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.
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8/2
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Some composers are best known for a single work, but this week you’ll hear less familiar music by Hugo Alfvén, Paul Dukas, George Enescu, Engelbert Humperdinck, Johann Pachelbel and Amilcare Ponchielli.
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8/9
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Visit the Lost and Found Department this week for a program of music that went missing, often for many years. The recovered music is by Johannes Brahms, Frederic Chopin, G. F Handel, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Gustav Mahler, Florence Price, Giacomo Puccini and Giuseppe Verdi.
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8/16
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This year’s ongoing celebration of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence continues with American music from the 19th century. The composers are Dudley Buck, Benjamin Carr, Arthur Foote, Anthony Philip Heinrich, Justin Holland, Ethelbert Nevin and Horatio Parker.