May 17 This Week Artists in Exile, Part II This week on Exploring Music (weekdays at 9pm), Bill McGlaughlin continues to reflect on artists in exile, beginning with music from Paul Hindemith. In his escape from Nazi Germany, Hindemith traveled to Turkey, England, and Switzerland before coming to America. We will listen to his Symphony for Concert Band and When Lilacs Last in the […] By Daniel Gilliam May 17 This Week Artists in Exile, Part II By Daniel Gilliam
Jan 24 This Week A trip to Venice and catching up with From the Top Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin (Weekdays at 9pm) This week, Bill takes us to the magical city that inspired music of the late Renaissance, Baroque, and the beginning of Italian opera. From Monteverdi and Orlando di Lasso, Bill includes religious and secular music and continues with two major Venetian influences: Adrian Willaert of Dutch descent […] By Daniel Gilliam Jan 24 This Week A trip to Venice and catching up with From the Top By Daniel Gilliam
Apr 15 Blog Exploring Music: St. Matthew Passion It’s only one of two surviving Passion settings by Bach (he may have written 4-5), first heard in 1727 and not heard again until over 100 years later when Felix Mendelssohn presented Bach’s St. Matthew Passion in Berlin. This week Bill McGlaughlin dives into the St. Matthew Passion on Exploring Music (Weekdays at 7pm). in […] By Daniel Gilliam Apr 15 Blog Exploring Music: St. Matthew Passion By Daniel Gilliam
Aug 26 Video Exploring Music: Sounds of the City of Lights This week on Exploring Music, Bill McGlaughlin illuminates Paris and the musical minds it produced, from Debussy (see below) to Faure, Berlioz, Alkan and Bizet. Listen Monday through Friday at 7pm. By Daniel Gilliam Aug 26 Video Exploring Music: Sounds of the City of Lights By Daniel Gilliam
Aug 05 Blog Exploring Music: Get the Picture Inspiration can come in many forms, from literature, nature, world events and the visual arts. This week on Exploring Music, it’s the pictures that inspired the music from Renaissance masters to modernists. Below are some of the paintings that we’ll “hear” this week at 7pm. (Image above: Isle of the Dead, 1886, Arnold Böcklin) By Daniel Gilliam Aug 05 Blog Exploring Music: Get the Picture By Daniel Gilliam