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Repose playlists for the week of October 14, 2019

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Enjoy an hour of beautiful, relaxing music with Repose every weeknight at 10 p.m. on Classical IPR. New episodes air every Saturday at 10 p.m. This week's weeknight playlists are below.

 

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Carolyn Southworth and Jennifer Thomas - Sweet Dreams

Danny Wright - The Way We Were

Tomas Michaud - Lotus in the Moonlight

Colors of the Land - Taking the Backroad

Rebecca Oswald - Embrace

Kevin Kern - Endless Blue Sky

Kids Commute - Banjo Week!

By Tony Bero • 6 hours ago

The Kids Commute team is very excited because our guest host for the week is banjo superstar, Bela Fleck.

We’ll hear about how he got started playing banjo, why he plays classical music, and what inspired him to write classical music for the banjo.

Plus, Bela gives our audience some advice on how to decide which instrument may be right for you to learn. All of that, plus you’ll hear fantastic music played by Bela. And don’t forget about the Kids Commute Quizlet.

Send us the correct answer and we’ll send you a Kids Commute Prize Pack. Thanks for listening to Kids Commute from Interlochen Public Radio.


Great Lakes Concerts: October 14, 2019

By • Oct 13, 2019
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This Monday at 6 p.m., join Classical IPR for Great Lakes Concerts, a weekly program featuring performances from all over the state.

 Great Lakes Concerts is produced by WKAR Public Media at Michigan State in partnership with WRCJ Detroit and Interlochen Public Radio.

This week's playlist

Hyacinthe Jadin: Quartet in E-flat, Op. 2, No. 1
Diderot Quartet
(Recorded January 18, 2018, St. Andrew’s Episcopal, Ann Arbor/Academy of Early Music Series)

Music by Request playlist for October 12, 2019

By Gretchen Carr • Oct 12, 2019
Gretchen Carr

  1. Philip Glass, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Robert McDuffie, Houston Symphony, Christoph Eschenbach
  2. Ralph Vaughan Williams, Songs of Travel, Bryn Terfel, Malcolm Martineau
  3. Rogers and Hammerstein, excerpts from South Pacific, Renee Fleming, BBC Orchestra, Rob Fisher
  4. John Lennon/Paul McCartney, Eleanor Rigby, Manuel Barrueco, London Symphony Orchestra, Jeremy Lubboch
  5. Traditional American Shaker Song/Arr. John Rutter, Lord of the Dance, Cambridge Singers, John Rutter
  6. Giuseppi Verdi, Plebe! Patrizi! Popolo!

The Interlochen Collection: Frohlich Memorial

By • Oct 11, 2019

On this edition of The Interlochen Collection, we revisit the memorial recital given in honor of Edward P. Frohlich in 2003. 

Listen to the entire episode below. 

Kids Commute - Circus Extravaganza Week!

By Tony Bero • Oct 11, 2019

Ladies and gentlemen, kids of all ages - welcome to Circus Extravaganza Week on Kids Commute from Interlochen Public Radio!

Circuses have existed for thousands of years, and any big-time entertainment needs engaging music to accompany it.

All week long, we’ll listen to music written for and about circuses, clowns, and lion tamers.

Plus, we’ll let you know where we’ve hidden the answer to this week’s Kids Commute Quizlet.

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David Amram's 'Giants of the Night' with flutist Nancy Stagnitta

By • Oct 10, 2019

"I don't know how many other flute concertos there are with a cowbell," says flutist Nancy Stagnitta in reference to "Giants of the Night," a piece by David Amram.

Stagnitta will perform "Giants of the Night" this weekend with the Traverse Symphony Orchestra. The piece is a tribute to three major figures of the Beat Generation: Charlie Parker, Jack Kerouac and Dizzy Gillespie.

Classical IPR in Concert: Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra with soloist Angela Kim

By • Oct 9, 2019
Pianist Angela Kim is the featured soloist on Classical IPR in Concert with the Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra

This week on Classical IPR in Concert, we'll hear a performance by the Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra at the Great Lakes Center for the Arts in Bay Harbor, Michigan. 

Conductor Libor Ondras and the GLCO present Mendelssohn's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Overture, Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 (featuring Angela Kim) and Mendelssohn's "Scottish" Symphony.

Click below to hear the concert, or tune in to Classical IPR Friday night at 8 p.m. and Sunday at noon.

MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
Thursday, July 11 2019
Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor

Interlochen performance on Performance Today: October 10, 2019

By • Oct 9, 2019

On Thursday, October 10, the nationally syndicated classical music program Performance Today will feature music performed and recorded at Interlochen.

Join Classical IPR at about 11:06 a.m. Thursday to hear guitarist Marcin Dylla perform the Sonata no. 3 by Carlos Gustavino.  This performance took place in the Dendrinos Chapel and Recital Hall.

Michael Culler engineered the recording.

Sir James Galway at Interlochen - Live Broadcast on Classical IPR

By Nancy Deneen • Oct 8, 2019
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This Thursday evening, Sir James Galway is the featured soloist with the Interlochen Arts Academy Orchestra. Leslie B. Dunner conducts.

Tune in at 7 p.m. to hear commerical recordings by James Galway.Then at 7:25, we'll go live to Corson Auditorium for the main event. The concert downbeat is at 7:30 p.m.

The program includes the Flute Concerto No. 2  by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the Second Symphony of Johannes Brahms.

Classical IPR in conversation with Sir James Galway

By Nancy Deneen • Oct 8, 2019

World renowned flutists Sir James Galway and Lady Jeanne Galway are visiting Interlochen Center for the Arts this week.

Ahead of their arrival in northern Michigan, Sir James spoke with Classical IPR from his home across the Atlantic.

Repose playlists for the week of October 7, 2019

By • Oct 7, 2019
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Repose airs every weeknight at 10 p.m. on Classical IPR, with new episodes every Saturday at 10 p.m.

 

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Karen Marie Garrett - Tip Toe Dancer and the Sea Pearl

Chris Spheeris - Embrace

Anewday - Dawn of Day

Paul Cardall - Voices

John Mills - Into the dark night

Jeff Oster (w/ Will Ackerman, Philip Aaberg and Taylor Barefoot) - Released

Great Lakes Concerts: October 7, 2019

By • Oct 6, 2019
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This Monday at 6 p.m., join Classical IPR for Great Lakes Concerts, a weekly program featuring performances from all over the state.

Great Lakes Concerts is produced by WKAR Public Media at Michigan State in partnership with WRCJ Detroit and Interlochen Public Radio. 
This week's playlist 

Christoph Willibald von Gluck: "Melodie" from "Orfeo ed Euridice"                 
Ilya Kaler, violin
Genadi Zagor, piano
recorded Nov. 16, 2017- Urban beat, Old Town  

Music by Request playlist for October 5, 2019

By Gretchen Carr • Oct 5, 2019
The Academy of Achievement

  1. Johann Sebastian Bach, French Suite in D minor, Vladimir Ashkenazy
  2. Jerome Kern, Old Man River from Showboat, Paul Robeson
  3. Henry Purcell, When I am Laid in Earth from Dido and Aeneas, Jessye Norman, Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitnick
  4. George Frederick Handel, Arrival of the Queen of Sheba from Solomon, Academy of St.

The Interlochen Collection: The Seasons

By • Oct 4, 2019

On this edition of The Interlochen Collection, it’s music for the seasons. The program features music for spring, summer, fall and winter.

Listen to the entire episode below. 

Kids Commute - William Tell Week!

By & Tony Bero • Oct 4, 2019

Hey Kids Commuters - welcome to William Tell Week on Kids Commute from Interlochen Public Radio. 

We’re doing something a little bit different this week. We’re listening to a big piece of music in smaller parts, On Friday, we’ll listen to the whole thing.

The William Tell Overture is one of the most recognizable overtures in classical music. A portion of it was most famously used as the introduction to the radio and television program, “The Lone Ranger.” But there’s much more to the overture than just that famous section.

In Studio A with Pianists Richard Gao and Wenbo Xing

By • Oct 3, 2019
Interlochen piano students Richard Gao (left) and Wenbo Xing (right) will perform works of Chopin and Liszt in "Collage."

Pianists Richard Gao and Wenbo Xing will perform tonight and tomorrow night as part of Interlochen Arts Academy’s interdisciplinary evening, Collage.

The two pianists visited Studio A to perform works of Chopin ("Etude in A minor Opus 25 No. 11") and Liszt ("Sounds in the Forest").

They told us a little bit about their interests outside the piano. They are both students of Michael Coonrod.

Hear the performances and interviews below.

Interlochen performance on Performance Today: October 4, 2019

By • Oct 3, 2019

On Friday, October 4, the nationally syndicated classical music program Performance Today will feature music performed and recorded at Interlochen.

Join Classical IPR at about 11:06 a.m. Friday to hear music of Sergei Rachmaninoff performed by violinist Martin Chalifour and guitarist Mak Grgic during a recent recital in the Dendrinos Chapel and Recital Hall.

The recordings were engineered by Duncan LeMay with Michael Culler.

Classical IPR in Concert: Interlochen Festival Choir, Considering Matthew Shepard

By Nancy Deneen • Oct 2, 2019
Matthew Shepard Foundation

This month is the anniversary of the death of Matthew Shepard. In 1998, Shepard, who was gay, was brutally beaten in a hate crime. He later died of his injuries.

Shepard's death brought national attention to hate crimes based on sexual orientation.

Majestic American Soprano Jessye Norman Dies At 74

By • Sep 30, 2019

Opera fans are mourning one of the world's most revered voices.

Soprano Jessye Norman died Monday morning at Mount Sinai St. Luke's Hospital in New York. Her death was confirmed to NPR by a spokesperson for her family, Gwendolyn Quinn, as well as a representative from the Jessye Norman School of the Arts. The official cause of death was septic shock and multi-organ failure, secondary to complications of a spinal cord injury she had sustained in 2015. She was 74.

Repose playlists for the week of September 30, 2019

By • Sep 30, 2019
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Repose is an hour of beautiful and relaxing music that you can hear every weeknight at 10 p.m. on Classical IPR. New episodes air every Saturday at 10 p.m. See this week's weeknight playlists below.

 

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Galileo- Eric Tingstad and Nancy Rumble

Mohave Sunrise - Montage

Spirit - Brian Mann

Cathedral Pines - Eugene Friesen

Spring meadow - Michael Jones

For the roses - Teresa Schroeder

Eventide - Robert Resitar

Great Lakes Concerts: September 30, 2019

By • Sep 29, 2019
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This Monday at 6 p.m., join Classical IPR for Great Lakes Concerts, a weekly program featuring performances from all over the state.

Great Lakes Concerts is produced by WKAR Public Media at Michigan State in partnership with WRCJ Detroit and Interlochen Public Radio.
This week's playlist  

Tommaso Vitali: Chaconne in g minor for Violin & Continuo
Ilya Kaler, violin
Genadi Zagor, piano
(Recorded Nov. 16, 2017- Urban beat, Old Town/Absolute Music Chamber Series)

Music by Request playlist for September 28, 2019

By Gretchen Carr • Sep 28, 2019
National Park Service

Today's playlist featured music of Aaron Copland, Sir Paul McCartney, Third Coast Percussion, Jennifer Higdon and Hannah Lash. Thank to listeners from Cheboygan, Ann Arbor, Frankfort, Pierport, Gould City, Buckley and Alden. 

The Interlochen Collection: Finland

By • Sep 27, 2019

On this edition of The Interlochen Collection, it’s music from Finland. We feature pieces by composers including Suolahti, Klami, Rautavaara, and Sibelius. 

Listen to the entire episode below. 

Classical IPR in conversation with clarinetist Anthony McGill

By • Sep 27, 2019
David Finlayson

For Anthony McGill, it wasn't always easy being known as "Demarre's Little Brother" when they were teenagers in their youth orchestra.

Now the brothers are all grown up. Anthony McGill is the principal clarinet of the New York Philharmonic. His brother Demarre McGill is the principal flute of the Seattle Symphony. 

The McGills have just released their second album together. It includes two pieces commissioned specifically for them. 

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