High Summer

High Summer

A program celebrating the fullness of summer that even includes a section for audience participation!

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Prisoner of Love

Prisoner of Love

A look at Russ Columbo’s Prisoner of Love in context of the slave trade of 1200 years ago, plus a sampling of Simone Kermes, Abbey Lincoln, Etta James and Billie Holiday.

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Qiyan

Qiyan

A look back through the centuries to the origin of our musical motifs of being a slave to love.

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Alpha Waves

Alpha Waves

A brief explanation of the brain circuitry brought about by the kind of delicious musical programing we find here with Adagio.

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Phototropic

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.

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Catbird

Catbird

A tribute to one of the most melodic creatures that shares our musical planet with us.

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George Carlin

George Carlin

A spring tonic for a return to base, and along the way, a glimpse into the prescient genius of George Carlin.

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No. 18

No. 18

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, and summer’s lease hath all too short a date. Sometimes too hot the eye of heaven shines and often is his gold complexion dimmed.

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Gabby Pahinui

Gabby Pahinui

A selection of pieces sure to please plus a 100th-year birthday tribute to Hawaiian musician Gabby Pahinui.

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Gabriel Yared

Gabriel Yared

A sampling of the work of Gabriel Yared,the Lebanese/French film composer, as well as a selection of other works certain to please.

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Remedial Music

Remedial Music

Expansive, atmospheric music to help drive out the anxiety of these times. And with a selection of love songs for the week of Valentine’s Day, including a 13th Century “Rumination” on passionate love.

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Correspondence

Correspondence

Kathleen Turner reads an arresting poem by Argentinian/Chilean Ariel Dorfman, and in his honor a sampling of tango for February.

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Wolf Moon

Wolf Moon

Song, Story and Solace to Pass the Long Winter’s Night.

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Solstice

Solstice

A look at the solstice observances of eons ago with music throughout to call the sun back to life.

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Home

Another look at the stories surrounding the composition and premier of the world’s greatest symphony, 200 years ago this month.

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