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IN PRAISE OF WOMAN

Every March from 2004, in observance of Women’s History Month, Classical Discoveries pays tribute to music by women composers from all over the world and through the centuries.
Every regular scheduled program is exclusively devoted to their music.
This March please check the weekly posting for highlights and upcoming features.
The second show of the series will air Wednesday, March 11, 2015 and will be devoted to American Women composers.

To find past playlists of the annual series and other programs devoted to music by women composers go to:
IN PRAISE OF WOMAN page.

Prior years Playlists: 2003-2009 and 2010 -2014

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To continue this celebration, Weekly Art Gallery will feature only women artists

This Wednesday, March 04, 2015 from 5:30 till 11:00

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. 

You will hear:

Impressions by Brazilian composer, Clarice Assad (1978- )
Guitar Concerto by Romanian/Canadian composer, Maya Badian (1945- )
Concerto for Orchestra by English composer, Judith Bailey (1941- )
Duende by English composer, Jane Antonia Cornish (1975- )
Diptych by Ukranian/Estonian composer, Galina Grigorjeva (1962- )
Platonic ID by Dutch composer, Rozalie Hirs (1965- )
plus music by
Emma Lou Diemer,
Nina Makarova,
Dosia McKay, Jocelyn Morlock,
Weronika Ratusińska
and many others

MOST RECENT PROGRAMS

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

You will hear:

Variations on a Memory by Canadian composer, John Estacio (1966- )
Symphony No. 16 (Kayageum), Op. 202 by American composer, Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
Missa osculetur me by Franco-Flemish composer, Orlando di Lasso (1530-1594)
Concerto for Xylophone and Strings by Croatian composer, Boris Papandopulo (1906-1991)
Grunwald 1410 by Polish composer, Romuald Twardowski (1930- )
Trumpet Concerto by Swiss composer, Daniel Schnyder (1961- )
plus music by
Louis Babin,
Gregory Hutter,
Pál Járdányi,
Paul Johnston
and others

During the 9:00am hour, Marvin will be joined by 2 high school students in his class on 21st Century Music to discuss their interviews with American composers, Mona Lyn Reese and Jennifer Jolley

listen to to this program till 03-15-2015  
Playlist: 02/25/2015

You will hear:
Petrichord by Australian composer, William Barton (1981- )
Messa Di Defontia by Italian composer, Mario Capuana (?-1646/47)
Symphony No. 48, "Vision of Andromeda" by American composer, Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
Polyhymnia: "She of Many Hymns" or Muse of Sacred Poetry, Op. 10 by Australian composer, Jonathan Little (1965- )
Second Suite for Strings by Slovenian composer, Marijan Lipovšek (1910-1995)
Soundscapes by American composer, Anne McGinty (1945- )
Cello Concertoo No. 3, "The Prisoner" by English composer, Alan Ridout (1934-1996)
Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra by Belgian composer, August Verbesselt (1919-2012)
In addition, During the 9:00am hour, Marvin will be joined by 2 high school students in his class on 21st Century Music to discuss their interviews with American composers, Dennis Báthory-Kitsz and Mark Dal Porto

listen to to this program till 03-08-2015  
Playlist: 02/18/2015

Classical Discoveries will present:

AMERICAN MUSIC FOR PRESIDENTS DAY

After the City Wept by Stefania de Kenessey (1961- )
Impressions by Frederick Fox(1931-2011)
Sinfonietta by Barbara Harbach (1946- )
Silent Whispers by William Thomas McKinley (1938-2015)
played in memory of the composer who passed away on February 3.
"Credo" by Kevin Puts (1972- )
The Scarlatti Effect by Elena Ruehr (1963- )
plus music by
Alan Hovhaness,
David Kirtley,
David Lentz,
and others

from 10:00 till 11:00am Classical Discoveries will host American guitarist Bradley Colten who will discuss his new CD of music by American composer Ernst Bacon

listen to to this program till 03-01-2015  
Playlist: 02/11/2015

Wednesday, February 04, 2015  from 5:30 till 11:00am

You will hear:
Sadat (2013) by American composer, Mohammed Fariouz (1985- )
Missa Duobis Choris by French composer, Nicolas Formé (1567-1638)
Bramall Hall Dances (2001) by English composer, Peter Hope(1930- )
Flute Concerto, "From Melvana to Today" by Azerbaijani composer, Illyas Mirzayev (1961- )
Quatre Instants (2002) by Finnish composer, Kaija Saariaho (1952- )
Three Sacred songs (2008) by Ukrainian composer, Dmitri Tchesnokov (1982- )
plus music by Lee Actor,
Raimo Kangro,
Joaquín Nin-Culmell,
Christina Spinei
and others

listen to to this program till 02-22-2015  
Playlist: 02/04/2015

This Wednesday, January 28, 2015  from 5:30 till 11:00am

Special presentation of CLASSICAL DISCOVERIES

ON THE BANKS OF NEMUNAS RIVER - A MUSICAL VOYAGE TO LITHUANIA

The whole program will be devoted to music by Lithuanian composers with a special emphasis on 20th and 21st century music.  Included, for example, will be music by:
Vytautas Bacevičius, Osvaldas Barkauskas, Bronius Kutavičius, Šarūnas Nakas, Antanas Rekašius, Raminta Šerkšnytė and many more

Here is a list of some of the works which will be presented:
Concerto for Oboe, Cembalo and Strings by Osvaldas Balakauskas (1937- )
String Quartet No. 4 by Jeronimas Kačinskas (1907-2005)
Five Pieces for String Quartet by Algimantas Kubiliūnas (1939- )
Trombone Concerto by Arvydas Malcys (1957- )
Autocollage No. 2, Op. 36 by Antanas Rekašius (1928-2003)
Concerto for Saxophone and Chamber Orchestra by Raminta Šerkšnytė(1975- )
Stabat Mater by Giedrius Svilainiis (1972- )
plus music by
Vidmantas Bartulis,
Bronius Kutavičius,
Nomeda Valančiūtė,
Žibuoklė Martinaitytė

listen to to this program till 02-15-2015  
Playlist: 01/28/2015

a special presentation of CLASSICAL DISCOVERIES

TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC

Lesser known music before 1750

You will hear:
Missa, "Clemens et Benigma" by French composer, Firminus Caron (ca. 1440-ca. 1475)
Sonata, Op.3, No. 12 by Italian composer, Carlo Antonio Marino (1670-1735)
Litanies de la Vierge by French composer, Étienne Moulinié (1599-1676)
Missa a 23 by Austrian composer, Benjamin Ludwig Ramhaufski (ca. 1631-1694)
plus music by
Vincenzo Albrici,
George Jeffreys,
Barbara Strozzi
and others
listen to to this program till 02-15-2015  
Playlist: 01/26/2015

You will hear:
Vibrations of Hope for Two Pianos (2013) by American   composer,   Zach Browning (1953- )
Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra by Hungaian composer, László Dubrovay (1943- )
Military Sinfonietta by Czech composer, Vítězslava Kaprálová (1915-1940) - (played in observance of the composers 100th birthday on January 24)
Stabat Mater by Russian composer, Vladimir Martynov(1946- )
Cello Concerto (2012) by American composer, Nico Muhly (1981- )
Concert for Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra by Bulgarian composer, Lubomir Pipkov (1904-1974)
Symphony No. 1, "Benfica" by Portuguee composer, Antonio Victorino D'Almeida (1940- )
plus music by
Fikret Amirov,
Andrei Eshpai,
Jack Gallagher,
Loreta Narvilaitė
plus many others
listen to to this program till 02-08-2015  
Playlist: 01/21/2015

Monday, January 19, 2015  from 5:30 till 8:30am

a special presentation of CLASSICAL DISCOVERIES -

TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC

Lesser known music before 1750

You will hear:
Suite from the Ballet "Les Genies" by French composer, Mlle. Duval (?-1769)
Missa super Sancta Maria by Slovennian composer, Jacob Handl Gallus (1550-1591)
Missa Vexilla Regis by Italian composer, Andrea Gabrieli (1533-1585)
Dies Irae by German composer, Johann Rosenmüller
plus music by Giacomo Carissimi, Diogo Melgaz, Marcin Mielczewski and others
listen to to this program till 02-08-2015  
Playlist: 01/19/2015

You will hear:
Little Concerto for Piano and Band by American composer, Henry Cowell (1897-1965)
Concerto No. 2 for Guitar and Strings, Op. 394 by American composer, Alan Hovhaness(1911-2000)
Immortal Diamond by American composer, Mary Ann Joyce-Walter
Psalms for cello and pre-recorded cellos (2008) by Lithuanian composer, Justė Janulytė(1982- )
Lenten Music for six saxophones (2011) by Polish composer, Paweł Łukaszewski (1968- )
3 Miniatures for piano and percussion (2010) by Italian composer, Claudio Scannavini(1959- )
plus music by Daniel Dorff,
Malek Jandali,
Rodolfo Ledesma, Gaetano Veneziano
and others
listen to to this program till 02-01-2015  
Playlist: 01/14/2015

You will hear:
Missa de Gloria by Spanish composer, Joan Cererols (1618-1680)
From a Folio by american composer, Michael Jon Fink (1954- )
Sinfonia Concertante (Symphony No. 3) by Hungarian composer, Miklós Maros (1943- )
Horizons (2013) by Lithuanian composer, Žibuoklė Martinaitytė (1973- )
The Beatitudes (2000) by Dutch composer, Jan Rokus Van Roosendaal (1960-2005)
Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra by Swedish composer, Erland van Koch (1910-2009)
plus music by:
Vladimir Godar,
Bevan Manson,
Paweł Mykietyn,
Josef Antonin Planicky
and others
listen to to this program till 01-25-2015  
Playlist: 01/07/2015

Friday, January 02, 2015 from 5:30 till 8:30am

The 50th anniversary of the death of American composer, Henry Cowell (1897-1965) will fall in 2015.
To observe this, with the hope of many more performances of his music this year and in the years to come, Classical Discoveries will present a special program featuring the symphonic music, the rather neglected side of this composer's output.
This special edition is titled:

SYMPHONIC COWELL

Featured will be the:
Symphony No. 2
Symphony No.10
Symphony No.11 "Seven Rituals of Music" Symphony No.16 "Icelandic"
as well as the
"Piano Concerto" and "Ongaku"
listen to to this program till 01-18 -2015  
Playlist: 01/02/2015

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