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'Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4'

May 28, 2019 - 12:35pm

Two symphonies by Florence Smith played by the Fort Smith Symphony under conductor John Jeter, one of them a world premiere recording

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...

'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.

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...

'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...

Recording Reflects On Shared History Of Muslim, Jewish, Christian Music

May 10, 2019 - 11:50am

Conductor Jordi Savall brings together musicians of different faiths in a recording of early music from around the Mediterranean Sea.

Join WPR For 2 Madison Opera Broadcasts

May 9, 2019 - 10:25am

Join us for two productions by Madison Opera. Lori Skelton hosts these broadcast performances, which were recorded live at Overture Hall during the 2018-19 season.

Andras Schiff / Franz Schubert

May 8, 2019 - 12:35pm

In the latest chapter in András Schiff’s ongoing documentation of Franz Schubert’s music, the pianist plays the Four Impromptus D 899 plus compositions from 1828, the last year of Schubert’s short life: The Three Pieces D 946, the C minor Sonata D 958, and the A major Sonata D 959.

Schiff is playing his...

Richard Strauss and the Yanks

May 8, 2019 - 11:35am

May 8th, 1945 -- V.E. Day. Germany surrendered to the Allies, ending World War II in Europe. Composer Richard Strauss was among the many who were glad that the war was over regardless of who had won. He and his family had been suffering under the Nazi regime while living...

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'Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4'

Bruckner's Clutter

The Man I Was Looking For

'Twentieth Century Oboe Sonatas'

Dangerous Diobediance

'Toscanini and the Fascists'

Recording Reflects On Shared History Of Muslim, Jewish, Christian Music

Join WPR For 2 Madison Opera Broadcasts

Andras Schiff / Franz Schubert

Richard Strauss and the Yanks

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