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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 each Wednesday from 7:00 till 10:00am.

MP3 Sound Files will be available for two weeks after the broadcast on this website.

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)

Some composers and works that will be presented in this edition:
Echoes & Shadows for voices (2011) by Norwegian composer, Kristin Bolstad (1981- )
Chronological Ordre for harpsichord (2018) by American composer, Thomas Donahue (1953- )
Piano Sonata (2012) by Australian composer, Ross Edwards (1943- )
Secret Sky for orchestra (2017) by American composer, Mara Gibson
Fields Amaze for homemade gamelan & microtonal keyboard by American composer, Patrick Grant (1963- )
First Light for orchestra by American composer, Jackson Greenberg
Concerto for Orchestra, Turkish Instruments and Voices (2002, rev. 2009) by Turkish-American composer, Kamran Ince (1960- )
Flute Concerto (2017) by Welsh composer, Rob Keeley (1960- )
Saraton for Solo Violin and Soprano and Ensemble of Traditional Instruments: Chang, Rubab and Qoshnay (2012) by Uzbek composer, Dilorom Saidaminova (1943- )
When We Were Trees for harp, percussion and bass (2013) by Dutch composer, Anne Vanschothorst (1974- )
and others

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

RECENTLY AIRED PROGRAMS

Some composers presented in this edition:
Beth Anderson (1950- ), Robert Fayrfax (1464-1521), Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000), Sarah Wallin Huff, Jessie Montgomery (1981- ), Robert Moran (1937- ), Thierry Pécou (1965- ), Valentin Silvestrov (1937- ), Ming-Hsiu Yen (1980- ) and others

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

Some composers presented in this edition:
Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-1969), Jeremy Beck (1960- ), Galina Grigoprjeva (1962- ), Raimo Kangro (1949-2001), Kate Moore (1979- ), Jaan Rääts (1932-), Ingrid Stölzel (1971-), Rain Worthington (1949- ), Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001), and others

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Some composers presented in this edition:
Tessa Brinckman, Linda Buckley (1979- ), Belinda Gehlert, Douglas Knehans (1957- ), Žibuoklė Martinaitytė (1973- ) , Arnold Rosner (1945-2013), Huang Ruo (1976- ), Shelley Washington (1991- ), Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745) and others

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Some composers presented in this edition:
Henryk Gorecki (1933-2010), Bruce Babcock, Anne Boyd (1946- ), Henry Cowell (1897-1965), Amanda Harberg (1973- ), Giovanni Priuli (ca. 1580-1626), Marga Richter (1926-2020), Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (1623-1680), Adam Wesolowski (1980- ), and others

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Some composers presented in this edition:
Eduardas Balsys, Christopher Keyes, Eric Nathan, Luis Pine, Victoria Vita Poleva, Somei Sato, Alex Shapiro, Paweł Szymański, Julia Wolfe, and more

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Wednesday, June 24, 2020, 7:00 till 10:00 - Home Edition

Some composers presented in this edition:
Diego Ortiz, Jenni Brandon, Frank Horvat, Cyrillus Kreek, Giovanni Valentini, Stanley Grill, Alan  Hovhaness, Ludovico Einaudi, Dmitri Smirnov, Marc Mellits, Grainne Mulvey, Lettie Alston and others

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Women Composers Edition

Some composers presented in this edition:
Bara Grimsdottir (Iceland, 1960- ), Hasu Patel (India), Judith Shatin (USA, 1949- ), Patricia Van Ness (USA, 1951- ), Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre (France, 1665-1729), Karmella Tsepkolenko, (Ukraine, 1955- ), Carlotta Ferrari (Italy, 1975- ), Dosia McKay (Poland/USA, 1971- ), Weronika Ratusińska ( Poland, 1977- ), Unsuk Chin (South Korea, 1961- ) as wells music by Raphaella Aleotti, and Helen Jane Long

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Wednesday, June 10, 2020, 9:00 till 12:00 - Home Edition

I Can't Breathe

Some composers presented in this edition:
Dennis Bathory-Kitsz, Jon Bellona, Sergio Cervetti,
Barbara Harbach, Tunde Jegede, Tania León, Daniel Bernard Roumain, Alvin Singleton, Joyce Solomon Moorman, Claude Vivier, Shara Nova, Florence Price, James Kimo Williams.

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Wednesday, June 03, 2020 from 9:00 till 12:00

Some composers presented in this edition:
Vasif Adigozal, Arnold Rosner, Peteris Vasks, Giovanni Paolo Colonna, Juste Janulyte, Robert Moran, Julius Eastman, Chiara Margarita Cozzolani, and others

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Some composers presented in this edition:
Terje Rypdal, Isabella Leonarda, Molly Joyce, Eriks Esenvalds, Jonathan Leshnoff, Giya Kancheli, Jocelyn Morlock, Alan Pettersson, and others

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Thursday, May 21, 2020 from 17:00 till 20:00 - Home Edition

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Wednesday, March 18, 2020 from 5:00 till 11:00

CLASSICAL DISCOVERIES 17TH ANNUAL "IN PRAISE OF WOMAN" - 2020 - Part 3

All programs broadcasted on WPRB cancelled do to Corona Virus Lockdown

CLASSICAL DISCOVERIES 17TH ANNUAL "IN PRAISE OF WOMAN" - 2020 - Part 2
AMERICAN WOMEN COMPOSERS

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

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Some composers presented in this edition:
Eve Beglarian (1958- ), Margaret Brouwer (1940- ), Beth Denisch (1958- ), Nancy Galbraith (1951- ), Jennifer Higdon (1962- )
Julie Mandel, Ann Millikan (1963- ), Pauline Oliveros (1932-2016), Deon Nielsen Price (1934- ), Symphony by Helen Taylor (1915-1950), Lois Vierk (1951- ), Birdwing by Frances White (1960- ), Carolyn Yarnell (1961- ), Beth Anderson, Rebekah Driscoll, Karen Griebling, Libby Larsen, Catherine McMichael, Joanne Metcalf, Alexandra Ottaway, Elena Ruehr, Alex Shapiro, Julia Wolfe and others

Art: Giovanni’s Room by American Artist Mina Smith-Segal and WHYY Television Broadcast by American Artist,  Lesley Mitchell (d. 2017)

Wednesday, March 04, 2020 from 5:00 till 11:00
CLASSICAL DISCOVERIES 17TH ANNUAL "IN PRAISE OF WOMAN" - 2020 - Part 1

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

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Some composers presented in this edition:
Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-1969), Sylvie Bodorova (1954- ), Dorothee Eberhardt (1952- ), Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre (1665-1729), Marcelle de Manziarly (1899-1989), Jenny McLeod (1941- ), Geraldine Mucha (1917-2012), Gráinne Mulvey (1966- ), Victoria Poleva (1962- ), Santa Ratniece (1977- ), Anna Segal, Ylva Skog (1963- ), Karen Tanaka (1961- ), Calliope Tsoupaki (1963- ), Isidora Žebeljan (1967- ), and much more

Art: Untitled by English artist Margaret Erber (1923-2018) and Portrait of artist by American Artist, Dr. Laurie Sucher-Gaster (1942-2009)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALAN HOVHANESS - March 8

Complete program devoted to works by Alan Hovhaness
and more

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Some composers presented in this edition:
Paul Carr (1961- ), David Crowell, Kenneth Fuchs (1956- ), Truman Harris (1945- ), Raimo Kangro (1949-2001), David Hackbridge Johnson (1963- ), Louis A. Josephson (2001- ), Wojciech Kilar (1932-2013), Miroslav Kokoška (1944-2005), Arvydas Malcys (1957- ), Michael Mikulka (1985- ), Indra Riše (1961- ), Arnold Rosner (1945-2013), Howard Swanson (1907-1978), Jukka Tiensuu (1948- ), and much more

Art: Botanical Watercolors by Greek artist Anastasios Strikos

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Some composers presented in this edition:
Sally Beamish (1956- ), Henry Cowell (1897-1965), Luis Carlos Figueroa (1923- ), Lou Harrison (1917-2003), Lukáš Hurník (1967- ), Pierre Jalbert (1967- ), Tonia Ko (1988- ), Keeril Makan (1972- ), Somei Satoh (1947- ), Zhou Tian (1981- ), Lois Vierk (1951- ), Takashi Yoshimatsu (1953- ), and much more

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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

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

All program devoted to Philip Glass music

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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

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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.

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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)

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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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