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.

6/7

This week brings you music inspired by the life and works of Dante Alighieri. The composers are Granville Bantock, Arthur Foote, Franz Liszt and P. I. Tchaikovsky.

 

6/14

This week’s program brings you two themes: an observance of the 250th anniversary of this country’s independence and a celebration of Pride Month. The featured composers are Samuel Barber, John Cage, Aaron Copland, John Corrigliano, Charles Tomlinson Griffes, Lou Harrison, Jennifer Higdon, Laura Kaminsky, Lowell Liebermann, Ned Rorem, Caroline Shaw and Virgil Thomson.

 

6/21

Adaptation is the theme this week, with music adapted for different performing forces than originally imagined. The arrangers are Charles Avison, William Babell, Alban Berg, Paul Hindemith, Florence Price, John Rutter, Friedrich Silcher, George Szell and Pauline Viardot-Garcia.