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Yousuf Karsh/Opera PhiladelphiaThis week on America 250: The American Experience, we journey alongside trailblazing women. You’ll hear the legendary voice of Marian Anderson, who defied racial prejudice with her historic 1939 performance on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. And music by Ruth Crawford Seeger, an avant-garde classical composer who later helped preserve American folk music at the Library of Congress.Hear these two pioneers tonight from 8-10pm on 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream. -
K. Mitch Hodge/Unsplash“Hiraeth” is a Welsh word for the longing you feel for a time or place you can never revisit. Pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason draws on family ties to Wales in achingly beautiful music she named Hireath performed by all seven of the Kanneh-Mason siblings.
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Franz Liszt was inspired by the places he traveled. In Years of Pilgrimage, he turned those journeys into music.Tonight we visit Italy with “Venice and Naples,” with pieces drawn from gondola songs and Neapolitan melodies, played by Westport-based pianist Frederic Chiu.Tune in tonight on WSHU, 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream. -
This week in America 250 The American Experience we journey alongside trailblazing women, including renowned vocalist Marian Anderson, who defied racial prejudice with her historic performance on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. -
The Bach household was full of music. In the notebook Johann Sebastian Bach kept for his wife Anna Magdalena, there are movements from the French Suites, showing this music was part of daily life in the Bach family. Pianist Rochelle Sennet plays French Suite No. 1 tonight on WSHU... 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream. -
Dierdre Gribbon is an award-winning northern Irish composer. She develops healthcare apps that use music to motivate well-being. Listen and get motivated by her piano piece, Unseen, this morning. -
March is Women’s History Month, and on this edition of Reel Music we celebrate women who helped shape the sound of the movies.We’ll hear the haunting score Hildur Guðnadóttir wrote for Joker, along with music by Rachel Portman from Emma and Mica Levi’s striking score for Jackie.Reel Music, Saturday night at 9 and Sunday night at 6 on 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream. -
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Erdinç Eçevit, the lead singer of the rock band Altin Gün, about his band's new album, "Garip," which pays tribute to the late Turkish folk singer Neset Ertas. -
Women conductors are still in the minority. On America 250: The American Experience, we hear women taking the lead — from trailblazer Antonia Brico, the first woman to conduct the New York Philharmonic in 1938, to contemporary icon Marin Alsop.We’ll also hear Mei-Ann Chen, a champion of new and diverse voices… and the late Jeanne Lamon, who helped bring early music to modern audiences.The Friday night encore of The American Experience, tonight from 8 to 10 on 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream. -
With spring around the corner, we say farewell to winter with Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s dancing snowflakes and Emile Waldteufel’s waltzing skaters. -
Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford, founding members of the band Squeeze, recently unearthed their very first attempts at songwriting. Their new album "Trixies" is based on those sketches. -
For StoryCorps, Lance Jackson speaks with his former music teacher about how her lessons led him to a career as a professional organist.
