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Produced by WQXR. Hosts weekdays at 11 am and 7 pm on Q2 Music.

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  • Why Erik Satie Is Still New Music

    This week on Q2 Music, host Phil Kline celebrates what would have been the 150th birthday of the playful and provocative French composer Erik Satie.  May 16, 2016

    Why Erik Satie Is Still New Music
  • Hearing Messiaen for the First Time and Six Illuminating Videos

    Many of us have moments in our lives when we hear music that changes us. I vividly recall turning on the radio to listen to my local classical station when I was about 14. Mar 21, 2016

    Hearing Messiaen for the First Time and Six Illuminating Videos
  • Edgard Varèse: Another Cutting-Edge Composer Over 130

    Every now and then it occurs to me: Edgard Varèse! Such explosive sounds, like forces of nature, with as much visionary energy as ever existed in one composer... and hair to match! Feb 11, 2016

    Edgard Varèse: Another Cutting-Edge Composer Over 130
  • Happy Birthday, Olivier Messiaen

    Some composers take you into another world, far removed but instantly recognizable. Today at 11, Phil Kline celebrates the birthday of one such composer: Olivier Messiaen. Dec 10, 2015

    Happy Birthday, Olivier Messiaen
  • A Far-off Country Which is Everywhere

    Today at 11 am on Q2 Music, Phil Kline is joined by Armenian-American composer Eve Beglarian traditional and contemporary Armenian music. May 1, 2015

    A Far-off Country Which is Everywhere
  • His Name Is Ives: 24-Hour Celebration of the Wild, Transcendent Music of Charles Ives

    Join Q2 Music all day on Friday, October 24 to celebrate the 140th birthday of Charles Ives - pioneering, maverick composer and grandfather of the American classical music sound.  Oct 20, 2014

    His Name Is Ives: 24-Hour Celebration of the Wild, Transcendent Music of Charles Ives
  • Phil Kline Spotlights Scandinavian Symphonist Per Nørgård

    While the music of  Kaija Saariaho, Magnus Lindberg and Esa-Pekka Salonen has become quite familiar to American audiences in recent years, that of their important predecessor Per Nørg... Jul 21, 2014

    Phil Kline Spotlights Scandinavian Symphonist Per Nørgård
  • Gavin Bryars's Coolly Passionate, Accessible Avant-gardism

    Gavin Bryars is one of the great polystylists of our time. His works could be by turns described as minimal, experimental, neoclassical, neoromantic, historicist or even jazz. Listen ... Jul 14, 2014

    Gavin Bryars's Coolly Passionate, Accessible Avant-gardism
  • Danish Composer Per Nørgård Wins $200,000 Prize from New York Philharmonic

    Composer Per Nørgård has received a hefty prize from the New York Philharmonic: a $200,000 cash award, a commission to compose a new work for the orchestra.

    Jun 12, 2014

    Danish Composer Per Nørgård Wins $200,000 Prize from New York Philharmonic
  • A is for Awesome, All-encompassing, Andriessen

    Louis Andriessen has exerted a vital influence on American music over in the last few decades. Of course he’s Dutch and has stayed close to home most of his career, but the strength o... Apr 7, 2014

    A is for Awesome, All-encompassing, Andriessen

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