Emily Boyer
Morning Music HostWe’re thrilled to introduce Emily Boyer, our new morning classical host. Emily is a musician, music educator and passionate music advocate. Best of all, she’s a lifelong classical public radio listener!
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How much have you heard bassoon as a featured instrument? We’ll hear theplaintive sound of the bassoon in music by William Grant Still. -
Gustave le Gray was an innovator in 19th century photography. We’ll hear how he inspired Caroline Shaw, innovative contemporary composer. -
Emily Boyer has Celtic-inspired music for string orchestra and—wait for it—six harps -
Johannes Brahms wrote a trio with a special personal connection to each instrument, and it shows in the music. -
To mark September 11th, we offer music that encourages reflection through art, including Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings. -
We share music by a Portland, Maine-based group whose name, Palaver Strings, references a traditional setting for discussion and conflict resolution found in Liberia. -
We'll hear a piece called Sanctuary, for piano trio. It’s about finding peace and comfort within—and the music helps get us there. -
We've got a rollicking symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven from his Heroic Period to energize you through the end of the work week. -
For these beautiful late summer days, we've got music that evokes watching a glassy-still pond at twilight on a summer evening today on WSHU. -
Sergei Prokofiev wrote the music for a film about a made-up officer in the military. The charade includes the officer falling in love and getting married. It was his first attempt at film music and we’ll hear it today on WSHU.
