), Diogenio Bigaglia, Josquin DesPrez, Andreas Hammerschmidt, Johann Friedrich Meister
and others

Playlist

Ēriks Ešenvalds (1977- ), Daniel Felsenfeld (1970- ), Paweł Mykietyn (1971- ), Allan Stephenson (1949- ), Karlheinz Stockhausen(1928-2007), Dobrinka Tabakova (1980- ), Gernot Wolfgang (1957- ) Ferenc Farkas, Douglas Knehans, Victoria Poleva, Deon Nielsen Price, Martin Scherzinger and others

Playlist

Pratt Beach - by American Artist, Dr. Laurie Sucher-Gaster (1942-2009)

Wednesday June 29, 2016:
Beth Anderson (1950- ), Jon Ward Bauman (1939-2009), Charles Roland Berry (1957- ),Jenni Brandon (1977- ), Kenneth Fuchs (1956- ), David Ludwig  (1974- ), Alex Shapiro (1962- ), Alvin Singleton (1940- ), Cristina Spinei (1984- ), by Frank Ticheli (1958- ), Sarah Wallin Huff  (1980- ), Daniel Dorff, Howard Hersh, Frank La Rocca, Robert Moran and others

Monday, July 04, 2016
John Musto (1954- ), Andrew Rudin (1939- ), Julia Wolfe (1958- ), Rodney Waschka II (1958- ), Jennifer Higdon, Joseph Koykkar, Mark Schultz, Michael Vincent Waller and others

Playlist-06-29-2016 - Playlist-06-30-2016 - Playlist-07-04-2016

TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC

Lesser known music before 1750

Johann Ernst Eberlin (1702-1762), Johann Sigismond Kusser (1660-1727, Claude le Jeune (c. 1528-1600), Johann Christoph Pezel (1664-1716), Luigi Rossi (1597-1653), Pietro Torri (1650-1737), Chiara Margarita Cozzolani, Pierre de Manchicourt, Valentin Rathgeber and others

Playlist

Friday, June 24, 2016 from 5:30 till 11:00am

TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC

Lesser known music before 1750

Antoine Brumel (c. 1460-1512/13), Antonio Cifra (1584-1629), William Hayes (1708-1777), Giovan Battista Leonetti(1575-1630), Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654), John Sheppard (c. 1515-1558, Johannes Tinctoris (c. 1435-1511), Gautier de Coincy, Alessandro Melani, Johann Rosenmüller, and others

Playlist

Wednesday, June 22, 2016 from 5:30 till 11:00

Alan Hovhaness, Jonathan Little (1965- ), Kate Moore (1979- ), Weronika Ratusińska (1977- ), Arnold Rosner(1945-2013), Giedrius Svilainis (1972- ), Philip Thompson, Šarūnas Nakas, Martijn Padding, Phillip Rhodes, Peeter Vähi, Rain Worthington, and others

Playlist

Los Bailarines Van Suspirando - Courtesy: by Artist, Lesley Mitchell

Friday, June 17, 2016 from 5:30 till 11:00am

TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC - Lesser known music before 1750

Angelo Poliziano (1454-1494), Costanzo Porta (1529-1601), Giovanni Felice Sances (1600-1679), Christopher Tye (c. 1505-1572), Princess Wilhelmine of Prussia (1709-1750) , Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745),
Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki, Isabella Leonarda, Giuseppe Valentini, and others

Playlist

Tiziano Bedetti (1976- ), Henry Brant (1913-2008), Qigang Chen (1951- ), Lydia Kakabadse (1955- ), Nikolai Korndorf (1947- 2001), John Fitz Rogers, Ramon Pagayon Santos (1941- ), Brett Dean (1961- ), Theodor Berger,
Jacob Cooper, Paula Diehl, Carlotta Ferrari, Ursula Mamok,

Playlist

Blue Sky - by Artist Denise Ann Saldutti Egielski 

Friday, June 10, 2016 from 5:30 till 11:00am

TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC - Lesser known music before 1750

Johann Christoph Bach (1642-1703), John Blow (1649-1708, Antonio Caldara (1670-1736), Clemens Non Papa (1510-1555), Guillaume Dufay (1397-1474, Juan Garcia de Salazar (1639-1710), Henrico Albicastro, Francesco Mancini, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Franz Tunder, and others

Playlist

Fabrice Bollon (1965- ), Tõnu Kõrvits (1969- ), Peter Lieuwen (1953- ), Arnold Rosner (1945-2013, Gintaras Sodeika (1961- ), Henry Wolking, Ilja Zeljenka (1932-2007), Mari Kimura, Vladimir Martynov, Ken Steen, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, and much more

Playlist

Courtesy: Azerbaijani Artist: Eldar Babazade at:  AZgallery.org

Friday, June 03, 2016 from 5:30 till 11:00am

TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC

Lesser known music before 1750

Alphonse D'Eve (1666-1727), Henri Du Mont (1610-1684), Karel Josef Einwaldt(1679-1753), William Hayes (1708-1777), Johannes Ockeghem (1410-1497), Aurelio Signoretti (1567- before 1635), Manuel Chrysaphes, Samuel Ebart, Claudio Merulo, Jacob Obrecht
and others

Playlist

Wednesday, June 01, 2016 from 5:30 till 8:30

Bill Alves, Iván Erőd (1936- ), Arnold Rosner (1945-2013), Peter-Anthony Togni(1959- ), Errollyn Wallen (1959- ), Katy Abbott, James Cohn, Xia Guan, Michael Murray and others

Playlist

Christinas Window - by American Artist, Dr. Laurie Sucher-Gaster (1942-2009)

from 8:30 till 11:00

Classical Discoveries will observe the 100th Birthday of American composer, musician, poet and inventor of musical instruments Louis Thomas Hardin (1916-1999) known as Moondog.

Gavin Black who knew Moondog for over 20 years and recorded his works will stop by the WPRB studio and share his memories of the composer.

Click this link to listen to the interview               
*(available after the broadcast)

Classical Discoveries presents: AMERICAN MUSIC FOR MEMORIAL DAY

Classical Discoveries will celebrate Memorial Day with a program of music by American composers.

Part 1:
John Luther Adams (1952- ), Kenneth Fuchs (1956- ), Lou Harrison (1917-2003)
Immersion by Alex Shapiro (1962- ), Walter Ross (1936- ), David Stock (1939-2015), Beth Anderson, Marilyn Bliss, Samuel A. Livingston, Paul Moravec, Harold Shapiro, Barbara White and others
Part 2
James DeMars (1952- ), Peter Schickele (1935- ), Harvey J. Stokes, James Kimo Williams (1950- ), Dennis Báthory-Kitsz, Barbara Benary, Marty Regan and others

Playlist-05-27-2016 - Playlist-05-30-2016

Saturday, May 28, 2016 from 5:30 till 9:00am

TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC

Lesser known music before 1750

Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre (1665-1729,
Annibale Padovano (1527-1575), Alessandro Stradella (1639-1682), Benedikt Anton Aufschnaiter, Richard Mudge and others

Playlist

Julius Aglinskas (1988- ), Brenton Broadstock (1952- ), Zita Bružaitė (1966- ), Roger Bourland (1952- ), Ēriks Ešenvalds (1977- ), Cecilia McDowall (1951- ), Adam Szmerek (1948- ), David Farquhar, Robert Heppener, Arturs Maskats, and others

Playlist

Cat - by Polish Artist Iwona Altmajer 

TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC

Lesser known music before 1750

Firminus Caron (ca. 1440-ca. 1475), Francesco Durante (1684-1755), Marcin Mielczewski (c. 1600-1651), Pierre Tabart (1645- ca. 1699)
Ignazio Albertini, Claudio Casciolini, Tarquinio Merula, Barbara Strozzi
and others

Playlist

Kalevi Aho (1949- ), Cristian Carrara (1977- ), Ola Gjeilo (1978- ), Annie Gosfield (1960- ), Ursula Mamlok (1923- 2016), Giel Vleggaar(1974- ), Shamir Tandon, Carl Vollrath, Eberhard Böttcher, Rebekah Driscoll, Franco Antonio Mirenzi, and others

Playlist

Lilacs by Azerbaijani Artist: Telman Babayev at:  AZgallery.org 

Saturday, May 14, 2016 from 5:30 till 9:00am

TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC

Lesser known music before 1750

Joan Cererols (1618-1680), Nicolas Clérambault(1676-1749), Giovanni Battista Draghi (c. 1640-1708), Philipp Heinrich Erlebach(1657-1714),
Giovanni Battista Bassani, Natale Monferrato, Claudin De Sermisy
and others

Playlist

Margaret Brandman (1951- ), Harald Genzmer (1909-2007)r, Arvydas Malcys(1957- ), Gabriel Prokofiev (1975- ), Dariusz Przybylski (1984- ), Augusta Read Thomas (1964- ), Seóirse Bodley, Mark Louis Lehman, Witold Lutosławski, Nico Muhly, Pēteris Plakidis, Uģis Prauliņš, Somei Satoh and others

Playlist

Folk Singer - by American Artist, Dr. Laurie Sucher-Gaster (1942-2009)  

TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC

Lesser known music before 1750

, Giovanni Antonio Giannettini (1648-1721), Johann David Heinichen(1683-1729), Wenzel Ludwig Edler Von Radolt (1667-1716), Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725),
Antonia Bembo,
Manuel de Zumaya,
Johann Friedrich Schreyfogel
and others

Playlist

Michał Dobrzyński (1980- ), Nikolai Kapustin (1937- ), Scott Pender (1959- ), Caleb Burhans, Paul Creston, Črt Sojar Voglar,
and others

Playlist

View of Spring Garden on Amsterdam - by Artist Denise Ann Saldutti Egielski 

Marvin Rosen with Daniel Dorff in WPRB studio

from 8:30 till 11:00

Happy 60th Birthday Danny

Classical Discoveries will celebrate the 60th Birthday of American composer, Daniel Dorff, who will stop by the WPRB studio and present a number of his works during the course of his visit.

Click this link to listen to the interview               
*(available after the broadcast)

TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC - Magnificent Bononcinis

Lesser known music before 1750

Giovanni Bononcini (1670-1747),
Antonio Maria Bononcini (1677-1726),
Sonatas by Giovanni Maria Bononcini(1642-1678), Claudio Cocchi, Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, Heinrich Isaac and others

Playlist

Mason Bates (1977- ), Carlotta Ferrari (1975- ), Pavel Fischer (1965- ), Jorge Grundman (1961- ), Juris Karlsonss (1948- ), Roxanna Panufnik (1968- ), Giovanni Albini, Fikret Amirov, Marek Brezovsky, Gao Hong, John K. Leupold, II, John Psathas, Mona Lyn Reese

Playlist

Gardens, Field & Sun Courtesy: by American Artist, Lesley Mitchell

TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC

João Rodrigues Esteves (c. 1700-c. 1751), Christoph Graupner (1683-1760, Heinrich Pfendner (1590-1631), Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745), Cristofaro Caresana, John Mason, Costanzo Festa and others

Playlist

Michael Daugherty (1954- ), Douglas Knehans (1957- ), Komitas (1869-1935), Gareth Farr, Helen Jane Long and others

2 world premiere performances:
Alleluia by Andrea Clearfield and Alleluia by Jennifer Higdon presented by The "Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia" on March 5, 2016 at the Temple Performing Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA.

Golden Room - Artist Anne Canfield

Happy 60th Birthday Vlado - 60th Birthday of Slovak composer Vladimír Godár
some presented works: Barcarolle for Cello Solo, Strings, Harp and Harpsichord
Concerto Grosso for 12 Strings and Harpsichord, Little Suite for Little David for Electric Violin, Electric Guitar, Stri, ng Orchestra and Harpsichord, Selections from Mater, Ricercar for Piano Quartet, Tombeau de Bartók, plus others

Playlist

TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC   -  MUSIC FOR THE POPES AND FROM THE ITALIAN CONVENTS - The focus of this week's program will be on composers associated one way or another with Rome as well as some selections by composers from the convents - Lesser known music before 1750

Tomaso Baj (1650?-1714), Giacomo Carissimi (1605-1674), Francesco Foggia (1603-1688), Marc' Antonio Ingegneri (1535/6-1592), Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525-1594), Gregorio Allegri, Bonifazio Graziani, Virgilio Mazzocchi, Bianca Maria Meda, Paolo Quagliati, and others

Playlist

Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000), Peter Klatzow (1945- ), Paweł Łukaszewski(1968- ), Marty Regan (1972- ), Valentin Silvestrov(1937- ), Allan Stephenson (1949- ), Frank Ticheli (1958- )
Anne Boyd,Guillaume Connesson, Don Gillis,
Lukáš Hurník
and others

Playlist

Spring In Shamakhy - by Azerbaijani Artist Darvin Valibeyov at: AZgallery.org

TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC

Lesser known music before 1750

Fabrizio Dentice (c. 1530-c. 1590), Johann Melchior Gletle (1626-1683), Jacobus Vaet (c. 1529-1567), Domenico Sarri (1679-1744),
Pietro Casati, Jean-Joseph Mouret, Jean Mouton, Christopher Tye, and others

Playlist

Wednesday, April 06, 2016 from 5:30 till 11:00

Christian Carey (1973- ), Michael Ching (1958- ), Morton Feldman (1926-1987), David Kechley (1947- ), Ståle Kleiberg (1958- ), Magnus Lindberg (1958- ) Andrew Norman(1979- )
Erberk Eryilmaz, Julie Mandel, Jocelyn Morlock, Christopher Schmitz,
Andrzej Panufnik, Roxanna Panufnik,
and many others

Playlist

By the Lake in Wisconsin - by American Artist, Dr. Laurie Sucher-Gaster (1942-2009)

TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC

MUSIC FOR HOLY WEEK

Lesser known music before 1750

Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602-1678), João Rodrigues Esteves (c. 1700-c. 1751), Philippe de Monte (1521-1603, Johann Stadlmayr (ca. 1580-1648), Giovanni Paolo Colonna, Jean Gilles and others

Playlist

Wednesday, March 23, 2016 from 5:30 till 11:00

IN PRAISE OF WOMAN - PART 4

Classical Discoveries will present the forth and last program of this year's annual series In Praise of Woman - devoted to music written by women.

Two Mothers in Rogers Park- by American Artist, Dr. Laurie Sucher-Gaster (1942-2009)

Sylvie Bodorova (1954- ), Dorothee Eberhardt (1952- ), Thea Musgrave (1928- ), Marcela Rodriguez (1951- ), Margaret Schedel, Errollyn Wallen (1958- ), Gillian Whitehead (1941- ),
Carlotta Ferrari, Sadie Harrison, Debra Kaye,
Sophia Serghi and others

Playlist

Confiteria Ideal Courtesy: by American Artist, Lesley Mitchell

TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC

Lesser known music before 1750

Antonio Maria Bononcini (1677-1726), Carlo Farina (c. 1600-1640), Marcin Mielczewski (c. 1600-1651), Cipriano de Rore (c.1515/16-1565),
Fernando de Almeida, Giuseppe Valentini, and others

Playlist

IN PRAISE OF WOMAN - PART 3

Classical Discoveries will present the third program of this year's annual series In Praise of Woman - devoted to music written by women.

 Mme Lina Denis With Her Dog - by Polish Artist Iwona Altmajer 

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Sunset - Wall Hanging - by Fiber Artist Nelly Kouzmina   

Saturday, March 12, 2016 from 5:30 till 9:00am

TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC

Lesser known music before 1750

Here is a list of some of the works to be presented this Saturday:

Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644-1704), Antoine Busnoys (c.1430-1492), Francisco de Peñalosa (c. 1470-1528), Francesco Provenzale (1624-1704), Sanuel Scheidt (1587-1654), Dario Castello, John Dunstable, Franz Tunder, Gioseffo Zarlino, and others

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Wednesday, March 09, 2016 from 5:30 till 11:00

IN PRAISE OF WOMAN - PART 2

Classical Discoveries will present the second program of this year's annual series In Praise of Woman - devoted to music written by women.

This week will be devoted to American composers 

Artist Anne Canfield

Andrea Clearfield (1960- ), Emma Lou Diemer (1927- ), Nancy Galbraith (1951- ), Stacy Garrop (1969- ), Julie Giroux (1961- ), Binnette Lipper (1939-2016), Ann Millikan (1963- ), Karen P. Thomas (1957- ), Melinda Wagner (1957- ), Beth Anderson, Jennifer Higdon, Anna Larson,Martha Mooke and others

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Artist Denise Ann Saldutti Egielski 

IN PRAISE OF WOMAN - PART 1

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

Tapestry - Courtesy: Azerbaijani Artist: Sabiha Ali at:  AZgallery.org 

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In Praise of - Courtesy: Azerbaijani Artist: Sabina Suleymanova at:    AZgallery.org 

Wednesday, February 24, 2016 from 5:30 till 11:00am

Classical Discoveries will present: VINYL-MANIA - as WPRB celebrates ALL VINYL WEEK: FEBRUARY 21-28

Jamil Amirov (1957- ), Ivan Jevti, Zdeněk Pololáník, Jaan Rääts, Marga Richter, Carlos Surinach, Yuzo Toyama (1931- ), Peggy Glanville-Hicks, Alan Hovhaness, Moondog (Louis Hardin), Peeter Vähi, Richard Yardumian and others

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Valentin Bibik (1940-2003), Ross Edwards (1943- ), Raimo Kangro (1949-2001), Vince Mendoza (1961- ), Walter Ross (1936- ), Raminta Šerkšnytė (1975- ), Carola Bauckholt, Sergio Cervetti, Daniel Dorff, Robert Moran, Sean O'Boyle, and others
From 9:00 until 9:45 guest Riley Lee

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Courtesy: Azerbaijani Artist: Eldar Babazade at:  AZgallery.org

Wednesday, February 10, 2016 from 5:30 till 11:00am

WATER IS LIFE - FOR FLINT

John Luther Adams (1953- ) Antoine Busnoys (c.1430-1492), Bechara EL-Khoury (1957- ), Emily Doolittle (1972- ), Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000), Libby Larsen (1950- ), Jón Leifs (1899-1968), Peter Lieuwen (1953- ), Ingram Marshall (1942-), Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996), Julian Yu (1957- ), Meira Warshauer (1949- ), Douglas Knehans, Karen Tanaka, Lois V Vierk and more. for more about this program go to: Blog: MarvinTheCat
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The top of a water tower at the Flint Water Plant is seen in Flint, Michigan January 13, 2016. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook

Mason Bates (1977- ), Henryk Mikołaj Górecki (1933-2010), Robert Janssens (1939- ), Joseph Koykkar (1951- ), Roger Matton (1929-2004), Mieczysław Weinberg (1919-1996), Marilyn Bliss, Mark Dal Porto, Francesco Di Fiore, Emma O'Halloran, Laurel Zucker and others

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Caritas by Polish artist Stanisław Wyspiański

Saturday, January 30, 2016 from 5:30 till 9:00am

TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC

Lesser known music before 1750

Henry Aldrich (1648-1710), Gregorio Allegri (1582-1652), Philippe Courbois (1705-1730), Alessandro Striggio (c. 1536/7-1592), Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745), Francesco Cavalli,Giovanni Paolo Colonna, Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco and others

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Wednesday, January 27, 2016 from 5:30 till 9:00am

Oliver Davis (1972- ), Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000), Roberto Sierra (1953- ), Peteris Vasks(1946- ), Maija Einfelde, Jane Leslie, Nelson Riddle, and others.
American composer, Rain Worthington a guest in the WPRB studio

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Brooklyn Bridge - by Artist Denise Saldutti

TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC

Lesser known music before 1750

Johann Baal (1657-1701), Philippe Courbois (1705-1730), Sebastiano Moratelli (1640-1706), Benedikt Anton Aufschnaiter, Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello, Heinrich Isaac and others

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DAVID BOWIE - THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH

Don Byron (1958- ), Keith Emerson (1944- ), Philip Glass (1937- ), Jonny Greenwood (1971- ) , John Paul Jones (1946- ), John Tavener (1944-2013), Frank Zappa (1940-1993), David Bowie, Michael Daugherty, Robin Gibb, Christopher Rouse, Meira Warshauer, Julia Wolfe and others.
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TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC

Lesser known music before 1750

Johann Christoph Bach (1642-1703), John Merbecke (c. 1505-c.1585), Johann Pfeiffer (1697-1761), Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677), Romanus Weichlein (1650-1706), Don Fernando De Las Infantas, Giovanni Felice Sances, Francesc Valls and others

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VIVA 21ST CENTURY PLUS - "INTERNATIONAL EDITION" - 25-HOUR LIVE WPRB RADIO BROADCAST
Saturday, December 26th at 2:00pm (EST time) until 3:00pm Sunday, December 27th, 2015 and 2 Non-marathon editions:Wednesday, January 06, 2016 - 5:30 -11:00am, Wednesday, January 13, 2016 - 5:30 -11:00am

Below is a list by the day and the approximate order the music will be played. This is of course subject to change. Most of the submissions are not not on this list.

12/26/15 (14:00-24:00)
Douglas Knehans, Jimmy Lopez, Sebastian Krajewski, Alex Shapiro, Kenneth Fuchs, Sergio Cervetti, Pavel Fischer, Robert Paterson, Ivan Moody, David Fink), Steve Layton, Stacy Garrop, Russell Pinkston, Elliott Sharp

12/27/15 (24:00-15:00)
Rupert Huber, Giya Kancheli, Mihailo Trandafilovski, Maciej Zieliński, Martha Mooke, Johanna Doderer, Andrei Golovin, Paul Mealor, Hasu Patel, Galina Grigorjeva, Ross Edwards (Helen Edwards), Judith Lang Zaimont, Jerome Kitzke, Jane Antonia Cornish, Gene Pritsker, Matija Krečič, Martin Scherzinger, Robert Moran, Daniel Dorff and others

01/06/2016 (5:30-11:00) and  01/06/2016 (5:30-11:00) - Part 2 & 3 - Non- Marathon Edition
Margaret Brouwer, Gloria Coates, Daron Hagen, Katherine Hoover, Magnus Lindberg, Pavol Malovec, Artur Słowiński, Brian Current, Arvydas Malcys,
David Toub, Giel Vleggaar, Douwe Eisenga, Toshio Hosokawa, David Lang, Paweł Łukaszewski, Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate, David Wolfson, Vivian Adelberg Rudow, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz, Zack Browning,Dosia McKay
and others
Flute - Courtesy: Azerbaijani Artist Namig Mammadov at: AZgallery.org
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TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC

Lesser known music before 1750

Mateo Flecha(1481-1553), Claude Le Jeune (c. 1528-1600) Alessandro Melani (1639-1703)Franz Tunder (1614-1667) Antoine Busnois, Manuel Cardoso, William Croft, Lorenzo Masi and others

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TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC

Lesser known music before 1750

Antonia Bembo (c. 1640-c.1720), Antoine Blanchard (1696-1770), Giacomo Carissimi (1605-1674), Antonio Literes (1673-1747), Philipoctus de Caserta,
Nicolo Fiorenza, Valerius Otto, Maciej Wronowicz and others

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In the last regular holiday series of programs, we will celebrate the New Year with light and joyful music.
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Al Compas de un Tango (To the beat of tango) Courtesy: Artist  Lesley Mitchell

On Additional Edition of Classical Discoveries

Monday, December 28, 2015 - from 5:30 till 11:00am

COWELL-MANIA

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Classical Discoveries will present the 1st program of its Christmas Trilogy and the 10th Annual program devoted to music for the holiday season by American composers

CHRISTMAS IN AMERICA

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Classical Discoveries will present its 19th Annual and the 2nd of its 2015 Christmas Trilogy:

CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD

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Madonna - Courtesy: Azerbaijani Artist: Ulaj Hagverdiyev at:  AZgallery.org

A MEDIEVAL, RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE CHRISTMAS - Part 1

Lesser known music before 1750

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A MEDIEVAL, RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE CHRISTMAS Part 2

In this program you will hear lesser known selections of early music celebrating the holiday, as well as some of Marvin's favorite works.

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Monday, December 21, 2015 - from 5:30 till 11:00am

Classical Discoveries will present the 11th Annual program devoted to music by black composers in observance of Kwanzaa.
THE NEGRO SPEAKS OF RIVERS

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TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC

Lesser known music before 1750

A number of works of Jewish inspiration will be included in observance of Hanukkah

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TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC

Lesser known music before 1750

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Wednesday, December 02, 2015 from 5:30 till 11:00am

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Nebran Forest Autumn - by Azerbaijani Artist Darvin Valibeyov at: AZgallery.org

TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC

Lesser known music before 1750

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Wednesday, November 25, 2015 from 5:30 till 11:00am

Classical Discoveries will present it's 19th Annual program celebrating the Thanksgiving Holiday with music of composers of the American Continent titled:

MUSIC OF THE AMERICAS

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TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC

Lesser known music before 1750

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Wednesday, November 18, 2015 from 5:30 till 11:00am

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*(available after the broadcast till December 04, 2015)

 Late Fall - by Azerbaijani Artist Darvin Valibeyov at: AZgallery.org

Wednesday, November 11, 2015 from 5:30 till 11:00am

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Red Bush - by Azerbaijani Artist Darvin Valibeyov at: AZgallery.org

Wednesday, November 04, 2015 from 5:30 till 10:00am

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Bushes - by Azerbaijani Artist Darvin Valibeyov at: AZgallery.org

Guest American composer, Jerome Kitzke

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Gold Autumn - by Azerbaijani Artist Darvin Valibeyov at: AZgallery.org

Wednesday, October 21, 2015 from 5:30 till 11:00am

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Nebran Forest After Rain - by Azerbaijani Artist Darvin Valibeyov at: AZgallery.org

Wednesday, October 14, 2015 from 5:00 till 11:00am

Annual Fund Drive Edition

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Please note that the Fund Drive edition will be not archived

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October from Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry

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Animals In The Pasture On Amsterdam - by Artist Denise Saldutti

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 Autum Landscape - by Azerbaijani Artist Yelena Hagverdiyeva at: AZgallery.org

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by Azerbaijani Artist:  Eldar Babazader at:  AZgallery.org

Monday, September 14, 2012  from 5:30 till 11:00am

Classical Discoveries will present music of Jewish inspiration in observance of the Jewish High Holy Days in a program titled:

SHEPHERD OF ISRAEL

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Music of Jewish Inspiration - Other Playlists

Wednesday, September 09, 2015  from 5:00 till 11:00am and from 11:00am till 02:00pm
Both September 09 programs will be totally devoted to music by Slovak composers and titled VIVA SLOVAKIA

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     Slovak folk hero Juraj Jánošík (1688-1713) by Władysław Skoczylas

TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC - Part 15

Lesser known music before 1750

This is the last program of the summer special. It will be totally devoted to music written by women composers.

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Sunday, September 06, 2015 from 1:00 - 3.00pm

Special edition devoted to early music from Greece for WPRB program Musical Odyssey

TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC - GREEK EDITION

Lesser known music before 1750

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Classical Discoveries presents:

AMERICAN MUSIC FOR LABOR DAY

Classical Discoveries will celebrate Labor Day with a program of music by American composers.

CLASSICAL DISCOVERIES GOES AVANT-GARDE - Part 14 - AMERICAN EDITION FOR LABOR DAY

Lesser known more adventurous contemporary and/or electronic music as well as extremely avant-garde music.

TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC - Part 14

Lesser known music before 1750

This is the second to last program of the summer special.

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