The Song of Songs
From WQXR | 58:29
"I am sick with love." These five words say so much. Love is like a sickness and it affects the entire human race.
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Stage and screen star Jessica Hecht ("Fiddler on the Roof," "Breaking Bad," Dan in Real Life," "Sideways") hosts "The Bible’s Great Romance: The Song of Songs," a one-hour special of this sensuous verse married with choral music.
Program playlist:
Marc Lavry: Song of Songs Oratorio, Op. 137, Overture
Kol Zion Lagola Choir (The Broadcasting Service Choir)
Kol Israel Symphony Orchestra (The Broadcasting Service Orchestra)
Marc Lavry, conductor
Courtesy of the Marc Lavry Heritage Society
Edward Bairstow: “I Sat Down”
Choir of All Saint’s Episcopal Church, Beverly Hills
Dale Adelmann, conductor
Gothic Records
Anonymous: “Laeva eius”
Stile Antico
Harmonia Mundi
Pablo Casals: “Nigra sum”
Choir of Jesus College Cambridge
Mark Williams, conductor
Signum Classics
Giovanni Palestrina: Missa de Beata Virgine
“Nigra sum”
Escolania de Montserrat; Capella de Música de Montserrat
Dom Ireneu Segarra, conductor
Koch
Healey Willan: “Rise up My Love”
The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge
Stephen Layton, conductor
Hyperion
Dietrich Buxtehude" “Ich suchte des Nachts in meinem Bette”
Gerd Türk, tenor; Stephan Schreckenberger Bass
Cantus Cölln
Konrad Junghänel, conductor
Harmonia Mundi
Dov Carmel/Yehezkel Braun: “Uri Tzafon”
Chicago a cappella
Patrick Sinozich, conductor
CAC
Howard Skempton: "How Fair is They Love”
Choir of Jesus College Cambridge
Mark Williams, conductor
Signum Classics
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata 140, BWV 140
“Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme”
Arnold Schonberg Choir; Conceptus Musicus Vien
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi
Hildegard of Bingen: “Favus distillans”
Sequentia
Benjamin Bagby, conductor
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi
William Billings: “I Am Come into My Garden”
The Western Wind
Western Wind Records
Marc Lavry: Song of Songs Oratorio, Op. 137
Aria: “I am black and comely”
Nurit Goren, Soprano
Kol Zion Lagola Choir (The Broadcasting Service Choir)
Kol Israel Symphony Orchestra (The Broadcasting Service Orchestra)
Marc Lavry, conductor
Courtesy of the Marc Lavry Heritage Society
Anonymous: “Iam hiems transiit”
Stile Antico
Harmonia Mundi
Edward Bairstow: “I Sat Down”
Choir of All Saint’s Episcopal Church, Beverly Hills
Dale Adelmann, conductor
Gothic Records
Martin de Rivaflecha: “Anima mea”
Choir of Jesus College Cambridge
Mark Williams, conductor
Signum Classics
Howard Skempton: “My Beloved Has Gone Down”
Choir of Jesus College Cambridge
Mark Williams, conductor
Signum Classics
Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206
“Pulchra es”
Ann Monoyios, Marinella Pennicchi, sopranos
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
Archiv
John Dunstable: “Quam pulchra es”
The Hilliard Ensemble
John Hillier, conductor
EMI
Orlando de Lassus: “Veni, dilecte mi”
Stile Antico
Harmonia Mundi 807489
Shelf Discovery (Series)
Produced by Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Most recent piece in this series:
Shelf Discovery: Jacky Ha-Ha by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein
From Kristin Dreyer Kramer | Part of the Shelf Discovery series | 03:00
Each week on Shelf Discovery, host Kristin Dreyer Kamer offers listeners a brief look inside the pages of a new book. From mysteries to memoirs, classics to chick lit, busy readers are sure to find plenty of picks to add to their shelves. On this week's show, Kristin laughs along with a 12-year-old comic in the audio edition of Jacky Ha-Ha by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein.
To read the full review, visit NightsAndWeekends.com.
Spoiler Alert Radio (Series)
Produced by MergingArts Productions
Most recent piece in this series:
Matis Rei - Estonian Sound Designer/Editor - American Animals, The Little Drummer Girl, Truth And Justice, Calm With Horses (Shadow Of Violence), Sierra, Tar, and Last Sentinel
From MergingArts Productions | Part of the Spoiler Alert Radio series | 29:00
Some of Matis' credits working on larger teams include: Jawbone, American Animals, The Little Drummer Girl, and more recently, on Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet Of Curiosities, and Tar.
Matis' projects in a more supervising sound role have included: Truth And Justice, Captain Volkonogov Escaped, Calm With Horses (Shadow Of Violence), and more recently, Last Sentinel, and the Oscar-shortlisted animation, Sierra.
Love Greetings
From WGUC/ WVXU | 01:56:23
Celebrate Valentine's Day with classical music that is passionate, bold and affirming - along with gentler tunes that play like soft musical caresses.
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Present a sweetheart of a music special this Valentine's Day. Love Greetings, hosted and produced by Mark Perzel, Executive Producer at WGUC in Cincinnati, evokes romance in music and words. The program is a thoughtful mix of symphonic, chamber and vocal music designed to provide the perfect accompaniment for a romantic candlelit evening at home with a loved one. The two-hour broadcast offers listeners a sampling of romantic classical music favorites intermingled with beautiful poetry and tales of grand passion and tragedy.
Love Greetings couples melodies that are passionate, bold and affirming with gentler tender tunes that play like soft musical caresses. The pieces were selected to evoke feelings of romance and passion in both mood and tone. Not all were written with love in mind, but each of the melodies will touch the heart.
Love Greetings features classical music pieces including works by Rachmaninoff, Vivaldi, Puccini and Pachelbel. The musical program is beautifully complemented by passages from the romantic writings and poetry of William Shakespeare, Richard Bach and William Butler Yeats, as well as composers Robert Schumann, Hector Berlioz and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Pianist Janina Fialkowska
From WQXR | 01:58:00
Canadian pianist Janina Fialkowska gives a varied solo recital at The Frick Collection. A longtime presence in the music world, Fialkowska has performed with nearly every leading orchestra in North America, as well as ensembles on other continents, such as the London, Israel and Hong Kong Philharmonics.
A prize-winner at Radio Canada’s National Talent Festival and Arthur Rubenstein’s inaugural Master Piano Competition, as well as many others, she was the subject of an award-winning documentary called "The World of Janina Fialkowska."
In 2002, Fialkowska’s career was put on hold as she was diagnosed with shoulder cancer. In 2010, she returned to performing a full concert schedule and this concert marks Fialkowska’s return to the New York stage.
Known particularly for her interpretations of Chopin, Fialkowska performs two waltzes, two mazurkas and a scherzo.
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Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces
Arietta, Op. 12, No. 1
Butterfly (Sommerfugl), Op. 43, No. 1
Notturno, Op. 54, No. 3 (1891)
The Brooklet (Baekken), Op. 62, No. 4
March of the Trolls (Trolltog), Op. 54, No. 3
Remembrances (Etterklang), Op. 71, No. 7
— Janina Fialkowska, piano.
Franz Schubert: Four Impromtus, D. 935, Op. Posth. 142
— Janina Fialkowska, piano.
Joseph Fiala Quartet in F Major for Oboe and Strings, No. 2
— Adaskin Trio; Tom Gallante, oboe.
Anton Webern Langsamer Satz
— Quarteto Quiroga.
Frédéric Chopin: Waltz in E Minor, Op. Posth.
Frédéric Chopin: Waltz in A-Flat Major, Op. 64, No. 3
Frédéric Chopin: Mazurka in C Major, Op. 56, No. 2
Frédéric Chopin: Mazurka in C Minor, Op. 56, No. 3
Frédéric Chopin: Scherzo No. 1 in B Minor, Op. 20
Frédéric Chopin: Waltz in C Sharp minor (encore)
— Janina Fialkowska, piano.
Franz Schubert: "Death and the Maiden"
— Bennewitz String Quartet
Reel Discovery (Series)
Produced by Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Most recent piece in this series:
Reel Discovery: School of Magical Animals
From Kristin Dreyer Kramer | Part of the Reel Discovery series | 03:00
Each week on Reel Discovery, host Kristin Dreyer Kramer takes a quick look at the latest in movies -- from the hottest new blockbusters to little-known indies and even Blu-ray releases. Whether you prefer explosive action movies or quiet dramas, you're sure to discover something worth watching. On the latest show, Kristin goes on an adventure with a girl and her magical friend in School of Magical Animals.
To read more, visit NightsAndWeekends.com.
Folk Alley (Series)
Produced by FreshGrass Foundation
Most recent piece in this series:
Folk Alley Episode #230330
From FreshGrass Foundation | Part of the Folk Alley series | 01:58:01
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This week on Folk Alley, our celebration of spring continues with an hour that's for the birds - songs about and inspired by our feathered friends. Hear music by the late David Olney, The Wailin' Jennys, Laurie Lewis, Karine Polwart, Mollie O'Brien, Greg Brown, Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer, Jeff Tweedy, and more.
In hour two, hear songs from new spring release from Nickel Creek, Dom Flemons, Ethan Setiawan, and Eric Bibb. New advance singles from the forthcoming releases by Robert Earl Keen and members of the NC band, Mipso - Libby Rodenbough and Joseph Terrell; plus favorites from Rose Cousins, Mark Erelli, the Resistance Revival Chorus featuring Valerie June, and more.
The New England Connection
From Capital Public Radio | Part of the Connections series | 59:00
It is the birthplace of Thanksgiving, the Boston Tea Party, and the Revolutionary War. The home of maple syrup and blazing autumn color.
And the cradle of American music.
Join host Stephen Peithman for a tribute to New England in vocal, instrumental and orchestral works from the 17th to 20th centuries--on the next Connections.
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It is the birthplace of Thanksgiving, the Boston Tea Party, and the Revolutionary War. The home of maple syrup and blazing autumn color.
And the cradle of American music.
Join host Stephen Peithman for a tribute to New England in vocal, instrumental and orchestral works from the 17th to 20th centuries--on the next Connections.
Carnegie Hall Live Series (Series)
Produced by WQXR
Most recent piece in this series:
22-13: National Youth Orchestra of the USA, 7/8/2022
From WQXR | Part of the Carnegie Hall Live Series series | 01:58:00
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National Youth Orchestra of the USA CLYNE Sound and Fury 
Carlos Miguel Prieto, Conductor
NYO2
Mei-Ann Chen, Conductor
MONCAYO Huapango
PRICE Ethiopia's Shadow in America
REVUELTAS Sensemayá
SHOSTAKOVICH Excerpts from Suite from Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 in B minor (Pathétique)