Sunday afternoons are special on WSHU. Every week, David Bouchier puts a different spin on classical music - anecdotes about the great composers, poetry, musical history, and even musical jokes. Sunday Matinée may explore the hidden links between music and literature, composers' letters, music for a special season of the year, or music designed to make you think. Whatever the theme, David Bouchier gives classical music a new dimension on Sunday afternoons.

The second part of "Musical Evolution and Revolution," highlighting the astonishingly varied music of the twentieth century. Some experimental composers gave modern music a bad name, but we still have a legacy of splendid, accessible works composed since 1900. Join David to hear some of the moderns, from 1 till 6, right after Sunday Baroque.

Among the highlights (subject to change):

  • Ignor Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite
  • Darius Milhaud: Suite Provencale
  • Arnold Schoenberg: Transfigured Night
  • Zoltán Kodály: Dances of Galata
  • Percy Grainger: Mock Morris
  • Leonard Bernstein: Fancy Free
  • Aaron Copland: Duo for Flute and Piano
  • George Gershwin: Three Preludes
  • Dmitri Shostakovich: Polka from The Age of Gold
  • Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 "Classical"
  • Jean Francaix: Concertino for Piano and Orchestra
  • Henryk Górecki: Szeroka Woods: Broad Waters
  • Francis Poulenc: Clarinet Sonata
  • Arvo Pärt: Festina Lente
    • Einojuhani Rautavaara: Cantus Articus (2nd mvt)
  • John Cage: Third Construction
  • Philip Glass: Glassworks: Facades
  • John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine
  • John Tavener: In Nomine
  • Benjamin Britten: Sea Interludes: Storm
  • Isaac Walton: Symphony No. 1


    • Join David Bouchier for Evolution and Revolution in Music Part II: The Modern Age on Sunday Matinee, from 1 till 6, right after Sunday Baroque, only on WSHU and WSUF.

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