
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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In the nineteenth century, George Chadwick felt he needed to travel to Germany to study music. Back home in the United States, he joined other Boston-based composers to establish an American sound. Hear his warm music for strings and piano.
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Composer Elena Kats-Chernin wrote Blue Silence with her son in mind, evoking the color blue for health and healing.
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Johann Sebastian Bach was busy with family and work obligations, so he hardly had the opportunity to travel. Italy came to him in the form of music, and he adopted the style from the south in his Italian Concerto.
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There’s nothing like a satisfying finale! The third movement of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Symphony #6 sounds like an epic showstopper, though don’t be surprised...more is yet to come!
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We’re pushing out the fire engine to make room for the party! Feel the warmth of a summer night and move to the beat of country dance music in Henry Cowell’s Saturday Night at the Firehouse.
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Feeling good that it’s Friday? Get a mood boost with Joyous by Julie Mandel and Bliss by Michael Torke.
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There’s nothing like curling up with a warm beverage and a good book on a rainy day. Grab your mug, a cozy blanket, and settle in with the sound of raindrops in Pitter Patter by Elena Kats-Chernin.
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It's the season to see lambs and ewes on spring-green hills and to hear the pastoral sounds of Canadian Brass playing Johann Sebastian Bach’s Sheep May Safely Graze.
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Canadian pianist Stewart Goodyear doesn’t shy away from a challenge, like playing all 32 of Beethoven’s piano sonatas in a single day, or recording Sergei Rachmaninoff’s formidable piano music. He brings power to Rachmaninoff's expressive Piano Concerto #2.
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All eyes have been on Pope Leo XIV in Rome. Let’s turn our ears to Rome for Giulio Briccialdi’s "pope-ourri" (potpourri) of opera melodies!