Curved Air presents:
EXPLORING STRING QUARTETS cont’d….Music by Eleanor Hovda, George Crumb, György Ligeti &c, feat. Arditti String Quartet
[Ruth Crawford Seeger, early 1920’s]
“Ich bin ein funke nur vom heiligen feuerIch bin ein dröhnen nur der heiligen stimme.”
[Charles Ives portrait by Clara Sipprell – National Portrait Gallery, NPG.82.185, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=113256504]
DJbob Curved Air May 16th, 2023
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Curved Air presents:
The String Quartets of Villa-Lobos, Schönberg, Bartók, & others…feat. Cuarteto Latinoamericano
Also works by Webern, Haydn, Ives, and the last piece of music Beethoven ever finished.
Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887 – 1959). Original Publication: People Disc – HJ0043 (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images)
[Photo of Cuarteto Latinoamericano By Sbitran – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29070535]
DJbob Curved Air May 9th, 2023
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Curved Air presents:
PIANO LOCO: Modern Music from Berio, Boulez & others, feat. Shannon Wettstein and Carol Rosenberger
[Glenn Gould’s chair]
…and maybe some good old Beethoven and Chopin deep cuts.
DJbob Curved Air May 2nd, 2023
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Curved Air presents:
COMPOSERS FROM SPAIN, RUSSIA, HUNGARY, & FRANCE
[Martha Argerich, 1965]
Manuel de Falla (1876-1946)
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
Bela Bartok (1881-1945)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1927)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
DJbob Curved Air April 25th, 2023
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Curved Air presents:
THE MUSIC OF ALBAN BERG (1885-1935), feat. JESSYE NORMAN & REIKO WATANABE
DJbob Curved Air April 18th, 2023
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Curved Air presents:
SYMPHONIES by MAHLER, BRUCKNER & others, feat. LEONARD BERNSTEIN & ELIAHU INBAL
[Beethoven’s manuscript for his Symphony No. 5, Op. 67]
DJbob Curved Air April 4th, 2023
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Tags: beethoven, berlioz, bruckner, eliahuinbal, rafaelkubelik
Cause and Effect presents:
#CauseAndEffect
Today’s rendition of Cause and Effect is dedicated to the lyricist responsible for writing records that have won “song of the year” grammy awards
DonteOnTheMic Cause and Effect March 18th, 2023
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Tags: cause and effect
Curved Air presents:
WOMEN SINGING feat. Rosa Ponselle, Bidu Sayão, and a historic 1935 Met broadcast
[Above: Rosa Ponselle in 1919; Below: Bidu Sayão as Manon]
[Below: Anna Moffo in 1962]
DJbob Curved Air March 14th, 2023
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Tags: anna moffo, janet baker, jessye norman, rosa ponselle
Curved Air presents:
19th-20th CENTURY SYMPHONIC MIX, feat. FLORENCE PRICE & SEIJI OZAWA
[1901 caricature of Gustav Mahler conducting.]
Also music from Khachaturian, Bruckner, Stravinsky, and other symphonic masters. Performers include John Jeter, James Levine, Pierre Monteux, and Leopold Stokowski.
DJbob Curved Air March 7th, 2023
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Tags: antonbruckner, antonwebern, florencebeatriceprice, florenceprice, fritzreiner, gunterwand, gustavmahler, jameslevine, johnjeter, leopoldstokowski, naxos, naxosrecords, richardstrauss, richardwagner, stokowski
Curved Air presents:
The Music Of Camille Saint-Saëns [1835-1921]
DJbob Curved Air February 28th, 2023
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Tags: cello concerto, classical music, jaqueline du pre, music, Music show, saint-saens, saintsaens, WRIR