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October 1: Buddha Passion, Part 1

Tan Dun Passion, 2019, Acts I-III (excerpts) (Decca)

October 8: Buddha Passion, Part 2

Tan Dun Passion, 2019, Acts IV-VI (excerpts) (Decca)

October 15: Justice for All?

Jennifer Jolley Prisoner of Conscience (New Focus)
John Liberatore Hold Back Thy Hours (New Focus)

October 22: Catch (love) Somewhere

David Lang love fail, 2012 (Innova)
John Liberatore Catch Somewhere (New Focus)

past broadcasts

September 24, 2023: The Seasons

David Biedenbender Solstice, 2018 (BGR)
Ping Jin Blooming Time, 2023
Laura Steenberge The Four Winds (New Focus)
Tan Dun Buddha Passion, 2019, Act I, Scene 1 (Decca)

September 17, 2023: Playing for Our Lives

Leonard Bernstein Meditation I and Meditation II (Signum)
David Biedenbender Red Vesper, 2014 (BGR)
Gerald Cohen Playing for Our Lives (Innova)
Steve Carpenter Grand Recessional

September 10, 2023: Watch Over Us

Tsippi Fleischer The Gown of Night, 1988 (Neuma)
David Biedenbender Shell & Wing, 2018 (Blue Griffin)
Nathalie Joachim Watch Over Us (Blue Griffin)
Betty Olivero Bashrev, 2004 (Neuma)
Natalie Draper Evolutions (SNM)

September 3, 2023: Rest These Hands

Paul Ben-Halm Toccata, 1943 (Neuma)
Anna Clyne Rest These Hands (Blue Griffin)
Rodion Schedrin Cardil, from "Dead Souls," 1976 (Signum)
Eve Beglarian Well-Spent, 2011 (Blue Griffin)
Oded Zehavi Wire, 1986 (Neuma)
Ari Ben-Shabetai Three Romances, 1986: 3 (Neuma)

August 27, 2023: Tooth and Nail

Javier Farias Andean Suite (NewFocus)
Missy Mazzoli Tooth & Nail (Blue Griffin)
Jason Cavanagh Solo, I. Turmoil & II: Easement, 2023 (SNM)
Jaclyn Breeze Flight for solo violin, 2023 (SNM)
Samuel Evans Immortal Sails, 2023 (SNM)
Emmanuel Sikora Symphony for Organ in d, 2023 (SNM)

August 20, 2023: Premieres

Jake Heggie Overture (DGG)
Bryce Dessner Quintet for High Srings, 2018 (New Focus)
Ben Verdery About to Fall, 2022 (New Focus)
Ben Verdery A Giant Beside You, 2021-22 (New Focus)
Samuel Evans The Gravitational Wayfarer, 2023 (SNM)
Gregg Welcher Etude for Piano on Arpeggios & Leaps, 2023 (SNM)
Gregg Welcher Night Sketch, 2023 (SNM)
Emmanuel Sikora Fantasy on the "Death of Faust," 2023 (SNM)

August 13, 2023: Serenades

John Carbon Madeleines, 2016, 1-5 (Convivium)
Danaë Vlasse Serenade of Verlaine (MSR)
Tan Dun Double Concerto, 2021 (DG)

August 6, 2023: Voyagers

Jeffrey Kaufman Paterson, 2018 (4Tay)
Gerald Cohen Voyagers, 2017 (Innova)

July 30, 2023: Songs and Stories

Brian Simalchick neversink & lone tree, 2023, from OVERLOOKS II (SNM)
Martin A. Sedek Portraits of Van Gogh, 2018 (4Tay)
Gerald Cohen Preludes & Debka, 2001 (Innova)

July 23, 2023: Concerted Efforts

Lowell Liebermann Chamber Concerto No. 1, Op. 28A (1989/2022) (BGR)
Stacy Garrop Glorious Mahalia, 2017, for string quartet and media (SNM)
Lowell Liebermann Chamber Concerto No. 2, Op. 98A (2006/2022) (BGR)

July 16, 2023: New Music from 3 Continents

Lowell Liebermann Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, op. 74 (2001) (BGR)
Maximo Diego Pujol Suite Del Plata No. 1 (COMCON)
Paulo Bosisio Aboio e Dança Negra, 1993, for solo violin (Spice Classics)
Nilo Alcala Bayan Ko (My Homeland) (YouTube)

July 9, 2023: Home

Eric Whitacre The Veil Opens, Movements II-XII (Voces8)

July 2, 2023: Celebratory Music

Roberto Sierra Piano Sonata No. 3, 2020 (IBS)
John Williams Born on the 4th of July (THCD)
Charley Gerard & Broken Reed Sax Quartet A Long Life
Charley Gerard & Broken Reed Sax Quartet Adios a Cuba
Eric Whitacre The Veil Opens, Movement I (Voces 8)
Aaron Jay Myers Late Night Banter, 2015 (Neuma)

June 25, 2023: Music for the Young

Roberto Sierra Album for the Young, 2017 (IBS)
Eric Whitacre Go, lovely Rose, The Seal Lullaby, Sing Gently (Voces8)
Neil Rolnick Fantasy 5 2021 (OM)
Lowell Liebermann Air, Op. 118 (2011) (BGR)
Sharon Farber Bestemming: Triumph (Niv Ashkenazi) (Albany)

June 18, 2023: Lyrical Music

Roberto Sierra Piezas Liricas, 2018 (IBS)
Jesse Jones Los Niños (Frameworks)
Eric Whitacre All Seems Beautiful to me (Voces8)

June 11, 2023: Music by Regional Composers

Roberto Sierra Estudios Ritmicos y sonoros, 2017 (IBS)
Nic Scherzinger Till I become accustomed to the dark, 2003 (Frameworks)

June 4, 2023: Missing Words

Eric Nathan Missing Words I, Missing Words II, Missing Words III (New Focus)
Roberto Sierra Aphorisms, 2020 (IBS)

May 28, 2023: To Speak to Our Time

Shulamit Ran Spirit (Cedille)
Samuel Adler To Speak to Our Time, Interlude II, 2018; Psalm 111, 2018; How Sweet the Sound (GDCD)
Carlos Surinach The Owl & the Pussycat, 1978 (BMOP)
Jacob TV Loudly & Clearly, 2022

May 21, 2023: Rhythms and Rituals

William Susman Quiet Rhythms: Prologue & Action No. 9, 2010 (Belarca)
Francesco Di Fiore Miniature, 2011 (Discovery) (Belarca)
Jonathan Beard Ritual (4Tay)
Anna Thorvaldsdottir Catamorphosis, 2020
Missy Mizzoli Sinfonia, 2016

May 14, 2023: Women's Work

Johanna Keller The Foley Guy, a romance
Teresa Reilly The Forgiveness Train ( Cedille)
Samuel Adler Let Us Rejoice (GDCD)
Jacob TV Pale Moon in a Very Blue Sky, 2020

May 7, 2023: Shifting Sands

Marc Harris Symphony No. 1 (Movement III) (MHCD)
Gilbert Galindo Spunk (Neuma)
Gilbert Galindo Imagined Passions (Neuma)
Gilbert Galindo Echoes of the Divine (Neuma)

April 30, 2023: Pandemic Music

Lei Liang Garden Eight (Furious Artisans)
Roberto Sierra Trio, 2021 (Ibs)
Roberto Sierra Piano Sonata No. 1, 2020 (Ibs)

April 23, 2023: Lost and Found

Robert Honstein Lost and Found (New Focus)
Brian Field By and By, 2021; Let the Light Shine on Me, 2019 (Navona)
Samuel Adler "Gloriae Dei Cantores" from A Hymn of Praise, 2013 (GDCD)
Roberto Sierra Piezas Intimas, 2017 (Ibs)

April 16, 2023: Pilgrimage and Possibilities

Robert Honstein An Index of Possibility (New Focus)
Jennifer Bellor A Grey Dream, 2023
Jean-Baptiste Mueller Aleations, 2022 (JBM)

April 9, 2023: Suites and Nocturnes

Daron Hagen Suite for Piano, 2009 (MSR)
Daron Hagen Five Nocturnes, 2012 (MSR)
Ken Steen Attempting to Conjure Joy (Neuma)
Paul Richards Hairpin Turn (Neuma)

April 2, 2023: Breath of the World

John Luther Adams Sila: The breath of the world, 2013 (Cantaloupe)

March 26, 2023: Music Then and Now

JP Jofre Tangodromo; Taranguino (Aspire (Musica Solis))
Robert Fleisher Five Pieces for Flute and Percussion, 2016 (Neuma)

March 19, 2023: Spring Songs

JP Jofre Primavera (Aspire (Musica Solis))
Belle Chen Years of Pilgrimage (Eito)
Danielle Eva Schwob The Long Way Down (Innova)

March 12, 2023: American Stories

Ben Shirley High Sierra Sonata (Cedille)
Valerie Coleman Shotgun Houses (Cedille)
Anthony R. Green Be Still, My Child

March 5, 2023: Concerted Efforts

John Williams Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra, 1996 (THCD)
Amy Nam ... of breath & fire, 2021
Kari Telstad Sundet Dreams of Glass and Water
Louis Angelini Rags

February 26, 2023: The Life and Times of Malcolm X Act III

Anthony Davis The Life and Times of Malcolm X, Act III part 2 and Overture (BMOP)

February 19, 2023: The Life and Times of Malcolm X Act II

Anthony Davis The Life and Times of Malcolm X, Act II and Act III part 1 (BMOP)

February 12, 2023: The Life and Times of Malcolm X Act I

Anthony Davis The Life and Times of Malcolm X, Act I (BMOP)

February 5, 2023: Emblems and Identity

Richard Danielpour Four Angels (Cedille)
James Lee III Quintet (Cedille)
Danielle Eva Schwob Reflections on Francis Bacon, Reflections on Lucian Freud (Innova)

January 29, 2023: Sweet (Colorful) Dreams

JP Jofre Sweet Dreams (Aspire (Musica Solis))
Eric Robertson The Rings (Wolftone)
Robert Fleisher Loretto and Altro Alfresco, 2010 (Neuma)
Sean McLoughlin Pointillism, 2022 (SNM performance)

January 22, 2023: Seeing Double

JP Jofre Double Concerto for Clarinet, Bandoneon, and Orchestra (Aspire)
Jared Isaac Aragon, from Little Suite for Big Bassoon, 2012 (Crystal)
Joel Bjorling Suite in A minor, 2007, Classical Funk (Crystal)
Ann Marie Kurrasch Chicago Cakewalk, 2018 (Crystal)
David Maki Ilta (Evening), 2008; Inertia, 2006 (Neuma)
Robert Honstein Chorale from An Economy of Means, 2016 (Neuma)

January 15, 2023: This We Have Now

Jennifer Bellor This We Have Now, 2021; Oneira (Aerocade)
Alexandros Darna Minnaloushe, 2020 (SNM performance)
Marilyn Ploger Elegy (Neuma)
Gonzalo Garrido-Lecca Matacuy, 2020 (Neuma)
Jim Territo When the Heart Breaks Through, 2019 (Neuma)
JP Jofre Como el Agua (Aspire (Musica Solis))

January 8, 2023: Dancing Hands

Jennifer Bellor Of Maker and Movement, 2021 (Aerocade)
Hwaen Ch'uqi Suite in the Baroque Manner for 2 Pianos, 4 Hands (tape of live performance)
Jennifer Jolley Lilac Tears, 2022 (Neuma)
Armando Bayolo Otoño (Autumn), 2021 (Neuma)

January 1, 2023: Trade Winds or Ring in the New

Quartetto Gelato The Pipes (Factor)
Stephen Andrew Taylor Oxygen, 2017 (Furious Artisans)
Danielle Eva Schwob Reflections on Francis Bacon, Reflections on Lucian Freud, The Long Way Down (Innova)
Zhou Tian Trade Winds, 2019

December 25, 2022: Brightness Aloft

Zhou Tian GIFT, 2019
Brian Field A Christmas Carol; O Magnum Mysterium (RMN)
Max Lifchitz Brightness Aloft, 2015 (N/S)
Jeffrey Jacob Carol of the Bells (VMM)
Adolphus Hailstork Toccata on Veni Emmanuel, 1996 (Loft)
William Duckworth "Hebrew Children" from Southern Harmony, 1981 (Braverecords)

December 18, 2022: Time Stamps

Jeffrey Jacob Piano Concerto No. 2 (VMM)
James Lentini Peace I leave with you (excerpts) (Navona)
Zhou Tian Sinfonia, 2022
Adolphus Hailstork Toccata on Veni Emmanuel, 1996 (Loft)

December 11, 2022: Underground Music

Ros Bandt Water Dreaming; Corinthian Song; From Belgrat; 52 Steps to the Future of Water (Neuma)
Danielle Eva Schwob Out of the Tunnel; Breathing Underwater (Innova)

December 4, 2022: Dreamscapes

John Carbon Clarinet Concerto, 1994 (Zimbel)
Anthony Plog Nocturne (TSN)
James Lentini Trust in the Lord (Navona)
Ros Bandt Medusa Dreaming; Basilica Dreaming (Neuma)

November 27, 2022: Odysseys

Danielle Eva Schwob Traveling North (Innova)
Anthony Plog Animal Ditties (TSN)
John Carbon Rhapsody for Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra, 1997 (Zimbel)
Gabriela Lena Frank Cantos de Cifar el Mar Dulce (DASP)

November 20, 2022: Musical Postcards

Paul Salerni Roman Elegy VIII and Alley Cat Love Song (Bridge)
Gabriela Lena Frank Las Cinco Lunas de Lorca (DASP)
Zhou Tian Concerto for Orchestra, 2016

November 13, 2022: Meditations and Court Dances

David Maslanka Tone Studies No. 5: Wie bist du, Seele (Cedille)
Gabriela Lena Frank Cuatro Canciones Andinas (DASP)
Paul Salerni Apartment (Bridge)
Amanda Harberg Court Dances, 2022 (Cedille)
Derick Evans On Lotusland, 2015 (Furious Artisans)
Evan Premo Two Meditations on Poems of Mary Oliver, 2017 (Furious Artisans)

November 6, 2022: Come As You Are

Eleanor Joanne Daley In Remembrance (Sing On)
Daniel Elder Ballade to the Moon, 2011 (Sing On)
Steven Banks Come as you are (Cedille)
Anthony Plog Thoughts, 2011 (TSN)
David Dickau If Music be the food of love, sing on (Sing On)
John Carbon Tunes from a Tree House, 2015 (Zimbel)

October 30, 2022: Acts of Faith

Judith Shatin Chai Variations on Eliahu Ha'Navi
Michael Torke TIME: Span 5 (Ecstatic)
Jeremy Beck Music when soft voices die (Innova)
Timothy Takach Neither Angels, Nor Demons, Nor Powers (Sing On)
Jake Runestad Come to the Woods, 2015 (Sing On)

October 23, 2022: Random Access or About Time

Ernst Bacon The Red Rose, 1949 (SNM)
Jeremy Beck Adagio and Allegro (Innova)
John Mayrose Random Access, 2015 (Innova)
Jeff Herriott As brightness is smeared into memory, 2018 (Innova)
Michael Torke TIME: Span 3, Span 4 (Ecstatic)
Abel Korzeniowski Chmury (Clouds) (Analekta)

October 16, 2022: Meditations on Cosmology

Derek Bermel Ritornello, 2011 (Naxos)
Jeremy Beck Three Pieces for Orchestra (Innova)
Derek Bermel A Short History of the Universe, 2013 (Naxos)
Nathan Edwards Saudade Study, 2017 (Innova)

October 9, 2022: Intonations and Variations

Ellen Reid Lumee's Dream
Derek Bermel Violin Etudes (2009–16) (Naxos)
Derek Bermel Intonations, 2016 (Naxos)
Jeremy Beck Dream and Echoes – Echoes of a Young Poet's Dream (Innova)

October 2, 2022: Zest for Life

Mani Mirzaee Wight of Shadows (Miller-Porfiris Duo)
Jeremy Beck Concertino for Two Cellos and String Orchestra 2006, revised 2019 (Innova)
Michael Torke TIME, Span 1 & 2, 2022 (Ecstatic)
Johann Johannsson The Theory of Everything Suite (Analekta)
Quartetto Gelato Klezmer Explosion (Factor)
Gregg Welcher Short Fantasy, 2022 (SNM)
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