Theme & Variations

SUNDAYS @ 2PM

Theme & Variations introduces a new topic each week, presenting a wide range of music associated with that theme. Drawn from a millennium of Western classical music, the selections are an eclectic mix of familiar favorites and rarities. Theme and Variations is produced locally in Discover Classical's studios by host Joe Law.

7/5

This week’s program continues the year-long observance of the 250th anniversary of this country’s independence with music inspired by events in our history. The composer/historians are John Adams, Samuel Barber, Michael Daugherty, Adolphus Hailstork, James Hewitt, Vincent Persichetti and Randall Thompson.

 

7/12

This week’s program explores music from 1776. There are selections by three Bachs (C.P.E., J.C. and J.C.F), as well as Luigi Boccherini, François-Joseph Gossec, André Grétry, Joseph Haydn, W.A. Mozart and Carl Stamitz.

 

7/19

The ongoing observance of the 250th anniversary of this country’s independence continues this week with music by Native American composers: Dawn Avery, Louis Wayne Ballard, Raven Chacon, Barbara Croall, Brent Michael Davids, Pura Fé, George Quincy and Jerod Impichcha̱achaaha’ Tate.