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Here is a list of some of the works and composers to be presented:
Australian composer, William Barton (1981- )
Russian/British composer, Alissa Firsova (1986- )
Canadian composer, Joan Hansen (1941-2021)
American composer, Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
Jurgis Juozapaitis (1942- )
Lithuanian composer,  Loreta Narvilaitė (1965- )
British composer, Clive Osgood (1977- )
Uzbek composer, Dilorom Saidaminova (1943- )
Plus music by Zach Browning, Nicolas Gombert, Bruce Reiprich, Valentin Silvestrov
and others as time permits

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Composers presented in this edition:
Dutch composer, Louis Andriessen (1939-2021)
French composer, Véronique Bracco (1976- )
Australian composer, Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912-1990)
Polish composer, Jacek Grudzień (1961- )
Armenian composer, Tigran Hamasyan (1987- )
Russian composer, Alexander Knaifel (1943-2024)
Puerto Rican composer, Angélica Negrón (1981- )
American composer, Neil Stipe (1953- )
Plus music by Ingrid Arauco, Marcel Dupré, Douwe Eisenga, Arnold Rosner, Ronn Yedidia
and others

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The 2nd of 2 Classical Discoveries Membership Drive programs is this week and is devoted to dance music The show is titled:

LET US DANCE

Composers presented in this edition:
Martin Butler, John Cage, John Holland, Odaline de la Martinez, Jessie Montgomery, Yves Prin, Teresa Procaccini, Godwin Sadoh, Cristina Spinei and others

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The 2025 WPRB Spring Membership Drive is coming up. It will begin on Monday, March 31 and will last through, Sunday, April 12.

First Membership Edition of Classical Discoveries, included some of Marvin's favorite composers plus a wide variety of other works.
Composers presented in this edition:
Lou Harrison, Alan Hovhaness, Natalie Joachim, Martin Lohse, Arvydas , Malcys, Vladimir Martynov, Marc Mellits, Monica Pearce, Bartłomiej Pękiel , Arnold Rosner, Valentin Silvestrov, Pēteris Vasks, Lucrezia Vizzana, and others as time permits.

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Wednesday, March 26, 2025 from 7:00 till 10:00

Composers presented in this edition:
Chinese/American composer, Chen Yi (1953- )
Lithuanian composer, Diana Čemerytė (1974- )
Russian/Canadian composer, Sophie Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté (1899-1974)
Australian/British composer, Sadie Harrison (1965- )
Estonian composer, Liis Jürgens (1983- )
British composer, Chloe Knibbs (1992- )
South African composer, Clare Loveday (1967- )
Ukrainian composer, Iryna Kyrylina (1953-2017)
Leonce and Lena (Suite for sop
Serbian composer, Isidora Žebeljan (1967-2020)
Plus music by Nan Avant, Delilah Gutman, Joelle Khoury, Lisa Nardi, Sarah-Jane Summers
and others

Wednesday, March 19, 2025 from 7:00 till 10:00

Composers presented in this edition:
Brazilian/American composer, Clarice Assad (1978- )
French composer, Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944)
German composer, Dorothee Eberhardt (2022-2023)
New Zealand/Australian composer, Maria Grenfell (1969- )
Russian composer, Sofia Gubaidulina (1931-2025)
British composer, Lydia Kakabadse (1955- )
Irish composer, Deirdre McKay (1972- )
Japanese composer, Karen Tanaka (1961- )
Plus music by Sanja Drakulić, Isabella Leonarda, Laura Liben, Gabriela Ortiz,
and others as time permits

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Wednesday, March 12, 2025 from 7:00 till 10:00

Wednesday, March 05, 2025 from 7:00 till 10:00

Composers presented in this edition:
British composer, Sally Beamish (1956- )
Italian composer Maria Rosa Coccia (1759-1833)
English composer, Anna Clyne (1980- )
French composer, Isabelle Courroy (1956- )
Polish composer, Hanna Kulenty (1961- )
Australian composer, Ella Macens (1991- )
Danish composer, Else Marie Pade (1924-2016)
Lithuanian composer, Justė Janulytė (1982- )
Plus music by Eleanor Alberga, Tatev Amiryan, Beth Anderson, Jane Antoia Cornish, Melissa Dunphy, Juri Seo and others

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Composers presented in this edition:
American composer, Peter Lieberson (1946-2011)
Polish composer, Paweł Marcin Strzelecki (1975- )
Dutch composer, Douwe Eisenga (1961- )
Chinese/American composer, Lei Liang (1972- )
Icelandic composer, María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir (1980- )
Norwegian composer, Henning Sommerro (1952- )
American composer, Daniel Temkin (1986- )
Faroese composer, Sunleif Rasmussen (1961- )
Plus music by Michael Daugherty, Cynthia Folio, Paul Turok,
and others as time permits

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
American composer, Rusty Banks (1974- )
Polish composer, Katarzyna Daniel (1992- )
American composer, Brent Michael Davids (1959- )
German/American composer, Lukas Foss (1922-2009)
Azerbaijani composer, Gara Garayev (1918-1982)
British composer, Dani Howard (1993- )
Canadian composer, Marian Mozetich (1948- )
Icelandic composer, Atli Heiimir Sveinsson (1938-2019)
plus music by: Božena Buinicka, Gina Gillie, Carolyn Morris and others

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Wednesday, February 05, 2025 from 7:00 till 10:00

Some Composers presented in this edition:
South African composer, Bongani Ndodana-Breen (1975- )
Irish composer, Linda Buckley (1979- )
American composer, John Cage (1912-1992) & Justin Messina (1980- )
American composer, Stacy Garrop (1969- )
American composer, Paul Lansky (1944- )
South African composer, Clare Loveday (1967- )
American composer, Frederic Rzewski (1938-2021)
Estonian composer, Toivo Tulev (1958- )
Plus music by Gina Gillie, Rachel Laurin, Vicente Lusitano, Angelique Mouyis,
and others

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
An-Lun Huang (1949- )
Chen Yi (1953- )
Chiayu (1975- )
Eunseon Yu (1993- )
Gao Hong (1964- )
Ssu-Yu Huang (1970- )
Traces by Tan Dun (1957- )
Vincent Ho (1975- )
Plus music by Huang Ruo, Li Huanzhi, P.Q. Phan, Qigang Chen, Ramon P. Santos
and others as time permits

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
British composer Sally Beamish (1956- )
Egyptian/American composer, Halim El-Dabh (1921-2017)
Canadian composer, Frank Horvat (1974- )
Taiwanese composer, Jing Peng (1965- )
Estonian composer, Ester Mägi (1922-2021)
Estonian composer, Riho Esko Maimets (1988- )
Dutch composer, Chiel Meijering (!954- )
American composer, Alyssa Morris (1984- )
Polish composer, Paweł Mykietyn (1971- )
American composer, Lois V. Vierk (1951- )
Plus music by Katahj Copley, Fjola Evans, Fred Firth and others.

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
American composer, Jeremy Beck (1960- )
American composer, Lauren Bernofsky (1967- )
Czech composer, Elia Cmiral (1950- )
American composer, Gregory Hunter (1971- )
Danish composer, Martin Lohse (1971- )
Cuban/American composer, Odaline de la Martinez (1949- )
American composer, Marc Mellits (1966- )
Canadian composer, Laura Sgroi
Plus music by Nainita Desai, Evelyn Glennie, Leanna Kirchoff and others

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Wednesday, January 08, 2025 from 7:00 till 10:00

THE NEGRO SPEAKS OF RIVERS

Some Composers presented in this edition:
American composer, Julius Eastman (1940-1990)
American composer, Jeffrey Mumford (1955- )
Nigerian/American composer, Shawn E. Okpebholo (1981- )
French composer, Thierry Pécou (1965- )
American composer, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (1932-2004)
American composer, Julia Perry (1924-1979)
British composer, Errollyn Wallen (1958- )
American composer, Olly Wilson (1937-2018)
Plus music by Ahmed Alabaca, Tania Leon, Jessie Montgomery, William Grant Still, Carlos Simon, George Walker. Ayanna Woods and others

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Other programs devoted to music by black composers

28TH ANNUAL SHALL WE DANCE

Here is a list of some of the works and composers to be presented:
Azerbaijani composer, Fikret Amirov (1922-1984)
Mari composer, Andrei Eshpai (1925-2015)
American composer, Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
French composer, Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre (1668-1733)
Japanese composer, Toshiro Mayuzumi (1929-1997)
American composer, Paul Moravec (1957- )
American composer, Arnold Rosner (1945-2013)
Danish composer, Poul Ruders (1949- )
plus music by:
Beth Anderson, Bunya Koh, John Cage, Lydia Kakabadse, Meredith Monk, Georg Muffat, and others

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Wednesday, December 04, 2024 -  from 7:00 till 10:00am

CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD

Some Composers presented in this edition:
German composer, Christoph Bernhardt (1628-1692)
Latvian composer, Laura Jēkabsone (1985- )
Czech composer, Jaroslav Krček (1939- )
Polish composer, Paweł Łukaszewski (1968- )
Russian composer, Vladimir Martynov (1946- )
Ukrainian composer, Valentin Silvestrov (1937- )
Estonian composer Urmas Sisask (1960-2022)
American composer, Rick Sowash (1950- )
Plus music by: Juan de Araujo, Kassiani, John Tavener and others

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CHRISTMAS IN AMERICA

Some Composers presented in this edition:
Alvin Curran (1938- )
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
Frank La Rocca (1951- )
Stephen Paulus (1949-2014)
Arnold  Rosner  (1945- 2013)
Stephen Shewan (1962- )
Conrad  Susa  (1935-2013)
Luna Pearl Woolf (1973- )
Thomas Juneau (1977- )
Plus music by Mia Ruhman, Carl Schroeder, JoAnne Wagner
and others

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A MEDIEVAL, RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE CHRISTMAS - Part 1

Some Composers presented in this edition:
French composer, Laurent Belissen (1693-1762)
Italian composer, Cristofaro Caresana (c. 1640-1709)
Italian composer, Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602-c. 1677)
Italian composer, Isabella Leonarda (1620-1704)
Spanish composer, Alonso Lobo (1555-1617)
Italian composer, Tarquinio Merula (1595-1665)
Czech composer, Adam Vaclav Michna (c. 1600-1676)
Italian composer, Gaetano Maria Schiassi (1698-1754)
English composer, Robert White (c. 1538-1574)
Polish composer, Maciej Wronowicz (c. 1645-c. 1700)
Czech composer, Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745)
Plus others as time allowes

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A MEDIEVAL, RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE CHRISTMAS - Part 2

Some Composers presented in this edition:
French composer, Laurent Belissen (1693-1762)
Italian composer, Cristofaro Caresana (c. 1640-1709)
Italian composer, Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602-c. 1677)
Italian composer, Isabella Leonarda (1620-1704)
Spanish composer, Alonso Lobo (1555-1617)
Italian composer, Tarquinio Merula (1595-1665)
Czech composer, Adam Vaclav Michna (c. 1600-1676)
Italian composer, Gaetano Maria Schiassi (1698-1754)
English composer, Robert White (c. 1538-1574)
Polish composer, Maciej Wronowicz (c. 1645-c. 1700)
Czech composer, Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745)

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
German composer, Carolina Eyck (1987- )
French composer, Guillaume Faugues (before 1442-after 1471)
American composer, Lou Harrison (1917-2003)
Polish composer, Piotr A. Komorowski (1977- )
Hungarian composer, Miklós Maros (1943- )
Scottish composer, Thea Musgrave (1928- )
Italian composer, Teresa Procaccini (1934- )
Armenian composer, Avet Terterian (1929-1994)
Plus music by John Luther Adams, Deborah Kavasch, Benedetto Marcello, and others as time permits

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
Canadian composer, Tim Brady (1956- )
American composer, Henry Cowell (1897-1965)
American composer, Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
American composer, Molly Joyce (1992- )
Canadian composer, Tawnie Olson (1974- )
Mexican composer, Gabriela Ortiz (1964- )
Costa Rican composer, Sebastian Quesada (1981- )
American composer, Stephen Shewan (1962- )
American composer, Daniel Spalding
American composer, Cristina Spinei (1984- )
Plus music by: Vivian Fung, Jorge Villavicencio Grossmann, Samuel Jones, Otto Luening, Philippa Schuyler and others as time permits

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
American composer, Kenji Bunch (1973- )
Polish composer, Mikołaj Górecki (1971- )
English composer, Jonny Greenwood (1971- )
American/Canadian composer, India Gailey
American composer, Douglas Hedwig (1951- )
American composer, Allison Loggins-Hull (1982- )
Latvian composer, Santa Ratniece (1977- )
Czech composer, Martin Smolka (1959- )
Plus music by John Cage, Douwe Eisenga, Ayo Oluranto, Laura Elise Schwendinger, Takashi Yoshimatsu and others as time permits

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Wednesday, November 13, 2024 from 7:00 till 10:00

Some Composers presented in this edition:
American composer, Paul Dooley (1983- )
American composer, Kenneth Fuchs (1956- )
American composer, Janice Giteck (1946- )
Canadian composers, Frank Horvat and Sharlene Wallace
Chinese composer, Chiayu Hsu (1975- )
Irish composer, Vincent Kennedy (1962- )
French composer, Denis Levaiilant (1952- )
Estonian composer, Ester Mägi (1922-2021)
American composer, Nico Muhly (1981- )
Serbian/American composer, Aleksandra Vrebalov (1970- )
Plus others as time permits

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THE VOICES OF ANGELS

Devoted to a variety of mainly Contemporary choral works from all over the world.

Some Composers presented in this edition:
Iranian/American composer, Sahba Aminikia (1981- )
Australian composer, Anne Boyd (1946- )
Dutch composer, Joep Franssens (1955- )
American composer, Daniel Knaggs (1983- )
Polish composer, Paweł Łukaszewski (1968- )
English composer, Elizabeth Maconchy (1907-1994)
American composer, Kile Smith (1956- )
Chinese composer, Man-Ching Donald You (1980- )
Plus music by: Nana Forte (Slovenia), Bára Grímsdóttir (Iceland), Alexander Knaifel (Russia), Henrik Ødegaard (Norway), Valentin Silvestrov (Ukraine)
and others as time permits

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
German composer, Johanna Doderer (1969- )
Columbian composer, Luis Carlos Figueroa (1923- )
American composer, Krystal Grant Folkestad (1983- )
American composer, Philip Glass (1937- )
Russian composer, Lydia Kavina (1967- )
Croatian composer, Boris Papandopulo (1906-1991)
American composer, Carl Schimmel (1975- )
Persian composer, Reza Vali (2021)
American composer, Gwyneth Walker (1947- )
Plus others as time permits

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Sunday, October 27, 2024 from 7:00 till 9:00

Some Composers presented in this edition:
Italian composer, Antonia Bembo (1643-1720)
Greek composer, Franghiskos Leontaritis (1518-1572)
English composer, William Turner (1651-1740)
Italian composer, Leonardo Vinci (1690-1730)
Polish composer, Bartłomiej Pękiel (?-1670)
Plus music by Dario Castello, Johannes Ciconnia, Johann Kaspar Kerll
and others as time permits

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
British composer, Martin Butler (1960- )
Latvian composer, Ēriks Ešenvalds (1977- )
American composer, Pierre Jalbert (1967- )
Irish composer, John MaLachlan (1964- )
Russian/British composer, Gabriel Prokofiev (1975- )
Japanese composer, Somei Satoh (1947- )
American composer, William Susman (1960- )
Belgian composer, Wim Henderickx (1962-2022)
Plus music by Ali Osman, Marilu Nino-Prieto, Georgia Rodgers, Gabriella Smith and others as time permits

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
British composer, Helen Caddick (1969- )
Chinese/American composer, Chen Yi (1953- )
Turkish composer, Zeynep Gedizlioğlu (1977- )
Ukrainian/Estonian composer, Galina Grigorjeva (1962- )
American composer, Stanley Grill (1953- )
American composer, Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
Polish composer, Pawel Pudlo (1983- )
Latvian composer, Peters Vasks (1946- )
Plus music by Richard Einhorn, Joanna Marsh, Pärt Uusberg, George Walker and others as time permits

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
American composer, Adrienne Albert (1941- )
American composer, Sebastian Birch (1961- )
American composer, Nicole Chamberlain (1977- )
Persian composer, Aftab Darvishi (1987- )
Hungarian composer, Andras Derecskei (1982- )
American composer Mara Gibson (1972- )
British composer, Jonathan Mayer (1975- )
American composer, Deon Nielsen Price (1934- )
Mexican composer, Marcela Rodriguez (1951- )
American composer, Arnold Rosner (1945-2013)
American composer, Jake Runestad (1986- )
Latvian composer, Peteris Vasks (1946- )
and others as time permits

Some Composers presented in this edition:
Chinese/French composer, Qigang Chen (1951- )
Polish composer, Kamil Cieslik (1991- )
Australian composer, Ross Edwards (1943- )
American composer, Arthur Levering (1953- )
Japanese composer Yoko Nakatani
Dutch composer, Richard Rijnvos (1964- )
Estonian composer, Urmas Sisask (1960-2022)
American composerRain Worthington (1949- )
Plus music by James Scott Balentine, Chan Wing-Was, Judith Markovich, Ellen Andrea Wang
and others

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY VICTORIA & ARVO

Classical Discoveries is celebrating the birthdays of 2 contemporary composers who were born on September 11; Arvo Pärt (Estonia, 1935-) and Victoria Poleva (Ukraine,1962- )
Some other composers presented in this edition:
American composer, Andy Akiho (1979- )
Italian composer, Marco Baldini (1986- )
American composer, Joanne Metcalf (1958- )
American composer, Cristina Spinei (1984- )
and others

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Wednesday, September 04, 2024 from 7:00 till 10:00

Some Composers presented in this edition:
American composer, Jennifer Bellor (1983- )
American composer, Chloe Upshaw (1996- )
American composer, Paul Dooley (1983- )
American composer, Daniel Dorff (1956- )
American composer, Scott Brinkman (1963- )
British composer, Adam Gore (1958- )
American composer, Barbara Harbach (1946- )
Polish/American composer, Dosia McKay (1971- )
Ukrainian composer, Valentin Silvestrov (1937- )
American composer, David Bennett Thomas (1969- )
Serbian composer, Isidora Žebeljan (1967-2020)
and others

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Sunday, September 01, 2024 from 7:00 till 09:00

Some Composers presented in this edition:
Italian composer, Anthonello de Caserta (1355-1402)
Franco-Flemish composer, Jacob Obrecht (1457/8-1505)
Italian composer, Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)
Swiss composer, Ludwig Senfl (c. 1486-1543)
Italian composer, Pietro Torri (1650-1737)
Plus music by Giovanni Valentini, Giovanni Battista Vitali and others as time permits

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
Brazilian/American composer, Clarice Asaad (1978- )
Lithuanian composer, Julius Aglinskas (1988- )
American composer, Rick Baitz (1954- )
German composer, Alexander Blechinger (1956- )
American composer, Kevin Day (1996- )
American composer, Kenneth Fuchs (1956- )
Latvian composer, Marina Gribinčika (1966- )
American composer, Lou Harrison (1917-2003)
American composer, Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
Canadian composer, Jan Järvlepp (1953- )
English composer, David Matthews (1943- )
American composer, Mary Ann Joyce-Walter (1937- )
American composer, Anna Weesner (1965- )
Plus music by Nabil Benabdeljalil, Christian Lindberg and others as time permits

Tueaday, August 27, 2024 from 7:00 till 10:00

Some Composers presented in this edition:
Anonymous 17th century Italy
French composer, Sébastien de Brossard (1655-1730)
German composer, Johann Philipp Krieger (1649-1725)
Franco-Flemish composer, Johannes Regis (c. 1425-c. 1498)
German composer, Johann Kuhnau (1660-1722)
Bohemian composer, Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1725)
Plus music by Carlo Mannelli, Bianca Maria Media, Jean Mouton, Alessandro Stradella and others

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TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC

August 25, 2024 from 7:00 till 09:00Sunda

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THE GLORIOUS SOUND OF POLAND - REPRISE

Some Polish composers presented in this edition:
Marian Borkowski (1934- ), Marcin Błażewicz (1953-2021),Łukasz Farcinkiewicz (1981- ),Wojciech Kilar (1932-2013), Aleksander Kościów (1974- ), Bartosz Kowalski (1977- ),
,Hanna Kulenty (1961- ), Paweł Łukaszewski (1968- ), Paweł Jan Mykietyn (1971- ), Aldona Nawrocka (1977- ), Andrzej Panufnik (1914-1991),Weronika Ratusińska (1977- ),
Adam Wesołowski (1980- ), Slawomir Zamuszko (1973- ),
Plus others as time permits

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THE GLORIOUS SOUND OF POLAND - REPRISE - EARLY MUSIC EDITION

Some Composers presented in this edition:
Cyprian Bazylik (c. 1535-c. 1600), Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki (c. 1665-1734), Marcin Mielczewski (c. 1600-1651),Mikolaj of Radom (ca. 1400-ca. 1450), Bartłomiej Pękiel (?-1670), Damian Stachowicz (1658-1699), Stanisław Sylwester Szarzyński (late 17th to early 18th centuries), Mikołaj Zieleński (c. 1550-c. 1615),
and others as time permits

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Sunday, August 18, 2024 from 7:00 till 09:00

Some Composers presented in this edition:
Italian composer, Giacomo Carissimi (1605-1674)
Slovenian/ Austrian composer, Jacob Handl Gallus (1550-1591)
Italian composer, Isabella Leonarda (1620-1704)
German composer, Rupert Ignaz Mayr (1646-1712)
German composer, Heinrich Scheidemann (1596-1663)
plus music by Dario Castello, John Daniel, Francesco Landini and others as time permits

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
American composer, Bruce Broughton (1945- )
American composer, Pierre Jalbert (1967- )
Belgian/Canadian composer, Michel Lysight (1958- )
American composer, Missy Mazzoli (1980- )
Ukrainian composer, Victoria Poleva (1962- )
Iranian composer, Alexander Rahbari (1948- )
Lithuanian composer, Raminta Šerkšnytė (1975- )
Australian composer, Caroline Szeto (1956- )
American composer, Christopher Tin (1976- )
Serbian composer, Aleksandra Vrebalov (1970- )
Plus music by Tiziano Bedetti, Jennifer Fowler, Goda Marija Gužauskaitė
and others as time permits

Some Composers presented in this edition:
German composer, Nicolaus Bruins (1665-1697)
Scottish composer, Robert Carver (1485-1570)
Italian composer, Giovanni Paolo Colonna (1637-1695)
Franco-Flemish composer, Joaquin des Prez (ca. 1450-1521)
Italian composer, Francesco Foggia (1603-1688)
Spanish composer, Pare Miquel López (1669-1723)
Franco-Flemish composer, Pierre de la Rue (c.1460-1518)
German composer, Johann Christian Schieferdecker (1679-1732)
Plus music by Antonio Bertali, Heinrich Schutz, Heinrich Scheidemann and others as time permits

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
French composer, Nicolas Bacri (1961- )
American composer, John Alden Carpenter (1876-1951)
American composer, Jennifer Bellor (1983)
American composer, Daniel Dorff (1956- )
American composer, Jennifer Higdon (1962- )
Lithuanian composer, Arvydas Malcys (1957- )
Canadian composer, Eldon Rathburn (1916-2008)
American composer, Alex Shapiro (1962-)
American composer, Kile Smith (1956- )
Swedish composer, Andrea Tarrodi (1981- )
Plus music by Jennifer Margaret Barker, Raffaele Bellafronte, Peter Lieuwen, and others

Some Composers presented in this edition:
Franco-Flemish composer, Jacques Arcadelt (1507-1568)
Italian composer, Francesco Cellavenia (mid 16th century)
French composer, Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676-1749)
English composer, William Hayes (1708-1777)
French composer, André Danican Philidor (1646? -1730)
Italian composer, Giovanni Alberto Ristori (1692-1753)
Italian composer, Barbara Strozzi (c. 1619-1664)
Italian composer, Gioseffo Zarlino (1517-1590)
Plus music by Joan Cabanilles, Anthonello de Caserta, Zacara da Teramo and others as time permits

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
Puerto Rican composer, Juan Álamo (1978- )
American composer, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz (1949- )
American composer, Margaret Brouwer (1940- )
American composer, Christopher Cerrone (1984- )
Australian composer, Ross Edwards (1943- )
Ukrainian/Estonian composer Galina Grigorjeva (1962- )
Latvian composer, Imants Kalniņš (1941-)
American composer, Marc Mellits (1966- )
American composer, Kamala Sakaram (1978- )
Japanese composer, Somei Satoh (1947- )
American composer, Michael Schelle (1950- )
Swedish composer, Ylva Skog (1963- )
Plus music by Philip Parker, Monica Pearce, Marta Ptaszyńska, George Walker, Lawren Brianna Ware
and others as time permits

Some Composers presented in this edition:
Italian composer, Bonaventura Rubino (1600-1668)
Franco-Flemish composer, Jacobus Clemens non Papa (c.1510/15-1555/6)
Italian composer, Francesco Bartolomeo Conti (1682-1732)
Italian composer, Antonio Caldara (1679-1736)
Catalan composer, Mateo Flecha (1481-1553)
Polish composer, Stanisław Sylwester Szarzyński (late 17th-early 18th century)
Polish composer, Mikołaj z Radomia (early 15th century)
Mexican composer, Manuel de Zumaya (c. 1678-175
plus music by: Élisabeth-Claude Jacquet de La Guerre, Turlough O’Carolan, Matthias Weckmann and others as time permits

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TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
Polish composer, Karol Anbild (1925-2008)
American composer, David Biedenbender (1984- )
Turkish/American composer, Erberk Eryilmaz (1989- )
American composer, Amanda Harberg (1973- )
Mari (Soviet/Russian) composer, Andrei Eshpai (1925-2015)
American composer, Gregory Hutter (1971- )
American composer, Jennifer Jolley (1981- )
American composer, Nico Muhly (1981- )
Dutch composer, Chile Meijering (1954- )
American composer, James M. Stephenson (1969- )
Plus music by Lydia Kakabadse, Santa Ratniece, Girma Yifrashewa and others

Some Composers presented in this edition:
Italian composer, Giovanni Battista Bassani (c. 1650-1716)
Czech composer, Samuel Capricornus (1628-1665)
French composer, Firminus Caron (ca. 1440-ca. 1475)
German composer, Adam Falckenhagen (1697-1754)
German composer, Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688-1758)
Franco-Flemish composer, Johannes Lupi (c.1506-1539)
English composer, Richard Mudge (1718-1763)
Italian composer, Asprilio Pacelli (1570-1623)
Plus music by Vincenzo Albrici, Rosa Giacinta Badalla, Francesco Scarlatti and others as time permits

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
American composer, Mason Bates (1977- )
American composer, Alex Berko (1995- )
American composer, Tina Davidson (1971- )
American/Australian composer, Douglas Knehans (1957- )
English composer, David Matthews (1943- )
Polish composer, Krzysztof Penderecki (1933-2020)
American composer, Belinda Reynolds (1970- )
American composer, Gabriella Smith (1991- )
Croation composer, Bruno Vlahek (1986- )
Plus music by Ellen Fishman, Rae Howell, Justė Janulytė, Artur Malawski and others

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
German composer, Georg Böhm (1661-1733)
Italian composer, Maurizio Cazatti (1616-1678)
Italian composer, Francesco Cellavenia (mid 16th century)
Spanish composer, Juan Manuel de la Puente(1692-1753)
German composer, Johann Georg Orschler (1698-c. 1767)
Polish composer, Bartłomiej Pękiel (?-1670)
French composer, Jean-Baptiste Quinault (1687-1745)
English composer, William Turner (1651-1740)
and others

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
German composer, Ludwig Daser (c. 1525-1589)
Italian composer, Nicola Fago (1677-1745)
Dutch composer, Benedictus a Sancta Josepho (c. 1642-1716)
Italian composer, Teodorico Pedrini (1671-1746)
German composer, Johann Christoph Pez (1664-1716)
German composer, Johann Christian Schickhardt (c.1682-1762)
Swiss composer, Ludwig Senfl (c. 1486-c.1543)
French composer, Nicolas Siret (1663-1754)
Plus music by Giacomo Carissimi, Suor Leonora d’Este, Alessandro Stradella, John Taverner
and others

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Wednesday, July 03, 2024 from 7:00 till 10:00am

Thursday, July 04, 2021 from 7:00 till 10:00am

Classical Discoveries is celebrating music by American composers.

Some Composers presented in this edition:
Beth Anderson (1950- ), Marilyn Bliss (1954- ), Carson Cooman (1982- ),Dan Forrest (1978- ), Kenneth Fuchs (1956- ), John La Montaine (1920-2013), Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate (1968- ), Arnold Rosner (1945-2013), Plus music by Julie Giroux, Katherine Price, Christina Rusnak and others as time permits

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
Henry Cowell (1897-1965), Nancy Galbraith (1951- ), Stanley Grill (1953- ), Daron Hagen (1961- ),Lou Harrison (1917-2003), Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000), Jessie Jones (1978- ),Frances White (1960- ),
Plus music by Nicole Chamberlain, Beata Moon, Nico Muhly, Zenobia Powell Perry, and others as time permits

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Here is a list of some of the works and composers to be presented:
Juan de Araujo (1648-1712)
Francisco Lopez Capillas (1615-1674)
Juan de Herrera (1670-1738)
Juan De Lienas (1620-1654)
Ximeno Perez (?-1654)
Esteban Salas (1725-1803)
Manuel De Sumaya (c. 1678-1755)
Thomas de Torrejon Y Valasco (1644-1728)
and others as time permits

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
American composer, Margaret Brouwer (1940- )
American composer, Linda Robbins Coleman (1954- )
English composer, Jane Antonia Cornish (1975- )
Chilean composer, Sebastian Errázuriz (1975- )
American composer, Mara Helmuth (1957- )
American composer, Vijay Iyer (1971- )
Polish composer, Paweł Korepta (1976- )
Albanian composer, Çesk Zadeja (1927-1997)
Plus music by Kinan Azmeh, Richard E. Brown, Ashlee T. Busch, Michael Vincent Waller and others

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Tuesday, June 25, 2024 from 7:00 till 10:00

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
American composer, Richard E. Brown (1947- )
Irish composer, Greg Caffrey (1963- )
American composer, Morton Feldman (1926-1987)
American composer, Kenneth Fuchs (1956- )
Australian composer, Matthew Hindson (1968- )
American composer, James Lee III (1975- )
Polish composer Mikołaj Majkusiak (1983- )
Through a Stillness Brightening for violin and chamber ensemble American composer, Jeffrey Mumford (1955- )
Japanese composer, Miho Sasaki (1978- )
Dutch composer, Theo Verbey (1959- 2019)
Plus music by Brent Michael Davids, Dani Howard, Liz Lane, Angélica Negrón and others

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
Italian composer, Antonia Bembo (1643-1720)
English composer, William Cornish (1465-1523)
Czech composer, Josef Leopold Dukat (1684-1717)
German composer, Philipp Heinrich Erlebach (1657-1714)
Austrian composer, Johann Joseph Fux (1660-1741)
Italian composer, Carlo Ambrogio Lonati (c. 1645-c. 1712)
Franco-Flemish composer, Pierre Moulu ( c. 1484-c. 1550)
Italian composer, Francesco Giovannini (1709-1775)
Plus music by Johannes Ciconia, Nicholas Ludford, Henry Madin and others as time permits

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
Italian composer, Marco Baldini (1986- )
American composer, Lou Harrison (1917-2003)
American composer, Rami Levin (1954- )
Latvian composer, Pēteris Plakidis (1947-2017)
Estonian composer, Jaan Rääts (1932-2020)
American composer, Philippa Schuyler (1931-1967)
Lithuanian composer, Raminta Šerkšnytė (1975- )
English composer, Matthew Taylor (1964- )
American composer, Jeff Vitucci (1982- )
Plus music by Anders Koppel, Laura Elise Schwendinger and Hilary Tann and others as time permits

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
Italian composer, Vincenzo Albrici (1631-1687)
Franco-Flemish composer, Noel Bauldeweyn (c. 1480-c. 1530)
Spanish composer, Juan Bautista Jose Cabanilles (1644-1712)
Italian composer, Carlo Donato Cossoni (1623-1700)
Spanish composer, Cristobal de Morales (c. 1500-1553)
German/Dutch composer David Petersen (1650/1-1737)
German composer, Johann Adam Reincken (1643-1722)
Italian composer, Pietro Torri (c. 1650-1737)
Plus music by Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre, Annibale Padovano and others

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
American composer, Rick Baitz (1954- )
Lithuanian composer, Osvaldas Balakauskis (1937- )
Lithuanian composer, Diana Čemerytė (1974- )
Armenian composer, Geghuni Chitchyan (1929- )
Filipino composer, Alejandro D. Consolacion II (1980- )
American composer, Quincy C. Hilliard (1954- )
Australian composer, Linda Kouvaras (1960- )
Finnish composer Juuhani Nuorvala (1961- )
Plus music by Andrea Costantani, Joanna Marsh, Richard Yardumian
and others as time permits

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Tuesday, June 04, 2024 from 7:00 till 10:00

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The entire show (in observance of Memorial Day) will be totally devoted to music by American composers. The program is titled "American Music - 50/50" - As in the annual marathons, 50/50 represents an approximate even representation of men and women composers.

Some Composers presented in this edition:
Beth Anderson (1950- ), Louis Wayne Ballard (1931-2007),
Henry Cowell (1897-1965), Kenneth Fuchs (1956- ),Jennifer Higdon (1962- ),Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000), Debra Kaye (1956- ), Robert Moran (1937- ),Kevin Puts (1972- ), Alex Shapiro (1962- ),William Susman (1960- ), Shelly Washington (1991- ), Adrienne Albert, Jennifer Bellor, Christopher Cerrone, Chen Yi, Daniel Dorff, Stanley Grill, Howard Hersh, Joanne Metcalf, Pauline Oliveros, Kile Smith, Rain Worthington and others

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
Polish composer, composer Joanna Bruzdowicz (1943-2021)
American composer, Robert Carl (1954- )
Taiwanese composer, Yu-Hui Chang (1970- )
American composer, Brian Field (1967- )
American composer, Deon Nielsen Price (1934- )
Canadian composer, Larysa Kuzmenko (1956- )
American composer, Stephen Shewan (1962- )
Ukrainian composer, Valentin Silvestrov (1937- )
American composer, Jack Stamp (1954- )
Estonian composer, Erkki Sven Tour (1959- )
plus music by: David Hackbridge Johnson, Gity Razaz, Katherine Saxon, Kazimierz Serocki, James Wilson and others as time permits

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
Italian composer, Antonio Caldara (1670-1736)
French composer, Bernard De Bury (1720-1785)
Italian composer, Carlo Farina (c.1600-c.1640)
Franco-Flemish composer, Nicolas Gombert (c.1495-c. 1560)
Italian composer, Isabella Leonarda (1620-1704)
Polish composer, Marcin Mielczewski (c. 1600-1651)
Italian composer, Magister Filipoctus de Caserta (1370-1420)
Franco-Flemish composer, Pierre de la Rue (c.1452-1518)
Belgian composer, Philippus van Steelant (1611-1670)

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
American composer, J .P. A. Falzone (1986- )
British composer, Michael Zev Gordon (1963- )
American composer, Pierre Jalbert (1967- )
Swedish composer, Allan Pettersson (1911-1980)
Italian/American composer, Paola Prestini (1975- )
American composer, Arnold Rosner (1945-2013)
Bulgarian/British composer, Dobrinka Tabakova (1980- )
Indian/British composer, Param Vir (1952- )
Plus music by Anna Baadsvik, Denis Bédard, Kevin Seddiki, Julius P. Williams and others as time allows

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Monday, May 13, 2024 from 7:00 till 10:00

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TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC

Wednesday, May 08, 2024 from 7:00 till 10:00

Some Composers presented in this edition:
American composer, David Chesky (1967- )
Australian composer, Ross Edwards (1943- )
Polish/Ottoman composer Wojciech Bobowski aka Ali Ufki (1610-1675)
Lebanese composer, Sister Marie Keyrouz (1963- )
Ukrainian composer, Victoria Poleva (1962- )
New Zealand Composer, John Psathas (1966- )
Ukrainian composer, Valentin Silvestrov (1937- )
German composer, Wilhelm Weismann (1900-1980)
Plus music by Cyprian Bazylik, Chiara Margarita Cozzolani, Kassiani, Sir Andrzej Panufnik, Arvo Pärt, Salomon Rossi, Kile Smith and others

Some Composers presented in this edition:
English composer, Mark David Boden (1986- )
American composer, Beth Denisch (1958- )
British composer, Dani Howard (1993- )
Chinese composer, Ssu-Yu Huang (1970- )
Croatian composer, Ivan Končić (1988- )
British composer, Jonathan Mayer (1975- )
American composer, Jessie Montgomery (1981- )
American composer, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (1939- )
plus music by Jiyoun Chung, Antonio Correa, Douwe Eisenga, Kari Telstad Sundet, Vivi Vassileva and others

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SPRING MEMBERSHIP EDITION
MUSICAL ODDBALLS

WPRB’s spring membership began Tuesday, April 9 and will last until Sunday, April 21st The second Classical Discoveries membership drive program will be this Wednesday, April 17. It is titled Musical Oddballs and will feature works composed for unusual instruments. Included will be music for accordion, banjo, didjeridoo, harmonica, tabla, and many others.

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50 YEARS OF THE KRONOS QUARTET

SPRING MEMBERSHIP EDITION

WPRB’s spring membership drive begins this Tuesday, April 9 and will last until Sunday, April 21st.

My first special program will be this Wednesday, April 10th from 7:00 to 10:00am. At that time, Classical Discoveries will present a program in honor of the Kronos Quartet.
First 3 hours devoted to Kronos Quartet. Part 2 will include: Pawel Szymanski, Pawel Myketyn, Wojciech Kilar, Grażyna Bacewicz, Henry Cowell, Lou Harrison, Alan Hovhaness and others

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CLASSICAL DISCOVERIES 21ST ANNUAL "IN PRAISE OF WOMAN" - 2024 - Part 5

Some Composers presented in this edition:
Canadian composer, Emily Doolittle (1972- )
German composer, Dorothee Eberhardt (1952- ) 
American composer Mara Gibson (1972- )
Australian composer, Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912-1990)
Irish/English composer, Elizabeth Maconchy (1907-1994)
Japanese composer, Misato Mochizuki (1969- ) 
Ukrainian composer, Victoria Poleva (1962- )
Finnish composer, Kaija Saariaho (1952-2023)
Plus selections by: Elizabeth R. Austin, Gloria Coates, Helen Jane Long, Annie Pasqua, Anne Vanschothorst, Laura Schwiendinger  and others as time permits

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TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC

Some Composers presented in this edition:
Italian composer, Maddalena Casulana (c. 1544-c.1590)
Italian composer, Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602-1678)
French composer, Mlle. Duval (?-1769)
French composer, Elizabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre (1665-1729)
by Italian composer, Isabella Leonarda (1620-1704)
Italian composer, Suor Leonora d’Este (1515-1575)
Italian composer, Rosanna Scalfi Marcello (1704 or 1705-after 1742)
Italian composer, Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677)
Plus music by Eloisa, Kassiani, Khosrovidukht (attributed to), Claudia Francesca Rusca and others

CLASSICAL DISCOVERIES 21ST ANNUAL "IN PRAISE OF WOMAN" - 2024 - Part 3

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CLASSICAL DISCOVERIES 21ST ANNUAL "IN PRAISE OF WOMAN" - 2024 - Part 2 - AMERICAN WOMEN COMPOSERS

Some Composers presented in this edition:
Adrienne Albert (1941- ),Jennifer Bellor (1983- ),Jenni Brandon (1977- ),Nancy Galbraith (1951- ),Amanda Harberg (1973- ),Jennifer Higdon (1962- ), Dorothy Hindman (1966- ), Pauline Oliveros (1932-2016), Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee (1938- ),Arlene Sierra (1970- ),
Kamala Sankaram (1978- ),Alex Shapiro (1962- ),
Plus music by Beth Anderson, Barbara Harbach, Molly Joyce, Susan T. Nelson, Faye-Ellen Silverman, Rain Worthington and others as time permits

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CLASSICAL DISCOVERIES 21ST ANNUAL "IN PRAISE OF WOMAN" - 2024 - Part 1

Some Composers presented in this edition:
Austrian composer, Johanna Doderer (1969- )
American composer, Debra Kaye (1956- )
Polish composer, Hanna Kulenty (1961- )
Iranian composer, Nasim Khorassani (1987- )
Ukrainian composer, Iryna Kyrylina (1966-2017)
Estonian composer, Ester Mägi (1922-2021)
Puerto Rican composer, Angélica Negrón (1981- )
Czech composer, Katerina Ruzicková (1972- )
Lithuanian composer, Raminta Šerkšnytė (1975- )
Icelandic composer, Maria Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir (1980- )
English composer, Jennifer Watson (1985- )
and others

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
English composer, Judith Bingham (1952- )
Polish composer, Marian Borkowski (1934- )
American composer, George Crumb (1929-2022)
Latvian composer, Rihards Dubra (1964- )
New Zealand composer, Gareth Farr (1968- )
Georgian composer, Giya Kancheli (1935- 2019)
Australian composer, Kate Moore (1979- )
South African composer, Allan Stephenson (1949-2021)
Scottish composer, Ronald Stevenson (1928-2015)
Georgian composer, Sulkhan Tsintsadze (1925-1991)
and others

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FANFARES FOR OUR PRESIDENTS

Classical Discoveries will celebrate Presidents Day with two programs of music by American composers.

Some Composers presented in this edition:
Adrienne Albert, John Cage (1912-1992), Robert Carl, David Chesky (1956- ), Emma Lou Diemer (1927- ), Henry Cowell (1897-1965),
Kenneth Fuchs (1956- ), Michael Gryc (1949- ),Adolphus Hailstork (1941- ), Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000), Debra Kaye (1956- ), Mary Jane Leach, Libby Meyer, Robert Moran, Jeffrey Mumford (1955- ), Charles Nichols (1967- ), Nick Vasallo (1979- ), Lawren Brianna Ware, Rain Worthington (1949- ), plus music by others

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
Roger Ames,  Curt Cacioppo (1951- ), Paul Creston, Miriam Gideon,
Justin Dello Joio (1955- ),Lou Harrison (1917-2003), Jennifer Higdon (1962- ), Lowell Lieberman (1961- ), Jessica Meyer (1974- ), Stephen Shewan (1962- ), James Timo Williams (1950- ), plus music by others

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Classical Discoveries celebrates the Chinese New Year in a program titled:
IN THE YEAR OF THE DRAGON

Some Composers presented in this edition:
Qigang Chen (1951- ), Yiu-Kwong Chung (1956- ), Tan Dun (1957- ),
Gao Hong (1964- ), Huang Ruo (1976- ), Richard Tsang (1952-), Isang Yun (1917-1995), Chen Yi (1953- ),Texu Kim, Bun-Ching Lam, Geng Li, P.Q. Phan, Ming-Hsiu Yen and others

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
American composer, Aaron Alter (1955- )
Portuguese composer, Sérgio Azevedo (1968- )
American composer, Jonathan Bingham (1989- )
Maltese composer, Mariella Cassar-Cordina (1979- )
American composer, Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
American composer, Nico Muhly (1981- )
Thai composer, Narong Prangcharoen (1973- )
Uzbek composer, Dilorom Saidaminova (1943- )
American composer, Laura Schwendinger (1962- )
Bulgarian-British composer, Dobrinkka Tabakova (1980- )
American composer, Kristina Warren (1989- )
Polish composer, Adam Wesołowski (1980- )
American composer, Eric Whitacre (1970- )
and others as time permits

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
British composer, Ivan Moody (1964-2024)
Polish composer, Cyprian Bazylik (c. 1535-c. 1600)
American composer, Nancy Galbraith (1951- )
Chinese composer, Zhang Lida
American composer, Scott Pender (1959- )
Hungarian composer, Roland Szentpáli (1977- )
Plus music by Grazyna Bacewicz, Anthony Paul De Ritis, Michel Roush, and Judith Shatin and others

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
Turkish composer, Ilhan Baran (1934-2016)
French composer, Jacques Charpentier (1933-2017)
American composer, Henry Cowell (1897-1965)
British composer, Cecilia McDowall (1951- )
Australian composer, Kate More (1979- )
American composer, Pierre Jalbert (2015)
Polish/British composer, Andrzej Panufnik (1914-1991)
Lithuanian composer, Antanas Rekasius (1928-2003)
Estonian composer, Pärt Uusberg (1986- )
Icelandic composer, Jórunn Vidar (1918-2017)
British composer, Robin Wallker (1953- )
Polish composer, Adam Wesołowski (1980- ),
and others as time permits

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27st Annual program: SHALL WE DANCE

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Saturday, December 30th at 12:00 until 12:00 Saturday, December 31th, 2023

VIVA 21ST CENTURY - 24-HOUR - 50/50 - INTERNATIONAL EDITION - 24-HOUR LIVE WPRB RADIO BROADCAST

Some Composers presented in this edition:
Jamaican composer, Eleanor Alberga (1949- )
American composer, Adolphus Hailstork (1941- )
American composer, Kevin Day (1996- )
American composer, Ulysses Kay (1917-1995)
British composer, Hannah Kendall (1984- )
American composer, Jeffrey Mumford (1955- )
American composer, Shawn E. Okpebholo (1981- )
French composer, Thierry Pécou (1965-)
Haitian/American composer, Daniel Bernard Roumain (1971- )
and others

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CHRISTMAS IN AMERICA

Some Composers presented in this edition:
Eve Beglarian, Alvin Curran (1938- )
David Garner (1954- ), Barbara Harbach, Jennifer Higdon (1963- ),
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000), Frank La Rocca, Dan Locklair (1949- )
John Mitchell (1941- ), Charles Theodore Pachelbel, Stephen Paulus (1949-2014), Carl Schroeder, Gregory T.S. Walker (1961- ),
and others

CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD

Some Composers presented in this edition:
English composer, Judith Bingham (1952- ), Lebanese composer, Sister Marie Keyrouz (1963- ), Czech composer, Jaroslav Krček (1939- ), Latvian/American composer, Anita Kuprisa (1958- ), Polish composer, Paweł Łukaszewski (1968- )Estonian composer, Urmas Sisask (1960-2022), Ukrainian composer, Evgeny Stankovich (1942- )
Plus music by Christoph Bernhard, Kassiani, Georg Sviridov and others

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A MEDIEVAL, RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE CHRISTMAS - Part 1

Some Composers presented in this edition:
Italian composer, Giacomo Carissimi (1605-1674)
Swiss composer, Valentin Molitor (1637-1713)
Spanish composer, Cristobal de Morales (ca. 1500-1553)
English composer, John Sheppard (c. 1515-1558)
Italian composer, Alessandro Stradella (1639-1682)
Italian composer, Orazio Tarditi (1602-1677)
Italian composer, Giovanni Valentini (1680-1759)
German composer, Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow (1663-1712)
Plus music by: Claudio Merulo, Marcin Mielczewski, Hieronymus Praetorius and others

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
Anynomous from 15th century Spain
French composer, Sébastien de Brossard (1655-1730)
English composer, William Horwood (c.1430-1484)
Polish composer, Józef Kobierkowicz (18th century)
Italian composer, Angelo Ragazzi (1680?-1750)
Czech composer, Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745)
Polish composer, Mikołaj Zieleński (c. 1550 -1615)
plus music by Pietro-Paolo Bencini, Girolamo Cavazzoni, Chiara Margarita Cozzolani, Nicolas Gombert, and others

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A MEDIEVAL, RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE CHRISTMAS - Part 3

Some Composers presented in this edition:
La Tarantella by Italian composer, Cristofaro Carrasana (ca. 1640-1709
Cantata, “Die Herrlichkkeit des Herrn by German composer, Basilius Petriz (1647-1715), Christmas Music for Brass by Czech composer, Adam Václav Michna (1600-1676)
Plus music by
Alessandro Grandi, Tarquinio Merula, Jacob Obrecht, Maria Xaveria Perucona, and others

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
Italian composer, Cristian Carrara (1977- )
Canadian composer, Mark Duggan
American composer, Michael Gandolfi (1956- )
Armenian composer, Nina Grigoryan (1976- )
Armenian composer, Komitas (1869-1935 )
Russian composer, Vladimir Martynov (1946- )
American composer, Richard Yardumian (1917-1985)
Plus music by Miguel del Aguila, Marcela Rodriguez, Judith Sainte Croix, Anne Vanschothorst,
and others as time allows

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Friday, November 24, 2023 from 7:00 till 10:00

Some Composers presented in this edition:
Canadian composer, Mark Armanini (1952- )
Canadian composer, Glenn Buhr (1954- )
Uruguayan/American composer, Sergio Cervetti (1940- )
American composer, Henry Cowell (1897-1965)
American composer, David Del Tredici (1937-2023)
Canadian composer, Kelly-Marie Murphy (1964- )
Ecuadorian composer, Luis Humberto Salgado (1903-1977)
Chickasaw composer, Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate (1968- )
Plus music by Joanne Metcalf, Stephen Shewan and others

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Wednesday, November 22, 2023 from 7:00am till 12:00pm
Classical Discoveries 27th Annual program celebrating the Thanksgiving Holiday with music of composers of the American Continent

Some Composers presented in this edition:
Brazilian composer, Edson Beltrami (1965- )
American composers: Elizabeth Austin, Louis W. Ballard, Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990), Chick Corea (1941-2021), Daniel Dorff, Linda Dusman (1956- ), Kenneth Fuchs (1956- )
American composer, Stanley Grill (1953- ), Adolphus Hailstork, Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000),  Steven Mackey (1956- ), David Maslanka (1943-2017), Alex Shapiro,
Chinese/American composer, Thomas Oboe Lee (1945- )
Colombian composer, Carolina Noguera (1978- )
plus music by Robyn Jacob, Jocelyn Morlock,

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
Polish composer, Marcin Błażewicz (1953-2021)
English composer, Martin Butler (1960- )
Estonian composer, Arvo Pärt (1988/2015)
South African composer, Hans Roosenschoon (1952- )
South African composer, Martin Scherzinger (1975- )
Chinese/American composer, Bright Sheng (1955- )
Hungarian composer, Roland Szentpali (1977- )
Bulgarian/British composer, Dobrinka Tabkova (1980- )
Plus music by Anne Boyd, Barbara Kaszuba, Janice Macaulay, Benjamin Rimmer and others as time permits

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
American composer, Arnold Rosner (special memorial)
American composer, Kevin Day (1996- )
Japanese composer, Akira Ifukube (1914-2006)
English composer, Andrew March (1973- )
American composer, Missy Mazzoli (1980- )
American composer, Eric Moe (1954- )
Plus music by Nicole Chamberlain, Afarin Mansouri, Ben Verdery and others as time allows

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
Iranian composer, Mina Arissian
Native American composer, Louis Wayne Ballard (1931-2007)
American composer, Doug Bielmeier
American composer, Justin Dello Joio (1955- )
German composer, Moritz Eggert (1965- )
Canadian composer, Vivian Fung (1975- )
American composer, Molly Joyce (1992- )
American composer, Jonathan Leshnoff (1973- )
Canadian composer, Marian Mozetich (1948- )
Canadian composer, Monica Pearce (1984- )
American composer, Kile Smith (1956- )
and more

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
Italian composer, Bartholomeus de Bononia (early 15th century)
Franco-Flemish composer, Noel Bauldeweyn (c. 1480-c. 1530)
German composer, Dietrich Becker (1623-1679)
French composer, André Campra (1660-1744)
Italian composer, Carlo Antonio Marino (1670-1735)
Italian composer, Virgilio Mazzocchi (1597-1646)
German composer, Georg Muffat (1653-1704)
Italian composer, Pietro Torri (c. 1650-1737)
Plus music by Francesco Cavalli, Johannes Ciconia, Francisco Guerrero, Alessandro Scarlatti
and more if time allowes

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Wednesday, October 25, 2023 from 7:00 till 10:00 - special edition SCRATCH TIME - ALL ABOUT CATS

Some Composers presented in this edition:
American composer, Beth Anderson (1950- )
American composer, William Bolcom (1938- )
English composer, Chris Hazell (1948- )
Japanese American composer, Asako Hirabayashi (1960- )
American composer, Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
American composer, Robert Moran (1937- )
Spanish composers, Xavier Montsalvatge (1912-2002)
Norwegian composer, Jon Øivind Ness (1968- )
Russian composer, Alisha Nikolaev (1959-1977)
Ukrainian composer, Valentin Silvestrov (1937- )
English composer, , Philip Spratley (1942-)
American composer, Joelle Wallach (1946- )
American composer, John Zorn (1953- )
and more

Some Composers presented in this edition:
American composer, Bruce Babcock
American composer, Jeremy Beck
Italian composer, Cristian Carrara (1977- )
American composer, Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
New Zealand composer, John Psathas (1966- )
Swedish composer, Jan Sandström (1954- )
American composer, Stephen Scott (1944-2021)
American composer, Carlos Surinach (1915-1997)
Latvian composer, Peteris Vasks (1946- )
Turkmenistani composer, Iraida Yusupova (1962- )
Plus music by Lou Harrison, Joan Szymko, Jacob her Veldhuis
and others as time permits

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Tuesday, October 17, 2023 from 7:00 till 10:00

Some Composers presented in this edition:
Italian composer, Pirro Capacelli Albergati (1663-1735)
Czech composer, Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský 1684-1742)
Italian composer, Lelio Colista (1629-1680)
Spanish composer, Francisco Correa de Arauxo (1584-1654)
German composer, Johann Ernst Eberlin (1702-1762)
English composer, Robert White (c.1538-1574)
Italian composer, Domenico Zipoli (1688-1726)
and others

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
American composer, Henry Cowell (1897-1965)
South Korean/American composer, Jung Sun Kang (1983- )
New Zealand composer, Gemma Peacocke (1984- )
Latvian composer, Georgs Pelēcis (1947- )
Dutch composer, Marijn Simons (1982- )
American composer, Alvin Singleton (1940- )
Polish/American composer, Christine Jancarz
South African composer, Martin Scherzinger (1975- )
Japanese composer, Yoichi Togawa (1959- )
Plus music by Milton Barnes, Silvia Berg, Maria Grenfell and others

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Some Estonian Composers presented in this edition:
Maria Faust (1979- ), Elis Hallik (1986- ), Mihkel Kerem (1981- ), Raimo Kangro, Maria Kõrvits, Ülo Krigul (1978- ), Arvo Pärt (1935- ), Jaan Rääts (1932-2020), Urmas Sisask (1960-2022), Erkki-Sven Tüür
Pärt Uusberg (1986- )  and others as time permits

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Other programs devoted to music by Baltic/North European Composers

Some Composers presented in this edition:
American composer, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz (1949- )
American composer, Michael Byron (1953- ))
Polish composer, Zuzanna Koziej (1994- ))
American composer, Jessie Montgomery (1981- ))
American composer, Christina Rusnak (1959- ))
Ukrainian composer, Victoria Poleva (1962- )
Russian composer, Boris Tishchenko (1939-2010))
American composer, Bill Whitley
Plus music by: Alex Baranowski, Anna Clyne, Jeanne Demessieux, David Hackbridge Johnson, Anthony O’Toole, Paweł Solecki, Marģeris Zariņš and others

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SHEPARD OF ISRAEL

Some Composers presented in this edition:
Israeli composer, Ayala Asherov (1968- )
American composer, Alex Berko (1995- )
German composer, Boris Bischofswerder (1895-1946)
American composer, Donald Draganski (1936- )
Israeli composer, Tsippi Fleischer (1946- )
Russian composer, Alexander Krein (1883-1951)
American composer, Jonathan Leshnoff (1973- )
American omposer, Arnold Rosner (1945-2013)
and more

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
American composer, Robert Aldridge (1954- )
American composer, Anthony Paul De Ritis (1968- )
American composer, Julie Mandel (1923- )
American composer, Howard Hersh (1940-)
Japanese composer, Somei Satoh (1947- )
American composer, Boris Skalsky
Belgian composer, Jan Van der Roost (1956- )
American composer, John Wineglass (1973- )
Plus music by  Henrik Ødegaard, Sarah E. Stanton, Eric Whitacre and others as time permits

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Thursday, September 07, 2023 from 7:00 till 10:00

Some Composers presented in this edition:
Italian composer, Vincenzo Albrici (1636-1696)
Italian composer Camillo Cortellini (1561-1630)
German composer, Philipp Heinrich Erlebach (1657-1714)
German composer, Johann Philipp Krieger (1649-1725)
Franco-Flemish composer, Matthaeus Pipelare (c. 1450-c.1515)
Franco Flemish composer, Pierre de la Rue (c. 1460-1518)
Italian composer, Giovanni Felice Sances (1600-1679)
Polish composer, Andrzej Siewiński (fl. 1725)
and others

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
Norwegian composer, Kim André Arnesen (1980- )
American composer, Henry Cowell (1897-1965)
Spanish/American composer, Elisenda Fábregas (1955- )
Slovak composer, Vladimir Godar (1956- )
Polish composer, Andrzej Karałow (1991- )
Irish/English composer, Elizabeth Maconchy (1907-1994)
American composer, Kevin Puts (1972- )
American composer, Michael Schelle (1950- )
American composer, David Rakowski (1958- )
American composer, Mathew Rosenblum (1954- )
American composer, Irene Britton Smith (1907-1999)
Plus music by Zoe Cutler, John Mackey, Thea Musgrave, Miriama Young and others

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TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC

Thursday, August 31, 2023 from 7:00 till 10:00

Some Composers presented in this edition:
Franco-Flemish composer, Josquin Bauldeweyn (1480-after 1513)
Italian composer, Angelo Berardi (c. 1636-1694)
Austrian composer, Carl Heinrich Biber (1681-1749)
Italian composer, Antonio Caldara (c. 1670-1736)
German composer, Samuel Ebert (1655-1684)
English composer, Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
Czech composer, Kristian Hirschmentzel (1638-1703)
Italian composer, Giacomo Antonio Perti (1661-1756)
English composer, William Turner (1651-1740)
Plus music by Marc’Antonio Ingegneri, Francesco Soriano, Johann Vierdanck, Sultan Murad Han III and others as time permits.

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
American composer, Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
American composer, Gerald Cohen (1960- )
American composer, Lou Harrison (1917-2003)
American composer, Jennifer Higdon (1962- )
Norwegian composer, Ketil Hvoslef (1939- )
Canadian composer, Kelly-Marie Murphy (1964- )
Ukrainian composer, Valentin Silvestrov (1937- )
American composer, James Stephenson (1969- )
Plus music by Sylvie Bodorova, Pierre-Jean Grassi, Barbara Heller and others as time permits

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TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC

Some Composers presented in this edition:
English composer, Hugh Aston (c. 1485-1558)
Czech composer, Samuel Capricornus (1628-1665)
Polish composer, Jan of Lublin (1490-1550)
Portuguese composer, Filipe de Magalhães (c. 1571-1652)
Italian composer, Giovanni Battista Mele (1701-1752)
Italian composer, Benedetto Marcello (1686-1739)
Italian composer, Rosanna Scalfi Marcello (1704 or 1705-after 1742)
Italian composer , Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)
Plus music by Leopold I, Ludwig Senfl, Johann Melchior Gletle, Giulio Cesar Monteverdi and others as time allows

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
Hungarian composer, Péter Eötvös (1944- )
American composer, Dan Forrest (1978- )
American composer, Emma Lou Diemer (1927- )
American composer, Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
Egyptian/American composer, Mohamed-Aly Farag (1985- )
Irish composer, Deirdre Gribbin (1967- )
American composer, Edwin McLean (1951- )
American composer, John Fitz Rogers (1963- )
Plus music by Anna Baadsvik, John Anthony Lennon, Jerré Tanner, Queen Lili uokalani, Olivier Messiaen, Joel Eric Suben and others as time allows

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
Portuguese composer, João Rodrigues Esteves (c. 1700-c. 1751)
German composer, Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer (1656-1746)
French composer, Jean Hotteterre (1677-1720)
Franco-Flemish composer, Gery de Gershem (1573-1630)
Italian composer, Isabella Leonarda (1620-1704)
Italia composer, Bartolomeo Tromboncino (1470-1535)
French composer, Robert de Visee (c. 1655-1732/33)
Czech composer, Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745)
Plus music by Degli Antoni, Petrus De Grudziadz, Giuseppe Maria Jacchini and others

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
American composer, Bruce Babcock (1951- )
American composer, Larry Bell (1952- )
American composer, Gloria Coates (1938- )
German composer, Dorothee Eberhardt (1952- )
Iranian composer, Niloufar Iravani
Slovenian composer, Aldo Kumar (1952- )
Hong Kong composer, Man-Ching You Donald (1980- )
Ukrainian composer, Valentin Silvestrov (1937- )
Plus music by: Grażyna Bacewicz, Christopher Cerrone, Jan Sandström, Stephen Shewan, Anne Vanschothorst and others as time allows

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TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC

Some Composers presented in this edition:
Franco-Flemish composer, Jacobus Barbireau (1455-1491)
French composer, Henry Desmarest (1661-1741)
Czech composer, Adam Michna (c.1600-1676)
Italian composer, Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Meali (1624-c.1687)
Polish composer, Marcin Mielczewski (c.1600-1651)
Spanish composer, Francisco de Peñalosa ( c. 1470-1528)
German composer, Johann Pfeiffer (1697-1761)
Italian composer, Barbara Strozzi (1619—1677),
Plus music by Pietro Baldassari, Girolamo Cavazzoni, Heinrich Schütz nd others as time allows

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
Mexican composer, Arturo Rodriguez (1976- )
American composer, Daron Hagen (1961- )
American composer, Quincy C. Hilliard (1954- )
Australian composer, Elena Kats-Chernin (1957- )
Taiwanese composer, Bunya Koh (1910-1983)
Lithuanian composer, Arvydas Malcys (1957- )
Greek composer, Charalambos Platanou (1985- )
American/Austrian composer, Nancy Van de Vate (1930-2023). 3 works aired in memory of the composer who past away on July 29.
Plus music by Thomas LaVoy, Claire McCue and Kazimierz Serocki and others as time permits

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
Portuguese composer, Manuel Cardoso (1566-1650)
Italian composer, Michelangelo Falvetti (1642-1692)
Catalan composer, Mateo Flecha (1481-1553)
German composer, Johann Kuhnau (1660-1722)
French composer, Henry Madin (1698-1748)
English composer, Leonel Power (1370-1445)
Italian composer, Alessandro Stradella (1639-1682)
English composer, William Williams (1675? -1701)
Plus music by Antonio Brunelli, Clarisas de Valencia, Andrea Falconieri, and others if time permits

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
American composer, Aaron Alter
American composer, Kenneth Fuchs (1956- )
American composer, Jennifer Higdon (1962- )
American composer, Ulysses Kay (1917-1995)
Lebanese composer, Houtaf Khoury (1967- )
Belgian/Canadian composer, Michel Lysight (1958- )
Danish composer, Paul Ruders (1949- )
English composer, Derek B. Scott (1950- )
Plus music by Nan Avant, Fjola Evans, Gareth Farr, Dirk-Michel Kirsch and others as time allows

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
Polish composer Tadeusz Baird (1928-1981)
English composer, Anna Clyne (1980- )
Greek/American composer, Dinos Constantinides (1929-2021)
Chinese composer, Ge Gan-Ru (1954- )
Norwegian composer, Martin Ødegaard (1983- )
Ukrainian composer, Victoria Poleva (1962- )
Australian composer, Peter Sculthorpe (1929-2014)
American composer, Rain Worthington (1949- )
Plus music by Halim El-Dabh, Vivienne Olive, Pärt Uusberg, and other works by Tadeusz Baird (as time allows)

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Thursday, July 20, 2023 from 7:00 till 10:00

Some Composers presented in this edition:
Franco-Flemish composer, Jacques Buus (c.1500-1565)
Italian composer, Petronio Franceschini (1651-1680)
Czech composer, Kryštof Harant 1564-1621)
Leonhard Lechner (c. 1553-1606)
Italian composer, Carlo Mannelli (1640-1697)
Polish composer, Damian Stachowicz (1658-1699)
Flemish composer, Johannes Tinctoris (c. 1435-1511)
Plus music by Maurice Greene, Claudia Francesca Rusca, Ludwig Senfl
and others as time permits

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
Azerbaijani composer, Frangiz Ali-Zadeh (1947- )
Armenian composer, Komitas Vardapet (1869-1935)
American composer, Lowell Liebermann (1961- )
Lithuanian composer, Algirdas Martinaitis (1950- )
American composer, Robert Moran (1937- )
Canadian composer, Marjan Mozetich (1948- )
Canadian/American composer, Mark Nowakowski (1978- )
Latvian composer, Santa Ratniece (1977- )
Where Flames a Word for chamber choir American composer, Kile Smith (1956- )
Plus music by Deon Nielsen Price, Carlos Surinach, Ben Verdery
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VIVE LA FRANCE

Some Composers presented in this edition:
Antoine Blanchard (1696-1770)
Jean Colin (1620-1694)
Michael-Richard De Lalande (1657-1726)
Philibert Delavigne (c. 1700-1750)
Louis-Antoine Dornel (1685-1765)
Mlle. Duval (1718-after 1775)
Jean-Joseph Mouret (1682-1738)
Jean Mouton (before 1459-1522)
Plus music by Clément Janequin, Louis Lully, Étienne Moulinié and others

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VIVE LA FRANCE

Some Composers presented in this edition:
Claude Arrieu (1903-1990)
Nicolas Bacri (1961- )
Philippe Chamouard (1952- )
Le Bal by Thierry Escaich (1965- )
Philippe Hersant (1948- )
Denis Levaillant (1952- )
Aubert Lemeland (1932-2010)
Tango Fusion by Yves Prin (1933- )
Plus music by Edith Canat de Chizy, Guillaume Connesson, Jeanne Demessieux, Alfred Desenclos, Marcel Duchamp, Maurice Duruflé and others as time permits

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Thursday, July 06, 2023 from 7:00 till 10:00

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Classical Discoveries  presents a 3 day American Music Festival to celebrate the July 4Th Holiday:  

Wednesday, June 28, 2023 from 7:00 till 10:00
Sunday, July 02, 2023 from 9:00am till 12:00pm
Wednesday, July 05, 2023 from 7:00 till 10:00

Playlist - 06/28/2023
Playlist - 07/02/2023
Playlist - 07/05/2023

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
Valerie Coleman (1970- )
Anthony Paul De Ritis (1968- )
Karen Griebling (1957- )
Stanley Grill (2012)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
Debra Kaye (1956- )
Peter Lieberson (1946-2011)
Alex Shapiro (1962- )
Plus music by Dawn Avery, Sophia Bass, Henry Cowell, Joanne Metcalf, Daniel Pinkham, Matthew Rosenblum
and others as time permits

Some Composers presented in this edition:
Curt Cacioppo (1951- )
Chiayu (1975- )
Kenneth Fuchs (1956- )
Lou Harrison (19917-2003)
Howard Hersh (1940- )
Edie Hill (1962- )
William Thomas McKinley (1938-2015)
Cristina Spinei (1984- )
Plus music by Aaron Alter, Dan Locklair, Jessie Montgomery, Katherine Price, Lawren Brianna Ware and others as time permits

Some Composers presented in this edition:
Adolphus Hailstork (1941- )
Judith Markovich
Clare Shore (1954- )
Arnold Rosner (1945-2013)
Roger Stubblefield
William Susman (1960- )
Jerod Impichchaachaaha Tate (1968- )
Gwyneth Walker (1947- )
Richard Yardumian (1917-1985)
Plus music by Beth Anderson, Robert Carl, Bun-Ching Lam, Robert Moran,
and others as time permits

Thursday, June 29, 2023 from 7:00 till 10:00

Some Composers presented in this edition:
Italian composer, Giuseppe Corsi (1631/32-1691)
English composer, Richard Davy (c. 1465-1507)
Italian composer, Carlo Antonio Marino (1670-1735)
French composer, Solage (late 14th century)
Italian composer, Marc’Antonio Ingegneri (c. 1535/36-1592)
(German or Austrian) composer, Simon Ferdinand Lechleitner (18th century)
Italian composer, Pietro Torri (1650-1737)
Belgium composer, Philippus van Steelant (1611-1670)
Plus music by La Contessa, Pierre de Manchicourt, Samuel Scheidt, Giovanni Antonio Terzi and others

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
English composer, Hugh Aston (c. 1485-1558)
Walloon composer, Thomas-Louis Bourgeois (1676-1750)
Italian composer, Roqie Ceruti (c. 1685-1760)
Italian composer, Giovanni Paolo Colonna (1637-1695)
German composer, Ludwig Daser (c. 1526-1589)
German composer, Johann Gottlieb Janitsch (1708-c.1763)
Byzantine composer, Kassiani (c. 810-c.865)
Italian composer, Massimiliano Neri (c. 1620-after 1670)
Plus music by Orazio Colombano, Willem de Fesch, William Hayes,
Orazio Vecchi and others

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
Canadian/American composer,  Kati Agócs (1975- )
Polish composer, Tadeusz Baird (1928-1981)
French composer, Guillaume Connesson (1970- )
Polish composer, Mikołaj Górecki (1971- )
English composer, David Hackbridge Johnson (1963- )
Latvian composer, Uģis Prauliņš (1957- )
Russian/American composer, Gene Pritsker (1971- )
American composer, James Ricci (1954- )
Serbian/Canadian composer, Ana Sokolović (1968- )
Plus music by  Dalia Kairaitytė, Ulysses Kaye, Peeter Vähi, Julia Wolfe,
and others as time permits,

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Thursday, June 15, 2023 from 7:00 till 10:00

Some Composers presented in this edition:
Italian composer, Giacomo Carissimi (1605-1674)
Italian composer, Camillo Cortellini (1561-1630)
English composer, William Croft (1678-1727)
Italian composer, Carlo Ambrogio Lonati (c. 1645-c. 1712)
Italian composer, Giovanni Maria Nanino (1544-1607)
German composer, Benedict Schultheiss (1653-1693)
Flemish composer, Matthias Hermann Werrecore (ca. 1523-1574)
Mexican composer, Manuel de Zumaya (c. 1678-1755)
Plus music by: Philippe de Monte, Carolus Hacquart, Giuseppe Sammartini, Aldebrando Subissati,
and others as time permits

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
English composer, John Duggan (1963- )
New Zealand composer, Gareth Farr (1968- )
English composer, Gordon Jacob (1895-1984)
American composer, John Liberatore (1984- )
American composer, Kamala Sankaram (1978- )
Norwegian composer, Gaute Storaas (1959- )
Plus music by Galina Grigorjeva, Huwei Huang, Ben Marino, Kim D. Sherman, Naresh Sohal and others as time permits

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TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC - Thursday, June 08, 2022 from 7:00 till 10:00

Some Composers presented in this edition:
Flemish composer, Heinrich Isaac (ca. 1450-1517)
Polish composer, Marcin Mielczewski (ca. 1600-1651)
Spanish composer, Cristóbal de Morales (ca. 1500-1553)
Italian composer, Giacomo Antonio Perti (1661-1756)
English composer, Christopher Simpson (ca. 1606-1669)
French composer, Pierre Tabart (1645-ca. 1699)
Czech composer, Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745)
Plus music by Francesco Landini, Alessandro Stradella, Wacław z Szamotuł and others

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
American composer, Christopher Cerrone (1984- )
Polish composer, Jakub Ciupiński (1981- )
English composer, Rosemary Duxbury (1959-2022)
German composer, Andreas Hepp (1969- )
American composer, J.A. Kawarsky (1959- )
French composer, Denis Levaillant (1952- )
Mexican composer, Marcela Rodriguez (1951- )
Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho
and others

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Thursday, June 01, 2023 from 7:00 till 10:00

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
Armenian composer, Geghuni, Chitchian (1929- )
American composer, Emma Lou Diemer (1927- )
American composer, Kenneth Fuchs (1956- )
Chinese composer, An-Lun Huang (1949- )
English composer, Ivan Moody (1964- )
Scottish composer, Thea Musgrave (1928- )
Icelandic composer, Anna Thorvaldsdottir (1977- )
Australian composer, Carl Vine (1954- )
Plus music by David Biedenbender, Hilary Tann and others as time permits

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CLASSICAL DISCOVERIES GOES JAZZ, JAZZ GOES CLASSICAL

This program is being presented in memory of the late WPRB Jazz DJ Jeannie Becker who recently past away.

Some Composers presented in this edition:
Henry Brant, Duke Ellington, Nikolai Kapustin, Jeff Scott, Leo Sowerby, Takashi Yoshimatsu and others

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
Russian composer, Vyacheslav Artyomov (1940- )
American composer, Stanley Grill (1953- )
Canadian composer, Alice Ping Yee Ho (1960- )
American composer, Debra Kaye (1956- )
Slovenian composer,  Blaž Pucihar (1977- )
Polish composer,  Pawel Szymanski (1954- )
Polish composer, Sebastian Zawadzki (1991- )
American composer, Nora Morrow (1952-2023)
Plus music by Fulvio Caldini, Atli Petersen, Marty Regan, Giintaras Sodeika,  Erkki-Sven Tüür, and others as time permits

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
French composer, Thérèse Brenet  (1935- )
Taiwanese composer, Shih-Hui Chen (1962- )
American composer, Daniel Dorff (1956- )
Israeli/American composer, Avner Dorman (1975- )
South African composer, Hendrik Hofmeyr (1957- )
American composer, Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
American composer, Alex Shapiro (1962- )
Croation composer, Josip Slavenski (1896-1955)
Belize/British composer, Errollyn Wallen (1958- )
Plus music by Shirl Jae Atwell, Nan Avant, Michael Blake, Chiara Margarita Cozzolani, Douglas Hedwig, Luigi Rossi, Giovanni Valentini and others as time permits

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WHAT'S NEW?

Some Composers presented in this edition:
Canadian composer, Tim Brady (1956- )
Hungarian composer, Ferenc Farkas (19005-2000)
Haitian/American Composer, Nathalie Joachim (1983- )
Iranian composer, Mahdis Golzar Kashani (1984- )
American composer, Jonathan Leshnoff (1973- )
American composer, Robert Mueller (1958- )
American composer, Arnold Rosner (1945-2013)
Icelandic composer, María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir (1980- )
Plus music by Scott McAllister, Pauline Oliveros, Peter Sculthorpe, Ruth Crawford Seeger and others

Membership Drive Edition

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Membership Drive Edition:
ALL ABOUT BIRDS

Included will be music by: Vincent Bouchot, Jennifer Castellano, Jean Coulthard, Peter Dart, Michael Daugherty, Ross Edwards, Dayton Kinney, Algirdas Martinaitis, Olivier Messiaen, Étienne Moulinié, Kimberly R. Osberg, John Ritchie, Somei Satoh, Christopher Tin, Takashi Yoshimatsu and others as time permits

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SACRED BRIDGES

Some Composers presented in this edition:
Italian composer, Antonio Caldara (1670-1726):
American composer, Gerald Cohen (1960- ):
Canadian composer, Srul Irving Glick (1934-2002):
American composer, Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000):
Russian musician, Vladimir Ivanov (1948- ):
Lebanese composer, Soeur Marie Keyrouz (1963- ):
Polish composer, Dariusz Przybylski (1984- ):
Ukrainian composer, Valentin Silvestrov (1937- ):
Plus music by Hidayat Inayat-Khan, Marc’Antonio Ingegneri, Kassiani, Solomon Rosowsky, Pärt Uusberg, Julius Williams
and others as time permits

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20TH ANNUAL "IN PRAISE OF WOMAN" Part 5

Wednesday, March 29, 2023 from 7:00 till 10:00a list of some

Some Composers presented in this edition:
Polish composer, Grażyna Bacewicz  (1909-1969 )
American composer, Jennifer Bellor (1983- )
American composer, Nicole Chamberlain (1977- )
Cuban/American composer Ivette Herryman Rodriguez (1982- )
Uzbek composer, Dilorom Saidaminova (1943- )
American composer, Kim D. Sherman (1954- )
Romanian composer, Livia Teodorescu-Ciocănea (1959- )
South African composer, Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph (1948- ).
Plus music by Aftab Darvishi, Johanna Doderer, Ester Mägi, Jessie Montgomery, Ilona Meskó, Maria Peruchona, Anna Segal
and others as time permits

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Wednesday, March 22, 2022 from 7:00 till 10:00

Some Composers presented in this edition:
American composer, Ellen Fishman
Chinese/American composer, Li Tao (1985- )
Japanese composer, Mari Miura (1960- )
Irish composer, Gráinne Mulvey (1966-)
Polish composer, Weronika Ratusinska (1977- )
Belarusian/American composer, Nina Siniakova
Swedish composer, Ylva Skog (1963- )
Lithuanian composer, Raminta Šerkšnytė (1975- )
Plus music by Eleanor Alberga, Barbara Benary, Zeynep Gedizlioğlu, Amanda Harberg, Amy Beth Kirsten, Mist Þorkelsdóttir
and others

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Wednesday, March 15, 2023 from 7:00 till 10:00

Some Composers presented in this edition:
Beth Anderson (1950- ), Kimberly Archer (1973- ), Stacy Garrop (1969- ),Jennifer Higdon (1962- ), Jennifer Jolley (1981- ), Debra Kaye (1956- )
Joanne Metcalf (1958- ),Alex Shapiro (1962- )
Plus music by Ashlee T. Busch, Gabriela Lena Frank, Amy Beth Kirsten, Belinda Reynolds, Elena Ruehr and others

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Monday, March 13, 2023 from 7:00 till 10:00

ALAN HOVHANESS BIRTHDAY BASH

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To find past playlists for this annual series and other programs devoted to music by women composers go to:
IN PRAISE OF WOMAN page or Prior years Playlists: 2003 - 2009 and 2010 - current

Wednesday, March 08, 2023 from 7:00 till 10:00

HSome Composers presented in this edition:
Brazilian composer, Silvia Berg (1958- )
Venezuelan composer, Beatriz Bilbao (1951- )
Czech composer, Sylvie Bodorova (1954- )
Portuguese composer, Anne Victorino d’Almeida (1978- )
Belarusian composer, Galina Gorelova (1951- )
Canadian composer, Alice Ping Yee Ho (1960- )
British composer Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian (1986- )
Italian composer, Isabella Leonarda (1620-1704)
Plus music by Tanka Ekanayaka, Peggy Glanville-Hicks, JoAnne Harris, Binette Lipper, Ljubica Marić, Katherine Price, Katarzyna Taborowska, Karen Tanaka and others

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Wednesday, March 01, 2023 from 7:00 till 10:00

Some Composers presented in this edition:
Canadian composer, Violet Archer (1913-2000)
American composer, Margaret Brouwer (1940- )
American composer, Melika M. Fitzhugh
Ukrainian composer, Hanna Havrylets (1958-2022)
Lebanese composer, Sister Marie Keyrouz (1963- )
Italian composer, Bianca Maria Meda (1661?-1732/33)
Finnish composer, Kaija Saariaho (1952- )
Dutch composer, Celia Swart (1994- )
Plus music by Chen Yi, Alissa Firsova, Marina Gribincika, Zuzanna Koziej, Denice Rippentrop, Sophia Serghi, Theresa Wong and others as time permits

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To find past playlists for this annual series and other programs devoted to music by women composers go to:
IN PRAISE OF WOMAN page or Prior years Playlists: 2003 - 2009 and 2010 - current

Some Composers presented in this edition:
Turkish/American composer, Kamran Ince (1960- )
Syrian/American composer, Malek Jandali (1972- )
Ukrainian/Dutch compoer, Alfred Momotenko (1970- )
Mongolidan composer, Byambasuren Sharav (1952-2019)
Estonian composer, Urmas Sisask (1960-2022)
Welsh/American composer, Hilary Tann (1947-2023)
Armenian composer, Avet Terterian (1929-1994)
British composer, James Whitbourn (1963- )
plus music by Whitney George, Brian Hulse, Cecilia McDowall, Chiel Meijering and others

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Wednesday, February 15, 2023 from 7:00 till 10:00
BLACK DOMINA - Black Women Composers

Some Composers presented in this edition:
String Quartet No. 2 by Eleanor Alberga (1949- )
Regina Harris Baiocchi (1956- )
Valerie Coleman (1970- )
Tania León (1943- )
Jessie Montgomery (1981- )
Florence Price (1887-1953)
Undine Smith Moore (1904-1989)
Shelly Washington (1991- )
Plus music by: Lettie Alston, Maya Jobarteh, Joyce Moorman, Philippa Duke Schuyler, Nkeiru Okoye, Mary D. Watkins, Pamella Z. and others

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
Bulgarian composer, Lora Al-Ahmad (1995- )
Australian composer, Anne Boyd (1946- )
Ukrainian/Estonian composer, Galina Grigorjeva (1962- )
American composer, Molly Joyce (1992- )
Estonian composer, Maria Kõrvits (1987- )
American composer, David Post (1949- )
French composer, Jean-Baptiste Robin (1976- )
Estonian composer, Peeter Vähi (1955- )
Plus music by Miguel Del Aguila, Carlo Farina, Carlotta Ferrari, Robert Moran plus others (including several short compositions in observance of Valentine’s Day)

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
Lithuanian composer, Vidmantas Bartulis (1954-2020)
American composer, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz (1949- )
American composer, Rob Deemer (1970- )
Italian composer, Maurizio Guernieri (1962- )
Polish composer, Mikołaj Hertel (1948- )
American composer, Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
German/American composer, Ursula Mamlok (1923-2016)
American composer, Laura Elise Schwendinger (1962- )
Plus music by JP Jofre, Gilbert Galindo, Helen Walker,
and others as time permits

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
Chineese Composers: Chen Yi (1953- )
Gao Hong (1964- ), Gong Huahua (1978- ) , Tan Dun (1957- ), Zhou Long (1953- ), Xiaogang Ye (1955- ), Ming-Hsiu Yen (1980- )
Norwegian composer, Ola Gjelo (1978- )
Polish composer, Mikolaj Piotr Gorecki (1971- )
Latvian composer, Santa Ratniece (1977- )
Polish composer, Kazimierz Serocki (1922-1981)
American composer, Scott Robbins
plus music by John Cage, Teodorico Pedrini, Richard Vella and others

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Some Composers presented in this edition:
German composer, Johann Christoph Demantius (1567-1643)
Italian composer, Michelangelo Falvetti (1642-1692)
Italian composer, Carlo Farina (c.1600-c.1640)
Italian composer, Filippotto Da Caserta (1350?-1435?)
German composer, Christoph Graupner (1683-1760)
by Italian composer, Carlo Antonio Marino (1670-1735)
French composer, Jean Baptiste Morin (1677-1745)
Polish composer, Bartłomiej Pękiel (?-1670)
plus music by Rosa Giacinta Badalla, Antonio Montanari, Pierre de la Rue, Alessandro Stradella and others
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Some Composers presented in this edition:
British composer, Thomas Adès (1971- )
Finnish composer, Antti Auvinen (1974- )
English composer, Tom Coult (1988- )
American composer, Henry Cowell (1897-1965)
American composer, Howard Hersh (1940- )
Byzantine composer, Kassiani (805/810-before 865)
American composer, James Lee III (1975- )
Danish composer, Martin Lohse (2011-2012)
Plus music by Lee Pui Ming, Tawnie Olson, Gyan Riley, Matthew Rosenblum, Anne Vanschothorst and more
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Some Composers presented in this edition:
German/Norwegian composer, Georg von Bertouch (1668-1743)
Franco-Flemish composer, Thomas Crecquillon (c.1505-1557)
Italian composer, Erasmo Di Bartoli (1606-1656)
Portuguese composer, João Rodrigues Esteves (c.1700-c.1751)
Dutch composer, Jacobus Nozeman (1693-1745)
French composer, Jean-Baptiste Quentin (1685-c.1750)
German composer, Melchior Vulpius (ca. 1570-1615)
Bohemian composer, Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679–1745)
Plus music by: Blondel de Nesles, Philippe Dugué, Giovan Giacomo Gastoldi, Heinrich Isaac, Johann Georg Reutter,
and others as time permits
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TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC - Sunday, January 08, 2023 from 7:00 till 10:00

Some Composers presented in this edition:
Portuguese composer, Manuel Cardoso (1566-1650)
Italian composer, Evaristo Dall’Abaco (1675-1742)
Flemish composer, Alphonse D’Eve (1666-1727)
Italian composer, Conradus de Pistoria (Early 15th century)
Italian composer, Isabella Leonarda (1620-1704)
Polish composer, Jacek Rozycki (c. 1635-1703?)
Swiss composer, Ludwig Senfl (c. 1486-1543)
Italian composer, Alessandro Striggio (c. 1536-1592)
Plus music by Sebastian Duron, Giovanni Battista Mazzaferrata, Claudia Rusca, Jan Simbracky and others

Some Composers presented in this edition:
American composer, Sophia Bass (1996- )
American composer, Christopher Cerrone (1984- )
American composer, Jacob Cooper (1980- )
British composer, Rob Keeley (1960- )
Israeli composer, Yoram Meyouhas (1967- )
American composer, Robert Patterson (1970- )
Latvian composer, Kristaps Petersons (1982- )
American composer, Isaac Schankler
Plus music by Thomas Ades, Algirdas Martinaitis, Eric Klein
and others
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