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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Edward Elgar accomplished it... sort of. As a boy, he wrote music for family plays filled with fairies and adventure. Decades later, he returned to those childhood sketches and transformed them into his Wand of Youth Suites. You can hear No. 2 tonight on 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream. -
Beethoven’s Violin Sonata No. 9 made such an impression, it inspired a novella by Leo Tolstoy. The “Kreutzer” is bold and emotionally charged. Hear the sonata that stirred imaginations far beyond the concert hall tonight on 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream. -
A young Max Bruch wrote a fiery Violin Concerto. The older Bruch gave us something more personal. His Eight Pieces, written decades later, are more intimate. It's music shaped by experience and reflection. Hear the older, more seasoned Bruch tonight on 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream. -
Rachel Portman made history as the first woman to win the Academy Award for Best Score, for her music in Emma. Her scores quietly guide the story, without overpowering it. Hear themes from her film scores, including The Cider House Rules and Julia, on the next Reel Music, Saturday at 9 and Sunday at 6 on 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream. -
Duke Ellington’s Harlem captures uptown New York in sound, pairing jazz band with orchestra. It’s like a night out in the city, without leaving home.Hear it tonight on 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream. -
Sergei Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 4 began as music for his ballet The Prodigal Son. He reworked that story's tension and struggle into a dramatic symphony for the concert hall. Hear Prokofiev’s Fourth tonight on 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream. -
William Grant Still was one of the first African American composers to gain national recognition in classical music. He expanded what “American” sounds like by placing his heritage at the heart of his music. Hear William Grant Still’s Africa tonight on 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream. -
In Never Far Away, Bright Sheng reflects on what it means to build a life in a new country while carrying the memory of another. The music holds both distance and connection, a reminder that where you come from is never truly behind you.Hear Bright Sheng’s Never Far Away tonight on 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream. -
Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 has a reputation. It’s one of the most demanding works ever written for piano because it's relentless in its intensity. Stewart Goodyear is a phenomenal pianist who’s more than up for the challenge. He once performed all 32 of Beethoven’s piano sonatas in a single day.Hear him take on Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 tonight on 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream. -
Music Worcester is in the midst of an ambitious 11-year project to present all of the known works of J. S. Bach. Chris Shepherd is Artistic Director. He talks with Suzanne Bona about why it matters, what it reveals, and how it comes to life today.
