MarvinTheCat SPECIAL PROGRAMS ON CLASSICAL DISCOVERIES AND AVANT-GARDE EDITION
Classical Discoveries" presents rarely heard repertoire all year long, but occasionally features programs partially or totally devoted to one topic.
To locate these special programs you can go directly to below links:
IN PRAISE OF WOMAN - from 2004 - each March to celebrate "Women History Month", Classical Discoveries presents weekly specials devoted totally to music composed by women: 03-02-11 | 03-09-11 | 03-16-11 | 03-23-11 | 03-30-11 | 03-03-10 | 03-03-10-a | 03-10-10 | 03-10-10-a | 03-17-10 | 03-17-10-a | 03-24-10 | 03-24-10-a | 03-31-10 | 03-31-10-a | 03-04-09 | 03-04-09-a | 03-11-09 | 03-11-09-a | 03-18-09 | 03-18-09-a | 03-25-09 | 03-25-09-a | 03-05-08 | 03-12-08 | 03-19-08 | 03-26-08 | 03-07-07 | 03-14-07 | 03-21-07 | 03-22-07 | 03-28-07 | 03-01-06 | 03-08-06 | 03-15-06 | 03-22-06 | 03-29-06 | 03-02-05 | 03-09-05 | 03-23-05 | 03-30-05 | 03-03-04 | 03-10-04 | 03-17-2004 | 03-24-04 | 03-31-04 |
THE INK IS STILL WET / VIVA 21-ST CENTURY - from 2003 - program devoted to new music just composed in 21-st century:
01-04-2012 |
12-26/12-27-2011 - 24-hour Marathon - INTERNATIONAL EDITION |
01-05-2011 |
12-27/28-2009 - 24-hour Marathon - WOMEN COMPOSERS EDITION |
12-26/12-27-2008 - 24-hour Marathon - INTERNATIONAL EDITION |
12-27/12-28-2007 - 24-hour Marathon - INTERNATIONAL EDITION |
01-03-2007 |
01-04-2006 |
01-03-2005 |
12-30-2003 |
01-01-2003 |
BIRTHDAY AND MEMORIAL TRIBUTE TO ALAN HOVHANESS - from 2002 - Marvin's personal annual tribute to composer - sometimes during month of March or June each year: 12-26/27-10 - 24-hour Marathon | 02-24-10 | 06-26-09 | 03-08-07 | 03-24-06 | 06-22-05 | 03-15-05 | 03-01-04 | 03-05-03 | 03-05-02 | 06-27-2000 |
MUSIC FOR THE HOLIDAYS: |
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A MEDIEVAL, RENAISSANCE, AND BAROQUE CHRISTMAS - from 1997 - last program before Christmas -
12-24-11 |
12-21-11 |
12-22-2010 |
12-23-2009 | 12-23-2009 | 12-24-2008 | 12-21-2007 | 12-22-2006 | 12-24-2005 | 12-24-2004 | 12-24-2003 | 12-23-2002 | 12-24-2001 |
CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD - from 1997 - presented annually before Christmas -
12-14-2011 |
12-15-2010 | 12-16-2009 | 12-19-2008 | 12-19-2007 | 12-20-2006 | 12-21-2005 | 12-23-2004 | 12-23-2003 | 12-18-2002 | 12-21-2001 |
CHRISTMAS IN AMERICA - from 2004 - program devoted to music for the holiday season by American composers -
12-20-2011 |
12-20-2010 | 12-23-2009-b | 12-17-2008 | 12-15-2006 | 12-22-2005 | 12-22-2004 |
SACRED BRIDGES - from 2009 - new program celebrating Christian, Jewish and Muslim heritage for holidays 04-20-2011 | 03-30-2010 | 04-07-2009 |
MUSIC Of JEWISH INSPIRATION - from 1997 - music for Hanukkah, Rosh Hashanah and other occasions -
12-20-2011 |
09-28-2011 |09-10-2010 | 09-28-2009 | 09-23-2009 | 12-23-2008 | 12-05-2007 | 04-03-2007 | 12-22-2006-a | 09-27-2006 | 04-12-2006 | 12-28-2005 | 10-05-2005 | 04-22-2005 | 12-08-2004 | 09-15-2004 | 04-07-2004 | 12-17-2003 | 10-01-2003 | 04-16-2003 | 12-04-2002 | 12-12-2001 09-20-2001 |
MUSIC FOR KWANZAA - from 1997 - music by black composers -
12-31-2011 |
12-19-2010 | 12-29-2008 | 12-26-2007 | 12-27-2006-THE NEGRO SPEAKS OF RIVERS | 12-26-2005 | 12-29-2004 | 01-03-2004 |
| 24-HOUR - VIVA 21-ST CENTURY - INTERNATIONAL EDITION | 12-26/27-2011 |
| 24-HOUR - WE REMEMBER SEPTEMBER 11 | 09-10/11-2011 |
| 24-HOUR - ALAN HOVHANESS - 100TH BIRTHDAY MARATHON | 12-26/27-2010 |
| 24-HOUR - VIVA 21-ST CENTURY - WOMEN COMPOSERS EDITION | 12-27/28-2009 |
| 24-HOUR - VIVA 21-ST CENTURY - AMERICAN EDITION | 09-08/09-2009 |
| 24-HOUR - VIVA 21-ST CENTURY - INTERNATIONAL EDITION | 12-26/27-2008 |
| 24-HOUR - VIVA 21-ST CENTURY - INTERNATIONAL EDITION | 12-27/28-2007 |
| Occasional specials devoted to one country or geographical regions |
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| IN THE YEAR OF A WATER DRAGON - music of Chinese composers, and composers associated with China, in observance of Chinese New Year | 01-25-2012 |
| IN THE YEAR OF THE OX - music of Chinese composers, and composers associated with China, in observance of Chinese New Year | 01-30-2009 |
| POLISH MUSIC BEYOND CHOPIN AND GORECKI - Musical Voyage to Poland | 01-11-2012 | 09-01-2004 | 03-26-2003 | 05-01-2001 |
| IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF WILLIAM TELL - Musical Voyage to Switzerland | |
| FRESCOES OF KIEV - Musical Voyage to Ukraine | 07-25-2011 |
| "UP NORTH'' - CANADA REVISITED - Musical Voyage to Canada | 07-11-2011 |
| "UP NORTH'' - A MUSICAL VOYAGE TO CANADA | 07-14-2005 |
| A MUSICAL VOYAGE TO CANADA | 05-15-2001 |
| FROM RIGA WITH LOVE - Musical Voyage to Latvia | 06-27-2011 |
| FROM THE BALTIC SEA TO THE TATRA MOUNTAINS - Musical Voyage to Poland | 06-15-2011 | 06-13-2011 |
| FOR JAPAN - tribute, in the face of triple tragedy, to the people of Japan, living and perished, it's artists and composers | 04-06-2011 |
| DREAM OF CHERRY BLOSSOMS - Classical Discoveries goes to Japan | 05-24-2004 |
| CLASSICAL DISCOVERIES GOES TO GREECE WITH MUSICAL ODYSSEY | 11-28-2010 | 05-30-2010 01-10-2010 | 08-30-2009 |
| THE EASTERN-EUROPEAN CONNECTION - music from Eastern-European/Baltic countries such as the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Poland, Ukraine and more | 07-05-2010 |
| VOYAGE TO THE RAINBOW NATION - SOUTH AFRICA | 06-18-2010 |
| A MUSICAL PORTRAIT OF SOUTH AFRICAN COMPOSERS | 09-17-2003 |
| RETURN TO THE LAND OF KIWI - A MUSICAL VOYAGE TO NEW ZEALAND | 06-11-2010 |
| IN THE LAND OF KIWI - A MUSICAL VOYAGE TO NEW ZEALAND | 04-23-2008 |
| 11½ HOURS AROUND THE WORLD | 06-02-2010 |
| EAST MEETS WEST - devoted to to music inspired by the Far and Near East and included composers from those countries | 01-27-2010 | 09-11-2001 |
| ESTONIA, LATVIA AND LITHUANIA REVISITED | 06-03-2009 |
| IN THE SHADOWS OF "THE KNIGHTS OF MALTA" - music of Maltese composers and associated with Malta as well memorial tribute to Charles Camilleri | 01-16-2009 |
| FROM JAKARTA TO JAYAPURA - Entire program devoted to works inspired by Indonesia's islands as well as works by Indonesian composers | 08-20-2008 |
| FROM THE BALTIC SEA TO THE TATRA MOUNTAINS - Millennium of Polish Music | 08-06-2008 |
| VIVA LA FRANCE | 07-12-2006 |
| VOYAGE TO SWEDEN - THE LAND OF ALFRED NOBEL | 06-07-2006 |
| THE GLORIOUS SOUND OF THE POLISH BAROQUE - Old and new music from Poland | 05-24-2006 |
| 300 MINUTES AROUND THE WORLD - 2005 | 09-01-2005 |
| VOICES OF LITHUANIA - MUSICAL VOYAGE | 08-24-2005 |
| AUGUST GERMAN FEST - musical voyage to Germany | 08-18-2005 |
| THE NIGHT IN LISBOA - musical voyage to Portugal | 08-11-2005 |
| BEYOND THE MYSTERIES OF MIDDLE-EASTERN MUSIC - musical voyage to Southwest Asia | 08-04-2005 |
| THE ORIENT UNVEILED - musical voyage to the Far East | 07-28-2005 |
| ESTONIA - A LAND OF MUSIC | 07-21-2005 |
| ICELAND - LAND OF FIRE AND ICE - REVISITED | 07-07-2005 |
| ICELAND - LAND OF FIRE AND ICE" - Musical Voyage to Iceland | 01-26-2005 |
| CLASSICAL DISCOVERIES GOES OUTBACK - Musical Voyage to Australia | 02-23-2005 |
| 300 MINUTES AROUND THE WORLD - 2004 | 09-06-2004 |
| THE LAND OF FIRE - Musical Voyage to Azerbaijan | 08-23-2004 |
| MUSIC FROM AZERBAIJAN | 01-30-2003 |
| IN SEARCH OF UIRAPURU - Musical Voyage to Latin America | 08-11-2004 |
| UNCHAINED MELODIES - Musical Voyage to the Former Soviet Republics | 08-09-2004 |
| AFRICA SINGS - Musical Voyage to Africa | 07-26-2004 |
| TALES FROM EMERALD ISLE - Musical Journey to Ireland | 07-12-2004 |
| FROM PRAHA TO BRATISLAVA - Musical Journey to the Czech and Slovakia | 06-30-2004 |
| SPLENDOURS OF TOPKAPI - Musical Journey to Turkey | 06-07-2004 |
| VIVA BRITANNIA | 07-25-2003 |
| MIDDLE-EASTERN CLASSICAL COMPOSERS | 07-23-2003 |
| IRISH MUSIC MIX | 03-19-2003 |
| THE END OF SILK ROAD - program devoted to Chinese music and western composers influenced by the East | 02-05-2003 |
| VIVA LA FRANCE | 07-17-2002 |
| LITHUANIAN MUSIC | 04-23-2002 |
| HYMN TO APOLLO - Greek music through the Centuries | 03-20-2002 |
| VIVA ITALIA | 11-14-2001 |
| A MUSICAL VOYAGE TO ESTONIA | 10-31-2001 |
| A MUSICAL VOYAGE TO AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND | 06-26-2001 |
| A ZAPPA-MANIA - FRANK ZAPPA'S - special tribute | 08-24-2011 |
| CLASSICAL DISCOVERIES GOES ROCK AND ROLL | 07-27-2011 | 10-21-2009 |
| CLASSICAL GOES JAZZ, OR JAZZ GOES CLASSICAL? | 07-17-2011 |
| LITTLE KNOWN TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC FOR EASTER | 04-24-2011 |
| A MUSICAL PORTRAIT OF POLISH COMPOSER WOJCIECH KILAR | 10-27-2010 |
| AMERICAN MUSIC FOR LABOR DAY | 09-03-2010 |
| SUMMER SHIMMERS | 08-18-2010 |
| CONTEMPORARY MUSIC EXRTRAVAGANZA - WITH INNOVA | 06-23-2010 |
| SYMPHONIC PETTERSSON | 06-14-2010 |
| EASTERN MOODS - CLASSICAL DISCOVERIES GOES JAZZ | 12-06-2009 |
| POLISH MOODS - CLASSICAL DISCOVERIES GOES JAZZ | 11-08-2009 |
| VOICES FROM HEAVEN - Choral music from around the world throughout the centuries | 08-12-2009 | 10-04-2006| 01-27-2006 |
| VOICES FROM HEAVEN - AVANT-GARDE EDITION | 08-12-2009-a |
| CONCERTO, CONCERTO.......!!! | 06-12-2009 |
| CLASSICAL DISCOVERIES GOES TO MUSEUM | 07-06-2009 |
| OUR PLANET EARTH - celebration of Earth Day | 04-22-2009 |
| OUR PLANET EARTH - AVANT-GARDE EDITION - celebration of Earth Day | 04-22-2009-a |
| CLASSICAL DISCOVERIES GOES TO WASHINGTON - GHOSTS OF THE PAST | 10-31-2008 |
| A PROFILE OF BRIDGE RECORDS | 07-25-2008 |
| HAPPY BIRTHDAY VALENTIN - 70th Birthday celebration of Silvestrov | 11-02-2007 |
| TRICK OR TREATS? - devoted to music inspired by ghosts and monsters and also paid respect to European tradition - Memorial Day | 10-31-2007 | 10-30-2002 |
| WARSAW AUTUMN - THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY | 09-07-2007 | 08-31-2007 |
| HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAAN AND WOJCIECH - 75-th birthday tribute to Jaan Raats and Wojciech Kilar - | 08-15-2007 |
| FOCUS ON PULITZER PRIZE WINNING COMPOSITIONS | 07-06-2007 |
| ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE - Valentine special | 02-21-2007 |
| SURPRISES FROM BAROQUE AND BEFORE | 01-16-2007 |
| FELDMANATHON / FLUX O-MANIA - Morton Feldman's - String Quartet No. 2 & Flux Quartet Marathon | 12-29-2006 |
| SPORTS, SPORTS, SPORTS - music inspired by various sports - | 07-13-2006 |
| SO YOUNG - Program devoted to music of Young Composers - under-30’s | 12-31-2005 |
| ROYAL FANFARES - or music about the kings, for the kings and by the kings and other royalties | 08-29-2005 |
| SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW, SOMETHING BORROWED, SOMETHING...? - | 08-15-2005 |
| FRIDAY MORNING WITH PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS | 07-22-2005 |
| AMERICAN MUSIC FOR MEMORIAL DAY | 05-30-2005 |
| EARTH DAY WITH CLASSICAL DISCOVERIES | 04-20-2005 |
| CLASSICAL DISCOVERIES GOES TO WASHINGTON | 10-29-2004 |
| WAR AND PEACE | 08-30-2004 |
| IN MEMORIAM - whole program devoted to American composers | 05-31-2004 |
| HAPPY PRESIDENTS DAY -- whole program devoted to American composers | 02-16-2004 |
| BE MY VALENTINE -- American music for Valentines Day - whole program devoted to American composers | 02-14-2004 |
| MUSIC FOR UNUSUAL INSTRUMENTS - program devoted to instruments rarely used in classical repertoire as for example: tar, accordion, harmonica, tap dancer (feet),hand bells, castanets, electric guitar, shofar, didjeridu, etc. | 01-31-2004 | 01-30-2004 |
| FOCUS ON YOUNG COMPOSERS - program focused on young composers from age 14 to 40 | 01-21-2004 |
| ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL - devoted to compositions inspired by animals and other living creatures | 08-06-2003 |
| GOODBYE AND HELLO TO CRI | 05-07-2003 |
| IN THE SHADOW OF THE FAMOUS - devoted to lesser known composers family members of more famous Baroque composers | 04-30-2003 |
| BEYOND THE EARTHLY SPHERES - Music inspired by astronomy and space | 01-16-2002 |
| CLASSICAL DISCOVERIES GOES TO MOVIES - program devoted to film music composers | 08-02-2001 |
| 24-HOUR - WE REMEMBER SEPTEMBER 11 | 09-10/11-2011 |
| MEMORIAL TRIBUTE TO KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN | 07-18-2008 |
| "YESTERDAY' - IN MEMORY OF JIM NETTLETON | 10-21-2009 |
| MEMORIAL TRIBUTE TO NORMAN DELLO JOIO | 07-30-2008 |
| IN MEMORY OF HENRY BRANT - PIONEER OF SPATIAL MUSIC | 06-20-2008 |
| IN MEMORIUM OF THE VICTIMS OF 9/11 | 09-06-2006 |
| MEMORIAL TRIBUTE TO GYORGY LIGETI | 06-15-2006 |
| HOVHANESSES 5TH ANNIVERSARY MEMORIAL TRIBUTE | 06-22-2005 |
| WE REMEMBER - 09/11 MEMORIAL | 09-10-2004 |
| MEMORIAL TRIBUTE TO HENRI LEDROIT | 05-10-2004 |
| MEMORIAL TRIBUTE TO LOU HARRISON | 02-12-2003 |
| MADE IN THE USA - 09/11 MEMORIAL | 09-10-2003 |
| REMEMBERING THE VICTIMS OF TERRORISM AND WAR - | 09-11-2002 |
| IN MEMORY OF GEORGE HARRISON | 12-05-2001 |
| IN MEMORY OF ROBERT HELPS | 12-05-2001 |
| MUSIC OF MOURNING | 09-13-2001 |
| HOVHANESSES MEMORIAL TRIBUTE | 06-27-2000 |
| programs devoted to little known early music composers and compositions. |
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| A MEDIEVAL, RENAISSANCE, AND BAROQUE CHRISTMAS - annual program - last "Classical Discoveries" before Christmas | 12-24-2011 | 12-21-2011 | 12-22-2010 |12-23-2009 |12-24-2008 |12-21-2007 |12-22-2006 |12-24-2005 |12-24-2004 |12-24-2003 |12-23-2002 |12-24-2001 |
| TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC - 2011 - devoted to little known repertoire before 1750 | 08-29-2011 |08-22-2011 |08-15-2011 | 08-08-2011 |07-18-2011 |06-20-2011 | 06-06-2011 |
| LITTLE KNOWN TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC FOR EASTER | 04-24-2011 |
| TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC - 2010 - devoted to little known repertoire before 1750 | 11-05-2010 |06-26-2010 |07-03-2010 |07-10-2010 |07-17-2010 |07-24-2010 |07-31-2010 |08-07-2010 |08-14-2010 | 08-21-2010 |08-28-2010 |09-04-2010 |
| MUSICAL PORTRAIT OF STANISŁAW SYLWESTER SZARZYŃSKI | 05-26-2010 |
| EARLY MUSIC BASH | 05-25-2010 |06-19-2009 |11-01-2003 | 10-25-2003 |
| TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC - 2009 - Summer Series of Programs devoted to little known repertoire before 1750 | 08-29-2009 |08-22-2009 |08-15-2009 | 08-08-2009 |07-24-2009 |07-18-2009 |07-17-2009 |
| SURPRISES FROM BAROQUE AND BEFORE | 01-16-2007 |09-18-2002 |
| THE GLORIOUS SOUND OF THE POLISH BAROQUE | 05-24-2006 |
| A VISIT WITH ANDREW KIRKMAN - director of The Binchois Consort and conductor of Rutgers Collegium Musicum | 03-24-2006 |11-10-2004 |
| SPOTLIGHT ON ITALIAN COMPOSER GIOVANNI VALENTINI (1583-1649) | 01-19-2005 |
| MUSIC BY THE NUNS OF ITALIAN BAROQUE | 12-31-2004 |
| MUSICAL PORTRAIT OF MARIA CRISTINA KIEHR - soprano | 05-17-2004 |
| MEMORIAL TRIBUTE TO HENRI LEDROIT - countertenor - | 05-10-2004 |
| IN THE SHADOW OF THE FAMOUS - devoted to lesser known composers - family members of more famous Baroque composers | 04-30-2003 |
| FOCUS ON WOMEN COMPOSERS FROM BAROQUE AND BEFORE | 03-05-2003 |
| MUSICAL VOYAGE TO THE PAST | 08-30-2001 | 08-28-2001 |
| BLAST FROM THE PAST - Oldies - dance music from 1200 till 1750 | 12-28-2003 |
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EARLY OPERAS PRESENTATIONS |
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| Francesca Caccini - ''La liberazione di Ruggiero dall'isola d'Alcina'' | Francesco Cavalli - "Ercole Amante" | Charpentier, Mark-Antoine - Medee | de la Guerre, Jacquet Elisabeth-Claude - Cephale et Procris | Claudio Monteverdi - ''The Return of Ulysses" | Giovanni Battista Pergolesi - "La Serva Padrona | Francesco Provenzale - "La Colomba Ferita" | Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco - La purpura de la rosa | Antonio Vivaldi - "Farnace" |
| From summer 2008 CLASSICAL DISCOVERIES GOES AVANT-GARDE is featured as a weekly program - go to playlists to find special avant-garde playlists from 2007 |
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| A ZAPPA-MANIA - FRANK ZAPPA'S - special tribute | 08-24-2011 |
| MORTON FELDMANN | 06-01-2011 |
| FELDMANATHON / FLUX O-MANIA - Morton Feldman's - String Quartet No. 2 & Flux Quartet Marathon - | 12-29-2006 |
| A PROFILE OF BRIDGE RECORDS | 07-25-2008 |
| A MEMORIAL TRBUTE TO KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN | 07-18-2008 |
| WARSAW AUTUMN - THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY - PART 2 | 09-07-2007 |
| WARSAW AUTUMN - THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY - PART 1 | 08-31-2007 |
| FOCUS ON PULITZER PRIZE WINNING COMPOSITIONS | 07-06-2007 |
| MEMORIAL TRIBUTE TO GYORGY LIGETI (1923-2006) | 06-15-2006 |
| SPOTLIGHT ON MORTON FELDMAN | 06-08-2003 |
| SPOTLIGHT ON JOHN CAGE | 12-29-2002 |
| total or partial programs devoted to one composer |
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| IN STUDIO GUESTS - live interviews |
| BETH ANDERSON | American | 06-16-04 | 04-10-01 |
| JUDAH E. ADASHI | American | 05-11-11 |
| EVE BEGLARIAN | American | 07-20-11 |
| LARRY BELL | American | 08-31-05 |
| BARBARA BENARY | American | 08-03-2011 |
| DEREK BERMEL | American | 10-14-09 | 09-16-09 |
| LISA BIELAWA | American | 08-26-09 |
| NANCY BLOOMER DEUSSEN | American | 10-06-04 |
| RICHARD BROOKS | American | 08-28-02 |
| BOUDEWIJN BUCKINX | Belgian | 05-28-08 | 03-19-03 |
| JENNIFER M. CASTELLANO | American | 08-25-10 |
| JAKUB CIUPIŃSKI | Polish | 01-11-2012 |
| ANDREA CLEARFIELD | American | 03-30-11 |
| CARSON P. COOMAN | American | 08-09-06 |
| GEORGE CRUMB | American | 09-16-09 |
| HALIM EL-DABH | Egyptian/American | 05-13-2009 |
| DANIEL DORFF | American | 10-08-08 |
| ROSS EDWARDS | Australian | 02-23-05 |
| ĒRIKS EŠENVALDS | Latvian | 06-27-11 |
| ERIC EWAZEN | American | 06-20-07 | 09-20-01 |
| STEVEN R. GERBER | American | 06-25-08 |
| EDWARD GREEN | American | 06-22-06 |
| JENNIFER HIGDON | American | 08-02-06 | 07-14-04 |
| BARBARA HARBACH | American | 08-18-10 |
| ALISTAR HINTON | English | 06-23-04 |
| KATHERINE HOOVER | American | 03-15-06 |
| PAUL LANSKY | American | 07-07-10 | 10-08-08 |
| CHRIS LASTOWICKA | American | 09-09-09 |
| ELODIE LAUTEN | American | 07-22-09 | 12-27-07 | 12-29-04 | 07-16-03 |
| MAX LIFCHITZ | Mexican/American | 06-09-10 |
| LUKAS LIGETI | Austrian/Hungarian | 01-27-10 |
| STEVEN MACKEY | American | 07-21-10 | 12-28-07 |
| JON MAGNUSSEN | American | 10-15-04 |
| BEATA MOON | Korean/American | 12-08-04 |
| ROBERT MORAN * | American | 05-11-11 | 10-08-08 | 01-05-07 | 12-15-0406-14-04 |
| PAUL MORAVEC | American | 10-14-09 | 12-27-07 | 08-29-07 | 09-07-05 |
| FRANK J. OTERI | American | 09-05-07 | 08-20-06 | 07-19-04 |
| ALLA PAVLOVA | Russian/American | 07-11-07 |
| VANGELIS PETSALIS | Greek | 05-28-03 |
| JOHN PSATHAS | New Zealand | 04-23-08 |
| DANIEL BERNARD ROMAIN (DBR) | American | 06-23-10 |
| ARNOLD ROSNER ** | American | 08-19-09 | 11-03-05 |
| ANDREW RUDIN | American | 05-04-11 | 12-09-09 | 10-14-09 |
| RUTH SCHONTHAL | American | 07-31-02 |
| LUIZ SIMAS | Brazilian | 05-12-04 |
| FRANK JAMES STANECK | American | 09-03-03 | 08-22-02 |
| MICHAEL TORKE | American | 07-19-06 |
| ALEXANDRA VREBALOV | Serbian | 08-17-2011 |
| RAYMOND WOJCIK | American | 10-08-08 | 12-27-07 |
| RAIN WORTHINGTON | American | 07-01-09 |
| * indicates interview before 2001 | ** indicates tribute before 2001 |
SPOTLIGHT ON or MUSICAL PORTRAIT - ONLY |
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| GEORGE ANTHEIL | American | 02-03-2006 |
| HENRY BRANT | American | 06-20-2008 |
| JOHN CAGE | American | 12-29-2002 |
| CHARLES CAMILLIERI | Maltese | 01-16-2009 | 01-14-2004 |
| HENRY COWELL | American | 09-16-2005 | 10-22-2003 | 09-24-2004 |
| NORMAN DELLO JOIO | American | 07-30-2008 |
| DAVID DIAMOND | American | 06-30-2005 |
| MICHAEL DAUGHERTY | American | 11-24-2004 |
| TAN DUN | Chinese | 09-03-2004 |
| GARETH FARR | New Zealand | 03-01-2004 |
| MORTON FELDMAN | American | 06-01-2011 | 06-08-2003 |
| BARBARA HARBACH | American | 08-08-2007 |
| ROY HARRIS | American | 09-29-2004 |
| ALAN HOVHANESS a special 24-HOUR - ALAN HOVHANESS - 100TH BIRTHDAY MARATHON - 12-26/27-2010 |
American | 02-24-2010 | 06-26-2009 | 03-08-2007 | 03-24-2006 |06-22-2005 | 03-15-2005 |03-01-2004 | 03-05-2003 |03-05-2002 | 06-27-2000 | |
| WOJCIECH KILAR - unknown symphonic and choral output of the composer that is known mostly for film music | Polish | 10-27-2010 | 08-05-2007 |07-31-2001 |
| JAROSLAV KRCEK - composing output of Director of "Capella Istropolitana" not know for his composing skills | Czech | 01-30-2002 |
| GYORGY LIGETI | Hungarian/Austrian | 06-15-2006 |
| PAWEŁ ŁUKASZEWSKI | Polish | 06-05-2009 |
| ANDRZEJ PANUFNIK | Polish | 10-26-2011 |
| ARVO PART | Estonian | 10-15-2003 |
| HARRY PARTCH | American | 03-19-2010 |
| ALLAN PETTERSSON | 06-14-2010 | |
| URMAS SISASK | Estonian | 05-12-2004 |
| KAIKHOSRU SORABJI | English | 07-11-2005 |
| WILLIAM GRANT STILL | American | 02-16-2005 |
| LEPO SUMERA | Estonian | 09-24-2003 |
| CARLOS SURNACH | American/Spanish | 07-13-2005 |
| YOICHI TOGAWA | Japanese | 02-26-2003 |
| PETER VAHI | Estonian | 06-19-2002 |
| GIOVANNI VALENTINI (1583-1649) | Italian | 01-19-2005 |
| PĒTERIS VASKS | Latvian | 04-19-2006 |
| ERIC WHITACRE | American | 01-21-2004 |
| FRANK ZAPPA | American | 08-24-2011 |
| indicates pre-20-Century Composer |
| STUDIO GUESTS |
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| MAYA BEISER | cellist | 07-14-2010 |
| GISELE BEN-DOR | conductor | 08-11-2004 |
| JERRY BOWLES | Editor of the Contemporary Classical Music Portal, Sequenza 21 | 09-05-2007 |
| BRUCE BRUBAKER | pianist | 10-15-2004 |
| TOM CHIU | the founder, 1st violinist of Flux Quartet and composer | 12-29-2006 |
| ETHEL | Band | 05-26-2010 |
| ELEM ELEY | baritone | 10-08-2008 |
| CLIPPER ERICKSON | pianist | 09-08-2005 |
| ELIZABETH FARNUM | soprano | 08-28-2003 |
| JAMES FREEMAN | conductor of Orchestra 2001 | 09-16-2003 |
| JANUS | new music trio | 11-17-2010 |
| ALAN HARLER | choir conductor | 04-23-2003 |
| ANDREW KIRKMAN | conductor and director of The Binchois Consort and of Rutgers Collegium Musicum | 03-24-2006 |11-10-2004 |
| ISABELLE O'CONNELL | Irish pianist | 09-29-2010 |
| BARBARA OLDHAM | horn soloist of QUINTET OF THE AMERICAS | 04-26-2006 |
| WALTER SIMMONS | Musicologist, Critic, CD Producer and Author | 07-03-2009 | 08-13-2003 |
| TIMOTHY SMITH | Assistant Conductor of Rutgers Collegium Musicum | 10-08-2008 |
| SO PERCUSSION | Quartet | 08-05-2009-a |
| ROBERT P. RIDGELL | Organist & Music Director of Trinity Youth Chorus | 08-11-2010 |
| DANIEL SPALDING | conductor | 08-05-2009 |
| BECKY STAROBIN | president of Bridge Records | 07-25-2008 |
| DAVID STAROBIN | guitarist | 07-25-2008 |
| ELAINE VANDER PLATE HELD | pianist | 08-04-2004 |
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| MARIA CRISTINA KIEHR | soprano | 05-17-2004 |
| VIVA STOKOWSKI | conductor | 10-01-2004 |
| MUSIC BY WOMEN AND BLACK COMPOSERS: |
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| TREASURES OF EARLY MUSIC - WOMEN COMPOSERS EDITION - 08-15-2011 |
| IN PRAISE OF WOMAN - from 2004 - each March to celebrate "Women History Month", Classical Discoveries presents weekly specials devoted totally to music composed by women:
03-02-11 | 03-09-11 | 03-16-11 | 03-23-11 | 03-30-11 | 03-03-10 | 03-03-10-a | 03-10-10 | 03-10-10-a | 03-17-10 | 03-17-10-a | 03-24-10 | 03-24-10-a | 03-31-10 | 03-31-10-a | 03-04-09 | 03-04-09-a | 03-11-09 | 03-11-09-a | 03-18-09 | 03-18-09-a | 03-25-09 | 03-25-09-a | 03-05-08 | 03-12-08 | 03-19-08 | 03-26-08 | 03-07-07 | 03-14-07 | 03-21-07 | 03-22-07 | 03-28-07 | 03-01-06 | 03-08-06 | 03-15-06 | 03-22-06 | 03-29-06 | 03-02-05 | 03-09-05 | 03-23-05 | 03-30-05 | 03-03-04 | 03-10-04 | 03-17-2004 | 03-24-04 | 03-31-04 |
| SUMMER SHIMMERS - 08-18-2010 |
| 24-HOUR-VIVA 21-ST CENTURY - WOMEN COMPOSERS EDITION - 12-27/28-2009 |
| THE NEGRO SPEAKS OF RIVER, MUSIC FOR KWANZAA - and other programs devoted to music of Black Composers - 12-19-2010 | 02-16-2010 | 12-29-2008 | 12-26-2007 | 12-27-2006 | 12-26-2005 | 12-29-2004 | 02-11-2004 | 01-03-2004 | 01-15-2003 |
| FOCUS ON WOMEN COMPOSERS - 07-11-2007 |
| SUNDAY MORNING OPERA WITH WOMEN COMPOSERS - 11-05-2006 |
| FRIDAY MORNING WITH WOMEN COMPOSERS - 11-03-2006 |
| 200th BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY OF FANNY MENDELSSOHN (1805-1847) - world premiere broadcast Fanny's works as well compositions of other women composers 11-16-2005 |
| MUSICAL PORTRAIT OF ''THE DEAN OF AFRO-AMERICAN COMPOSERS - WILLIAM GRANT STILL" 02-16-2005 |
| MUSIC BY THE NUNS OF ITALIAN BAROQUE - 12-31-2004 |
| SPOTLIGHT ON WOMAN COMPOSERS AND VISIT WITH ELAINE VANDER PLATE HELD - pianist and supporter of woman composers - 08-04-2004 |
| AFRICA SINGS" - Musical Voyage to Africa - 07-26-2004 |
| IN PRAISE OF WOMAN - 03-12-2003 |
| FOCUS ON WOMEN COMPOSERS FROM BAROQUE AND BEFORE - 03-05-2003 |
| WOMEN'S QUILT - Another program of all women composers - 06-26-2002 |
| WOMEN COMPOSERS - 03-05-2002 |
| For more women and black composers go to: "Spotlight On" - " Musical Portrait of Composer", "Presented Operas", " Spotlight On Performers" |
IN PRAISE OF WOMAN 03-16-2011 | 03-17-2010 | 03-17-2010-a | 03-18-2009 | 03-18-2009-a | 03-19-2008 | 03-21-2007 | 03-15-2006 | 03-16-2005 | 03-17-2004 |
AMERICAN MUSIC FOR LABOR DAY - 09-03-2010 |
VIVA AMERICA and AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL 07-04-2011 | 06-30-2010 | 07-04-2009 | 07-03-2009 | 07-01-2009-a - avant-garde edition | 07-01-2009 | 07-02-2008 | 07-04-2007 | 06-28-2006 | 06-30-2005 | 07-05-2004 | 07-04-2003 | 07-03-2002 | 07-04-2001 | 07-03-2001 |
BIRTHDAY AND MEMORIAL TRIBUTE TO ALAN HOVHANESS 12-26/27-2010 - 24-hour Marathon | 02-24-2010 | 06-26-2009 | 03-08-2007 | 03-24-2006 | 06-22-2005 | 03-15-2005 | 03-01-2004 | 03-05-2003 | 03-05-2002 | 06-27-2000 |
CLASSICAL DISCOVERIES PRESENTS MUSIC OF PHILIP GLASS AND ROBERT MORAN - 04-01-2009 |
A PROFILE OF BRIDGE RECORDS - 07-25-2008 |
CLASSICAL DISCOVERIES GOES AVANT-GARDE - 4TH JULY AMERICAN EDITION - 07-04-2008 |
FELDMANATHON / FLUX O-MANIA - Morton Feldman's - String Quartet No. 2 & Flux Quartet Marathon - 12-29-2006 |
A MORNING WITH AMERICAN MUSIC - 08-31-2005 |
FRIDAY MORNING WITH PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS - 07-22-2005 |
CLASSICAL DISCOVERIES GOES TO WASHINGTON - GHOSTS OF THE PAST - 10-31-2008 | 10-29-2004 |
MUSIC OF AMERICAS 11-25-2009 | 11-26-2008 | 11-23-2007 | 11-22-2006 | 11-25-2005 | 11-25-2004 | 11-27-2003 | 11-28-2002 | 11-22-2001 |
HAPPY PRESIDENTS DAY - 02-16-2004 |
BE MY VALENTINE - 02-14-2004 |
IN MEMORIAM - 05-31-2004 |
GOODBYE AND HELLO TO CRI - 05-07-2003 |
AMERICAN COMPOSERS AND PERFORMERS MEMORIALS: ROBERT MUCZYNSKI - 06-09-2010 | |HENRY BRANT- 06-20-2008 | | NORMAN DELLO JOIO- 07-30-2008 | | LOU HARRISON- 02-12-2003 | | ROBERT HELPS- 12-05-2001 | | ALAN HOVHANESS- 06-26-2009 | 06-22-2005 | 06-27-2000 |
OPERAS BY AMERICAN COMPOSERS |
Antheil, George - The Brothers | Coopland, Aaron - The Second Hurricane | Foss, Lukas - The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County | Glass, Philip and Robert Moran - The Juniper Tree | DeMars, James - Guadalupe, Our Lady of the Roses | Hanson, Howard - Merry Mount | Kenessey,
Stefania De - The Other Wise Man | Robert Kurka - The Good Soldier Schweik |
Douglas Moore - The Devil & Daniel Webster |
Moran, Robert - The Dracula Diary and The Juniper Tree |
Oteri, Frank J. - Machunas | Scramolin, A. Louis - The Caliph | Still, William Grant - Highway One, USA |
Vate, Nancy Van De - Where the Cross is Made |
For more American composers go to: "Spotlight On", Musical Portrait of Composer and
for American performers to Spotlight On Performers. |
| Antheil, George | The Brothers | 05-08-2011 |
| Caccini, Francesca | La liberazione di Ruggiero dall'isola d'Alcina | 11-05-2006 |
| Catan, Daniel | Florencia en el Amazonas | 12-14-2003 |
| Cavalli, Francesco | Ercole Amante | 06-01-2008 |
| Charpentier, Mark-Antoine | Medee | 09-12-2010 |
| Coopland, Aaron | The Second Huricane | before 2001 |
| DeMars, James | Guadalupe, Our Lady of the Roses | 09-13-2009 |
| Foss, Lukas | The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County | 08-20-2006 |
| Franzetti, Carlos | Corpus Evita | 06-18-2006 |
| Glanville Hicks, Peggy | The Transposed Heads | before 2001 |
| Glass, Philip and Robert Moran | The Juniper Tree | 04-01-2009 |
| Golijov, Osvaldo | Ainadamar | 06-18-2006 |
| Guerre, Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la | Cephale et Procris | 09-06-2009 |
| Hajibeyov, Uzeyir | Koroghlu" (The Blind Man's Son) | 06-16-2002 |
| Hanson, Howard | Merry Mount | 06-17-2007 |
| Jansons, Andrejs | Wonderbird | 05-30-2004 |
| Kenessey, Stefania De | The Other Wise Man | 08-17-2003 |
| Kojoukharov, Vladimir | Le Paradis Des Chats (Cats Paradise) | 08-31-2008 |
| Kortekangas, Olli | Messenius and Lucia | 09-07-2008 |
| Kutavicius, Bronius | Lokys (The Bear) | 06-07-2009 |
| Kurka,Robert | The Good Soldier Schweik | 11-07-2004 |
| Linkola, Jukka | The Journey | 09-07-2008 |
| Martinu, Bohuslav | Comedy on the Bridge | 05-08-2011 |
| Moniuszko, Stanisław | Halka | 09-02-2001 |
| Moniuszko, Stanisław | Haunted Manor | 12-16-2001 |
| Monteverdi, Claudio | The Return of Ulysses | 07-17-2005 |
| Montsalvatge, Xavier | El Gato Con Botas (Puss-in-Boots) | 08-31-2008 |
| Moore, Douglas | The Devil & Daniel Webste | 08-17-2003 |
| Moran, Robert | The Dracula Diary | 08-17-2003 |
| Moran, Robert and Philip Glass | The Juniper Tree | 04-01-2009 |
| Oteri, Frank J. | Machunas | 08-20-2006 |
| Penderecki, Krzysztof | Ubu Rex | 08-22-2004 |
| Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista | La Serva Padrona | 09-02-2007 |
| Portman, Rachel | The Little Prince | 05-15-2005 |
| Provenzale, Francesco | La Colomba Ferita | before 2001 |
| Ptaszyńska, Marta | Pan Marimba | 05-08-2011 |
| Rautavaara, Einojuhani | Alexis Kivi | 09-02-2007 |
| Sariaho, Kaija | L'Amou De Loin | 06-06-2010 |
| Scramolin, A. Louis | The Caliph | 06-06-2010 |
| Skoryk, Miroslav | Moses | 06-07-2009 |
| Still, William Grant | Highway One, USA | 05-15-2005 |
| Tamberg, Eino | Cyrano de Bergerac | 10-23-2005 |
| Tigranian, Armen | Anoush | 09-05-2010 | 06-17-2001 |
| Tigranian, Armen | David-Beg | 06-01-2003 |
| Torrejon y Velasco, Tomas de | La purpura de la rosa | 09-13-2009 |
| Turnage, Mark-Anthony | The Silver Tassie | 05-30-2004 |
| Waters, Roger | ''Ça Ira'' (There is Hope) | 06-25-2006 |
| Vate, Nancy Van De | Where the Cross is Made | 11-05-2006 |
| Vaughan-Williams, Ralph | The Poisoned Kiss | 12-14-2003 |
| Vivaldi, Antonio | Farnace | 12-15-2002 |
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