This week Exploring Music is ascending some of the most colossal musical mountains in existence: works such as Schoenberg's Gurrelieder and Havergal Brian's Gothic Symphony, which are (usually) too big to program on the show.
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Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin is an exciting daily radio program that delves into a wide assortment of topics in classical music. Each five-program series builds off a single theme ranging from composer biographies to explorations of various cultures, musical styles, and time periods.
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dec 21 2012 playlist says beethoven, mozart etc. What happened. Whenwill that be on then? The shoenberg playlist is jan 2013. Can you straighten this out?
Monty,
I meant "all-caps messages" signify yelling. That hyphen makes a difference.
Monty,
I and accentpro from Valley Stream both heard Gurrelieder. Did you click on the link above to the Exploring Music website?
Also, did you know that all caps messages signify YELLING !!!!!!???????? It's true.
HOW COME THE MUSIC PLAYING THIS WEEK DIFFERS FROM THE "EXPLORING MUSIC" WEBSITE?
Listening to Gurrelieder now. It is gorgeous! I've never heard it before, in spite of its being a very Romantic work.
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