What’s Going On
A look back at the monumental achievement of Marvin Gaye, at what Rolling Stone Magazine calls the greatest album of all time, What’s Going On.
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Some of our recent programs:
The Magic Flute
A brief review of Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute with all its Masonic symbolism, as timely today as it was when premiered 200 years ago.
Summer’s Eldest and Fairest Child
More of what you’ve come to expect–music that celebrates the glorious month of June.
Phototropic
A tribute to the osprey, and to basking in the early morning red-spectrum sunlight for the boost of all the brain’s feel good chemicals.
Erik Alfred Leslie Satie
The music, the story, the significance of Erik Satie in shaping modern harmony, contemporary style and today’s aesthetic.
Catbird
A tribute to the musical world we live in, especially that of birdsong, and in particular, the eastern virtuoso, the catbird.
No. 18
A tribute to the darling buds of May and one of Christopher Marlowe’s (d/b/a Shakespeare) finest sonnets, No. 18.
Songs of Spring
A wide sampling of songs of April and springtime from the medieval to the present day.
Aguas de Março, Part I
An exploration of the finest celebration of spring, Aguas de Março, and the unparalleled artistry of Antonio Carlos Jobim.
Carnival
Mardi Gras, and an hour of samba and Brazilian music in general. Get out your feathered headdress, it’s Carnival!
Köln Concert
The turbulent story of the Köln Concert, a landmark in contemporary music that came within a hair’s breadth of not happening.