Tue. 8 pm. ET- This week on Contemporary Classics is a celebration of the solo cello (OK a couple of these tunes will also include some electronics as well) with composers including Peter Susser, Joe L. Alexander, Benjamin Britten, Philip Glass, Krzysztof Penderecki and György Ligeti. 04/30/2019
Tue. 8 pm ET- Tuesday on Contemporary Classics I have an interview with improvisational composer Ladonna Smith along with music by her and her collaborators including Davey Williams, Susan Alcorn, Michael Evans, Gino Robair and Henry Kaiser. The show is dedicated to the late Davey Williams who passed away just earlier this month. Contemporary Classics is Tuesday nights from 8-10 PM EDT. 04/23/2019
Tue. 8 pm ET-This week on Contemporary Classics, the third episode dedicated to the music mentioned or described in Richard Power’s book “Orfeo”. On Tuesday night from 8-10pm we have music by Sergei Prokofiev, Alban Berg, George Rochberg, and John Cage. Contemporary Classics is on WRUU – 107.5 Savannahand streaming on www.wruu.org 04/16/2019e
Tue 8 pm. ET-This week on Contemporary Classics on Tuesday April 9thfrom 8-10pm is my interview with Canadian-American composer Harry Stafylakis. Harry is the composer in residence at the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and the co-curator of the Winnipeg New Music Festival. I met him at this year’s Winnipeg New Music Festival. We talk about two of his works: Brittle Fracture and String Quartet #4 –Aftermath. In addition I will be playing John Adams Harmonielehre, which was on the first concert of this year’s Winnipeg New Music Festival and was on the first concert of the first Winnipeg New Music Festival almost 3 decades ago. 04/09/2019
Tue. 8 pm. ET- Richard Power’s novel Orfeotells the story of a composer who attempts to encode a composition into the DNA of a strain of pathogenic bacteria. It is a interesting story but also an extraordinary exploration of contemporary classical music. Tuesday is the second episode of Contemporary Classics exploring some of the music described or at least mentioned in this novel. Tonight we have music by Steve Reich, Richard Strauss, George Crumb, Peter Lieberson and John Cage. Contemporary Classics is Tuesday from 8-11pm ET. 04/02/2019
Tue. 8 pm ET- Contemporary Classics this week is the second episode featuring Contemporary Classical music with either the performers or composers being women (to continue to celebrate Women’s History Month) who were featured at the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, TN. Featured include compositions by Anna Thorvaldottir, Clarice Jensen, Kara-Lis Coverdale and Carla Kihlstedt. Also featured are performaces by Kim Kashkashian and Joan La Barbara. 03/26/2019
Tue. 8 pm ET-This week on Contemporary Classics we are beginning our two show celebration of the Big Ears Music Festival in Knoxville TN. Big Ears yearly features the best in contemporary classical music. We will be featuring the WOMAN artists and composers who are being featured at the Big Ears Festival because – yes its is Women’s History Month and all composers or performers on works this month will be women. 03/19/2019
Tue. 8 pm ET-This week on Contemporary Classics is the second of the month long celebration of women in contemporary classical music as part of Women’s History Month. This week we have a conversation with and explore the music of Canadian composer now living in California, Vivian Fung. We explore a variety of different aspects of her compositions with her Clarinet Quintet and percussion/electronic work “The Ice is Talking” discussed during the interview and her Glimpses for solo piano, Piano Concerto, “Dreamscapes” and three miniatures for clarinet and string quartet. 03/12/2019
Tue. 8 pm ET – This month on Contemporary Classics we are celebrating Women’s History Month with a month-long celebration of Women in Contemporary Classical music. This Tuesday we’ll have an interview with Carrie Frey violist of the string trio Chartreuse and Adrianne Munden-Dixon violinist with the Philharmonic. They will be in town for two concerts. Chartreuse will be performing at the Carol A. Carter Recital Hall on the Statesboro campus of Georgia Southern University onTue. Mar.12th at 7:30 pm. Adrianne Munden-Dixon will be joining Chartreuse to play Irish music for or arranged for string quartet as part of the Live Oaks Concert series Sun. Mar.10th at the St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Thunderbolt. 03/5/2019
Tue. 8 pm. ET – Contemporary Classics will be highlighting the Centennial of the Grand Canyon as a National Park. We will be featuring music about the Grand Canyon and other national parks in the southwestern United States. Beyond Ferde Grofe, we will be including the music of Nico Muhly, Michael Daugherty and Stephen Lias. 02/26/2019
