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.
For Pride Month, you'll hear a program of music that was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. It’s by Samuel Barber, Aaron Copland, Jennifer Higdon and Virgil Thomson.
There’s music inspired by classical mythology in store this week, composed by Benjamin Britten, Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Jacques Duphly, Franz Liszt, Pietro Locatelli, Alexander Scriabin and Karol Szymanowski.
July’s programs feature American music, beginning with music inspired by the American scene. The composers are Peggy Stuart Coolidge, Michael Daugherty, William Henry Fry, Ferde Grofé, Michael Mauldin, Florence Price and William Grant Still.
