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Remembering Aretha Franklin, 'The Queen Of Soul'

August 16, 2018 - 3:00pm

Aretha Franklin passed away at the age of 76, leaving behind a massive influence on America's music and culture. Central Time producer Dean Knetter talks with two guests about Franklin's career and legacy.

Seeing Through The Quirks

August 16, 2018 - 11:30am

Sometimes takes a great student to recognize a great teacher. One such teacher was Alexander Glazunov. It took some doing, but Dmitri Shostakovich discovered that Glazunov had something special to offer. Shostakovich was a student at the Moscow Conservatory when he encountered Glazunov -- a bulky man who sat far...

The Frenchman

August 15, 2018 - 11:30am

It was a well-to-do Russian household, but one inclined toward pessimism and boredom, and the young French visitor was just what the doctor ordered. But it took awhile for the lady of the house to warm to Claude Debussy. In 1880 Debussy's teacher wrote him a letter of recommendation for...

An Appeal From the Destitute

August 14, 2018 - 11:30am

War had depleted treasury of Saxony and the finest musicians in the land were living from hand to mouth. On August 14th, 1651, Heinrich Schutz wrote a letter to Prince Christian on behalf of his suffering ensemble: Most gracious lord, even though I am reluctant to bother a celebrated Prince...

How Veracini Broke His Leg

August 13, 2018 - 11:30am

Music making was highly competitive in the Baroque era. We have two accounts of Francesco Maria Veracini's last days at the court in Dresden. Both of them spell disaster. Veracini was a world-famous violinist. He had come from Florence hoping to get a high-paying position at the Dresden court. According...

Extreme Experiences

August 12, 2018 - 1:00pm

In one symphony, an individual grapples with fate. In a set of piano etudes, an individual imagines new responses in life.

Dance Of The Dulcimer

August 11, 2018 - 10:00am

The dulcimer, known by many different names around the globe, is a fretted string instrument of the zither family, typically invested with three or four strings with origins in the Appalachian region of the U.S. However, its history harkens back to other mountainous regions of the world, including Europe, where its structure and character, gives it a distinctive quality, known in contrast to its stringed version, as, a hammered dulcimer.

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#1258 8.11.18 Encore Broadcast from 9.16.17

August 10, 2018 - 1:00pm

Encore Broadcast features: David Darling, dancehall by Davido, Syriana, Bjarte Eike & Barokksolistene, Ladama women’s ensemble Gary Innes, Les Poules Á Colin, Rio Mira, Ghalia Benali And MâäkWande Coal, Jupiter & Okwess, Les Fils Canouche, Rene’ Aubry, Baba Zula, Makan Badjé Tounkara, To Sad For The Public, Mary Ann Kennedy,...

Christ Suffered More Than You

August 10, 2018 - 11:30am

On August 10th, 1842 Mikhail Glinka and a few friends passed a pleasant evening playing a first run-through of his opera Russlan and Ludmilla. When the full-scale debut took place, the experience was not so congenial--as Glinka reports in his memoirs. During rehearsals it became clear that cuts would have...

Joseph Huber at the 2018 Shindig!

August 9, 2018 - 2:10pm

Joseph Huber and his band brought their high-energy show to Rothschild and the 2018 Simply Folk Shindig in June. Joseph had the crowd up and dancing for most of his performance!

A Simple & Private Wedding

August 9, 2018 - 11:30am

The pianist and composer Percy Grainger liked to do things in a big way. He was a showman, an eccentric, maybe even a madman when it came to music--and his own wedding. The Australian-born Grainger had been in the United States for some time when the Swedish poet and painter...

Spectrum West, August 9, 2018

August 9, 2018 - 10:00am

Folk musician, Music show, Mystery Novelist, Library Exhibit- A musician who first performed in Eau Claire joined host Al Ross on Spectrum West. The program also included conversations about an upcoming music show in Chippewa Falls, the release of a new mystery novel and an exhibit at the River Falls Public Library.

The Request

August 8, 2018 - 11:30am

It began as a congenial summer evening, but it didn't end that way. Franz Schubert and some fellow musicians had walked over to a suburb of Vienna to taste a new wine that Schubert liked. They moved on to a tavern and afterwards to a coffeehouse where they whiled away...

The Opera War

August 7, 2018 - 11:30am

For the 1883 American season music agent James Mapelson wanted to beat out a new competing opera company so he dared to bring together two of the most tempermental singers in the world. He would soon find out that his biggest problem was not his competitor, but his two divas...

The Mangled Serenade

August 6, 2018 - 11:30am

It was no ordinary singing club. Its members paraded through the streets accompanied by fifty to a hundred bodyguards. The extra muscle was necessary. When rival clubs clashed, they did more than sing--they fought. America was being pulled apart by sectionalism, and the 1856 presidential contest was a hot one...

Festivals in Door County

August 5, 2018 - 1:00pm

There's an abundance of classical performances around the state, but there's a special Door County focus, with the Washington Island and Peninsula Music Festivals, this week.

Premier of The Odyssey Series Live

August 4, 2018 - 7:00pm

Thursday, October 4, 2018, at 12 Noon, WPR presents the premiere of The Odyssey Series Live - “Sacred World Music” produced and hosted by Jonathan Øverby. Each Public Program staged in Buck Studio is world-music-centered and designed To explore Pathways To Increased Understanding of Varied Cultural, Spiritual, Sacred and Communal Traditions.

The Slack Key Guitar

August 4, 2018 - 10:00am

Hawaii – the 50th state in the U.S. and probably the only one in the Union whose very name is almost synonymous with the word “music”. Just mention Hawaii and images of women dancing the hula, the comforting sound of steel guitars and ukuleles providing languorous pastoral melodies and, the distant audible pulse of the surf against smooth sand, comes to mind.

#1257 8.4.18 Live

August 3, 2018 - 1:00pm

Live Broadcast features music by: @For Peace Band, @Marta Gomez, @Ammar 808, Ali Farka Toure, @Pink Martini, Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe, Jeff Johnson & Brian Dunning, Ali Akbar Khan, Mary Jane Lamond, @Malick Pathe, @Westra Aros Pipers, Mohammed Issa Matona, Mahotella Queens, @Susan McKeown, @ Habib Koite, @Deep Forest,...

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Remembering Aretha Franklin, 'The Queen Of Soul'

Seeing Through The Quirks

The Frenchman

An Appeal From the Destitute

How Veracini Broke His Leg

Extreme Experiences

Dance Of The Dulcimer

#1258 8.11.18 Encore Broadcast from 9.16.17

Christ Suffered More Than You

Joseph Huber at the 2018 Shindig!

A Simple & Private Wedding

Spectrum West, August 9, 2018

The Request

The Opera War

The Mangled Serenade

Festivals in Door County

Premier of The Odyssey Series Live

The Slack Key Guitar

#1257 8.4.18 Live

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