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Classical Discoveries
Wednesdays from 5:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

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Mash-up/mix by Steve Layton, from tracks contributed December 26-28 2019 by the members of the weekly online music-sharing event "Sound-In" (https://www.facebook.com/groups/improvfriday)
Steve Layton writes:
"It's important to note that none of the individual tracks were conceived, performed or recorded in coordination with any of the others. Each was a wholly distinct composition or improvisation, only listened to and brought together after they had been shared to the Sound-in group. The whole mix ended up being two distinct but joined 'pieces'; they share no musical material, but do inhabit the same world. The title 'Quo Vadis' is taken from the text I asked Marvin to write and speak, which is heard in the second half of the track." Words and speaking voice: Marvin Rosen Musicians & tracks mixed in order of appearance: Chris Vaisvil (Indianapolis, Indiana) Jim Goodin (Brooklyn, New York) William Newbold (Highland Park, New Jersey) Roger Sundström (Eksjö, Sweden) Kavin Allenson (Fort Worth, Texas) Shane Cadman (Whittier, California) Paul Muller (Ventura, California) Steve Layton (Seattle, Washington)

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

You will hear:
Under the Wing of the Rock (Version for alto saxophone and strings)(2006/2008) by British composer, Sally Beamish (1956- )
American Melting Pot by American composer, Henry Cowell (1897-1965)
Piano Concerto in A minor by Colombian composer, Luis Carlos Figueroa (1923- )
Suite for Symphonic Strings by American composer, Lou Harrison (1917-2003)
Hot Suite for piano four hands by Czech composer, Lukáš Hurník (1967- )
Secret Alchemy for violin, viola, cello and piano (2012) by American composer, Pierre Jalbert (1967- )
Plush Earth in Four Pieces for violin and piano (2014) by Chinese/American composer, Tonia Ko (1988- )
Still for violin, viola and orchestra (2006) by American composer, Keeril Makan (1972- )
Burning Meditation for baritone and string orchestra by Japanese composer, Somei Satoh (1947- )
The Grand Canal (Symphonic Suite )(2008) by Chinese composer, Zhou Tian (1981- )
Red Shift for cello, electric guitar, percussion and synthesizer by American composer, Lois Vierk (1951- )
Symphony no. 6 "Birds and Angels" for chamber orchestra, Op. 113 by Japanese composer, Takashi Yoshimatsu (1953- )
and much more

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

RECENTLY AIRED PROGRAMS

Some composers presented in this edition:
Jenni Brandon (1977- ), Reena Esmail (1983- ), Toshiyuki Honda (1957- ), Philippe Hersant (1948- ), Peter Hope (1930- ), Evgeny Irshai (1951- ), Viktor Kalabis (1923-2006), Tania León (1943- ), Arnold Rosner (1945-2013), Lionel Sainsbury (1958- ), Frank Ticheli (1958- ), Will Todd (1970- ), Paul Carr, Ulric Cole, Marek Raczyński, and others

Art: Violin With Pomagranatees by Azerbaijani Artist Rezaguliyev Aydin at: AZgallery.org

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Some composers presented in this edition:
Jennifer Bellor (1983- ), G. Bradley Bodine (1960- ), Jean-Michel Defaye (1932- ), Nancy Galbraith (1951- ), Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000), Jennifer Jolley (1981- ), Peter Van Zandt Lane (1985- ), Marc Mellits (1966- ), Vladimir Martynov (1946- ), Bright Sheng (1955- ), Asha Srinivasan (1980- ), Yuko Uebayashi (1958- ), plus many others

Art: Landscape With Snow by Greek artist Anastasios Strikos

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

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PHILIP GLASS - (January 31, 1937- )

All program devoted to Philip Glass music

Playlist and MP3 File *(available after the broadcast till February 15, 2020)

Some composers presented in this edition:
Lauren Bernofsky (1967- ), Shih-Hui Chen (1962- ), Rob Deemer (1970- ), Emily Doolittle (1972- ) Julie Giroux (1961- ), Galina Grigorjeva (1962- ), Andrew Rudin (1939- ), Kaija Saariaho (1952- ), Raminta Šerkšnytė (1975- ), James M. Stephenson (1969- ), Carl Vine (1954- ), Marian Borkowski, Giya Kancheli, Gaby Kapps, Catherine McMichael, Jessie Montgomery, Mari Takano, Anne Vanschothorst and others

Playlists and MP3 Files *(please note, each available after the broadcast for 2 weeks)

Some composers presented in this edition:
Seóirse Bodley (1933- ), Steve Danyew (1983- )r, Dan Forrest (1978- ), Amanda Harberg 1973- ), Anne McGinty (1945- ), Thea Musgrave (1928- ), Giovanni Sollima (1962- ), María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir (1980- ), Augusta Read Thomas (1964- ), Paweł Łukaszewski, Jonathan Leshnoff, Kyle Wernke, others and guests Stanley Grill and violist Brett Deubner.

Playlists and MP3 Files *(please note, each available after the broadcast for 2 weeks)
Stanley Grill/Brett Deubner.- Interview at:

ESTER MÄGI (January 10, 1922) the First Lady of Estonian Music

Some works presented in this edition:
A Tre for violin, cello & guitar (1991), Bukoolika for orchestra (1983, Lapland Joiks for piano (1987), Piano Concerto (1953), Prelude with Chorale for organ (1992), Symphony for orchestra (1968), Tuule tuba (Room of the Wind) for choir and organ (1994)
Variations for piano, clarinet and chamber orchestra (1972), Vesper for String Orchestra (1990/1998)

Playlist and MP3 File *
*(please note, each available after the broadcast for 2 weeks)

Some composers presented in this edition:
John Luther Adams (1953- ), Victoria Bond (1945- ), Thomas Clausen (1949- ), Aftab Darvishii (1987- ), Marcus Goddard (1973- ), Emily Howard (1979- ), Hania Kulenty Majoor (1961- ), Žibuoklė Martinaitytė (1973- ), Paul Moravec (1957- ), Kristin Bolstad, Sarah Lipstate, Liang Qian, Alyssa Reit, others and guest Frances White

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Frances White - Interview at:

Some composers presented in this edition:
Katy Abbott (1971- ), Rose Bolton (1971- ), Wong Chun-wai (1988- ), Anne Victorino d'Almeida (1978- ), Steve Elcock (1957- ), Sadie Harrison (1965- ), Anna Ignatowicz-Glińska (1968- ), Jessica Meyer, Gráinne Mulvey (1966- ), Tamar Muskal (1965- ), Maria Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir (1980- ), Amir Mahyar Tafreshipour (1974- ), Alejandro Basulto, Andris Dzenītis, Diana Čemerytė, Jennifer Fowler, Hannah Lash, Justina Šikšnelytė, and others

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AUSTRALIA ON FIRE

Some composers presented in this edition:
Margaret Brandman (1951- ), Ross Edwards (1943- ), Douglas Knehans (1957- ), William Barton (1981- ), Sarah Hopkins (1958- ), Peter Rankine (1960- ), and other works as time allows.'

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SHALL WE DANCE

Morton Feldman (1926-1987), Cheryl Frances Hoad (1980- ), Elliot Goldenthal (1954- ), Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000), lisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre (1665-1729), Giya Kancheli (1935-2019), Graham Koehne (1956- ), Kelly-Marie Murphy (1964- ), Harry Partch (1901-1974), Nikos Skalkottas (1904-1949), Carlos Surinach (1915-1997), Rain Worthington (1949- ), and more

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THE NEGRO SPEAKS OF RIVERS

Some composers presented in this edition:
Wynton Marsalis (1961- ), Jessie Montgomery (1981- ), Undine Smith Moore (1904-1989), Roberto Sierra (1953- ), Charles Uzor (1962- ), James Kimo Williams (1950- ), and more

Check other programs devoted to music by black composers
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CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD

Some composers presented in this edition:
Miłosz Bembinow (1978- ), Judith Bingham (1952- ), Jerónimo de Carrión (1660-1721), Ross Edwards (1943- ), Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000), Jaroslav Krček (1939- ), Steve Martland (1939- ), Onutė Narbutaitė (1956- ), Brigita Ritmaner, Urmas Sisask (1960- ), Girolamo Abos, Christoph Bernhard, Manuel Cardoso, Andre Jolivet, Tarquinio Merula and others

Art: Nativity from Henry VIII - Book of Hours
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CHRISTMAS IN AMERICA

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A MEDIEVAL, RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE CHRISTMAS - Part 1

Composers presented in this edition:
Anonymous, Giovanni Francesco Anerio (1567-1630), Sébastien de Brossard (1655-1730), Nikolous Bruhns (1665-1697), Cristofaro Caresana (ca. 1640-1709), Robert Jones (early 16th cent.), Johann Melchior Gletle (1626-1683), Cristobal de Morales (ca. 1500-1553), Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585), Friederich Wilhelm Zachow (1663-1712), Giacomo Carissimi, Franciszek Lilius, Samuel Scheidt, Gaetano Maria Schiassi, Jan Disma Zelenka, and others

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

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A MEDIEVAL, RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE CHRISTMAS - Part 2

Composers presented in this edition:
Giovanni Paolo Colonna (1637-1695), Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602-ca.1676), Robert Fayrfax (1464-1521), Christoph Graupner (1683-1760), Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643), Jacob Obrecht (1457-1505), Orlando di Lasso, Cipriano de Rore, and others as time allows

Art: Nativity from Bedford Hours - Paris c.1410

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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
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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)
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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.
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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

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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

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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

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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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