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Mood Changing Music

July 4, 2019 - 11:45am

What music do you put on when you want to get into a better mood? We talk with our music expert about popular songs that help make us feel more energized and upbeat.

'Dragnet'

June 1, 2019 - 10:30pm

Friday and Smith investigate the murder of a wealthy business owner, in "The Big Will." Originally aired 06/07/53.

The Champs-Elysees Theater. May 29th, 1913. One of the most notorious premieres in classical music is about to occur. Pierre Monteux is about to conduct the first performance of Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring. The wife of dancer and choreographer Vaslev Nijinksy has heard bits of the music...

Music For Your Holiday Weekend

May 26, 2019 - 5:00pm

Put a little folk music in your holiday weekend with songs of remembrance for Memorial Day, tunes to celebrate the anniversary of Wisconsin statehood, and music by Carrie Newcomer, Graham Nash, and Rhiannon Giddens and Our Native Daughters.

Andrew Abrams and Capital City Theatre

May 24, 2019 - 12:00pm

Norman talks to Andrew Abrams, founder and artistic director of the Capital City Theatre about their 2019 season.

Bruckner's Clutter

May 22, 2019 - 11:30am

He wrote vast dramatic symphonies but Anton Bruckner led a life that tended to be prosaic and more than a little cluttered. He didn’t look like other musicians of the 1880's. He kept his hair cut so short that many people remembered him as being bald. He wore a short...

The Man I Was Looking For

May 21, 2019 - 3:05pm

He ‘s generally thought of as a singularly English composer, but early in his career, Ralph Vaughan Williams had trouble developing his style in England. He needed the right teacher and he found him in an unexpected place. One of Vaughan Williams' first teachers was Charles Villiers Stanford, who favored...

A Conversation With Jonny Greenwood, On Chaos And The Element Of Surprise

May 20, 2019 - 1:00am

On this edition of All Songs Considered, Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood joins us to talk about two of his classical compositions we've just premiered on our Tiny Desk series . He also shares some of the music that's inspired him over the years by other artists and explains how he...

Summer Festival Preview

May 19, 2019 - 5:00pm

We preview upcoming summer folk music festivals including the Blue Ox Festival, Sugar Maple Traditional Music Festival and the Porcupine Mountain Music Festival. Also on deck: songs in honor of the Sandhill Crane migration, and a chance to win tickets to the Simply Folk 40^th Anniversary Shindig.

Episode 204: The Zoom-Ins, The Framing. I Was Enchanted

May 18, 2019 - 11:00am

Comedian Fred Armisen is still drumming up laughs. He talks about how he’s made a career out of combining music with comedy. And writer Brian Raftery makes the case for 1999 being the best movie year ever. Also, “Top Chef” contestant Kwame Onwuachi on how he overcame the obstacles to become a professional chef.

Hear Me Out, May 17, 2019

May 17, 2019 - 10:00am

Happy 153rd Birthday, Erik Satie! Yes, it's an odd-numbered year, but one that the eccentric and influential French composer would appreciate.

The Highly Favored Fairfield Four

May 17, 2019 - 10:00am

Well established in the 1940s, 50 and 60s, gospel groups like the Five Blind Boys of Alabama, Soul Stirrers with immerging soul singer Sam Cooke, the Swan Silvertones and Nashville, Tennessee’s Fairfield Four - a vocal ensemble that has existed for over 90 years, remain popular today.

May 13 - 17, 2019

May 16, 2019 - 2:40pm

Highlights included an amazing choral rendition of a desert cloudburst, a string quart written as a requiem to a beloved sister, music by the son of a plantation owner and his slave and the week's new release.

'Twentieth Century Oboe Sonatas'

May 16, 2019 - 11:20am

The classical new release of the week features oboist Alex Klein, whose personal story includes growing up in Brazil and managing the onset of focal dystonia in his left hand.

Announcing The 2019 Tiny Desk Contest Winner

May 16, 2019 - 4:06am

This year, I was blown away by the Tiny Desk Contest entries I saw. We received over 6,000 entries from all across the country. We saw tiny desks up on rooftops and down on a subway platform; tucked into treetops, pickup trucks and laundromats. We heard songs about the situations...

Dangerous Diobediance

May 15, 2019 - 11:30am

Vienna in 1787. It could be a risky place and time for a composer to make a living. And Antonio Salieri took a big risk. He disobeyed the Emperor. Salieri had recently returned from Paris where his opera Tarare had been produced. Emperor Joseph the Second ordered Salieri and his...

Carly Rae Jepsen Colors Outside The Lines

May 15, 2019 - 8:01am

Carly Rae Jepsen has evolved into one of pop's most endearing and indelible voices; her relatable lyrics hit home but her dance-pop arrangements soar above the everyday. She's a long way off from the bubblegum pop days of " Call Me Maybe ." Over the course of her first three...

'Toscanini and the Fascists'

May 14, 2019 - 11:30am

You might think that conducting an orchestra would be a safe profession, but at times a conductor can fall into a life-threatening situation. So it was with Arturo Toscanini in Bologna,Italy on May 14th, 1931. Toscanini had accepted an invitation to conduct two concerts in Bologna. The purpose was to...

Guest DJ: IDLES Frontman Joe Talbot

May 14, 2019 - 9:09am

On this Guest DJ edition of All Songs Considered Joe Talbot, frontman for the British punk group IDLES, talks about the band's latest album, Joy as an Act of Resistance, how Van Morrison's Astral Weeks changed his life and his tips for how to make the long drive across Kansas...

Wisconsin Composer Michael Torke

May 13, 2019 - 6:45am

A world-renowned composer from Wisconsin joins us to discuss his music and creative process. His latest piece, Music for Night, was commissioned to celebrate the Sheboygan Symphony Orchestra’s 100th anniversary.

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'Dragnet'

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Music For Your Holiday Weekend

Andrew Abrams and Capital City Theatre

Bruckner's Clutter

The Man I Was Looking For

A Conversation With Jonny Greenwood, On Chaos And The Element Of Surprise

Summer Festival Preview

Episode 204: The Zoom-Ins, The Framing. I Was Enchanted

Hear Me Out, May 17, 2019

The Highly Favored Fairfield Four

May 13 - 17, 2019

'Twentieth Century Oboe Sonatas'

Announcing The 2019 Tiny Desk Contest Winner

Dangerous Diobediance

Carly Rae Jepsen Colors Outside The Lines

'Toscanini and the Fascists'

Guest DJ: IDLES Frontman Joe Talbot

Wisconsin Composer Michael Torke

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