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Photo courtesy of Bukunmi GraceCarter, a Jackson State alumnus, took over as the new series host and producer for NPR’s “Tiny Desk Concerts” series in April. -
Halle Parker/WWNOFor more than two decades, international crowds have flocked to a Berlin dive bar to hear German band La Foote Creole play New Orleans jazz.
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Arabia's One Thousand And One Nights Goes To RussiaWhat happens when a Russian composer gets ahold of the classic Golden Age Islamic tales?On this program, we devote the entire show to Scheherezade, the…
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An Epoch Crumbles And Ravel's ResponseIs the greatest waltz of all time written by the Frenchman Maurice Ravel? In the aftermath of World War I, Ravel writes one of the great orchestral…
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Mendelssohn Meets The Protestant ReformationMendelssohn reckons with his Jewish past and his Christian (or is it?) present.The centerpiece of this program is Mendelssohn's Reformation symphony.…
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Shakespeare and Holberg as musical influences bookend the beloved Haffner symphony of Mozart.We explore the rich world of plays inspiring the musical…
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Franz Joseph Haydn: Father of the Symphony, Father of the String Quartet. On this program we explore the riches of both genres via the energetic Symphony…
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Continuum presents a program by the outstanding early music ensemble Sequentia, now in its forty-fourth year of performing medieval music, some of which… -
The Baroque composer Antonio Caldara (1670-1736) is best known as a creator of operas, cantatas and oratorios. This program presents one of his most… -
The early music English vocal ensemble Gothic Voices was founded in 1981 and has since recorded 25 CDs. This Continuum program presents excerpts from four… -
Musical instruments produce their sound in many ways. This program is devoted to two instruments: one that's plucked (the harpsichord), and one that's… -
The King's Delight, The Queen's Delight, and The Ladyes Delight — three early music CDs devoted to different Elizabethan delights are presented to a very…
