
The American Landscape Connection
July 2, 2022
Hosted By Stephen Peithman
Saturday, 4 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Rebroadcast Sunday, 2 p.m. – 3 p.m.
on Music Station
"On Connections we focus on links between works or composers, and music that shares a common theme or inspiration," explains host Stephen Peithman. "It all adds up to great stories and great music."
Stephen has been contributing shows since 1984, first with Musical Stages, and now, Connections--all in collaboration with Recording Engineer Mark Jones. More...
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July 2, 2022
July 9, 2022
July 16, 2022
Summertime scenarios, from Vivaldi and Haydn, to Glazunov and Gershwin
In this hour, music for film by Thomson, Vaughan Williams, Prokofiev, Alfven, Walton, and Copland.
Tchaikovsky’s lifelong obsession with the power of Fate, as reflected in Swan Lake, Romeo & Juliet, and his final three symphonies
A celebration of the season with music of Morley, Vivaldi, Schumann, Debussy, Sibelius, Orff, and Strauss
A look at several ‘loose’ connections of the classical music repertoire--music wrongly attributed to a famous composer--sometimes the result of carelessness, others due to honest mistakes, and a few cases of outright fraud.
How Aaron Copland’s best-known orchestral works were shaped by his close ties with Mexican composer Carlos Chávez
Music celebrating the Emerald Isle--from Purcell to Beethoven, from John Field to Victor Herbert.
The French perspective on its southern neighbor—from Bizet’s Carmen to Debussy’s Iberia, from Chabrier’s Espana to Ravel’s Bolero
Memorable works for student musicians by Vivaldi, Holst, Beach, Orff, Copland, Bernstein, and more
How Beethoven recycled a key theme several times as he worked to develop his signature style
A celebration of the Big Apple in works by Gershwin, Carpenter, Copland, Bernstein and more