Julie Freddino
WSHU Program Director, Sunday Baroque ProducerJulie Freddino is WSHU's Program Director and producer of Sunday Baroque. She discovered public radio in college and was immediately hooked. Starting as a board operator, she worked her way up to production assistant, producer, senior producer, and in 2003, became WSHU’s production director.
In 2018, Julie produced an independent, 6-episode audio drama, Mermaids of Merrow’s Cove, which was nominated for an AudioVerse Award — Best Engineering of a New Dramatic Production.
When not moving sound around, Julie can be found at the pottery wheel throwing clay.
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Johannes Brahms had all but retired from composing when the sound of a clarinet drew him back. He began writing again, creating a series of works for the instrument, including his First Clarinet Sonata.Hear clarinetist Anthony McGill and pianist Gloria Chien perform this intimate and expressive work tonight on 91.1, 107.5 and our music stream. -
Brahms’ Second Piano Concerto is one of the great challenges for a pianist. It demands tremendous power and precision, yet some of its most beautiful moments are remarkably intimate. Pianist Hélène Grimaud takes on this monumental work with the Vienna Philharmonic. Hear Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2, tonight at 8 on 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream. -
Documentaries show us the world as it is. Music can add perspective, emotion and sometimes an entirely new layer to a true story.Hear scores by Danny Elfman, Mark Isham, Jeff Beal and more on an evening of documentary soundtracks. Reel Music, Saturday night at 9 and Sunday evening at 6 on WSHU. -
American composers have found countless ways to tell our stories through music. And some of their most distinctive works have earned the Pulitzer Prize.America 250: The American Experience celebrates those achievements, from the simple beauty of Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring to the inventive vocal music of Caroline Shaw.Discover the creativity and imagination of Pulitzer Prize-winning American composers, tonight at 8 on WSHU. -
Ancient Finnish mythology tells of a mysterious realm beyond the world of the living. Jean Sibelius drew on those legends for music filled with mystery, danger and the supernatural.Take a musical journey into the Finnish underworld, tonight on 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream. -
Henriette Bosmans was one of the most important Dutch composers of the first half of the 20th century... and a celebrated concert pianist in her own right. Her career was interrupted by war and persecution, and for years her music was rarely heard outside the Netherlands.Discover the wit and energy of Bosmans’ Concertino for Piano and Orchestra, tonight on 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream. -
Florence Price wrote her First Violin Concerto in 1939. Then, like so much of her music, it nearly disappeared. Decades later, her work is finally getting the attention it deserves.Hear violinist Randall Goosby bring Price’s passionate, virtuosic concerto to the spotlight, tonight on 91.1, 107.5 and our music stream. -
Three women, three very different musical stories. Reena Esmail finds inspiration in something as elemental as breath. Julia Perry speaks in her own distinctive musical voice. And Scheherazade spins tales so compelling, they save her life in Rimsky-Korsakov’s colorful orchestral classic.Spend the evening with three remarkable women and their stories, tonight at 8 on WSHU. -
Max Steiner gave King Kong its roar and Gone with the Wind its romance. His scores helped turn film music into an essential part of storytelling.Hear the work of one of Hollywood’s pioneering composers this week on Reel Music.Saturday night at 9 and Sunday evening at 6 on WSHU. -
Music can give us space to remember and reflect. Jessie Montgomery wrote Peace during the uncertainty of 2020, while Howard Hanson’s Elegy honors a friend and fellow musician.Hear music for remembrance and reflection on America 250: The American Experience, Friday night at 8 on 91.1, 107.5 and the WSHU classical stream.
