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For this week’s show we are proud to bring the “Quartetto degli Affetti” from Italy.

The name of the quartet is derived from the famous theory of “affetti” identified by playing with affection of various moods. This type of music is usually quite pleasant for the listening audience although the moods of music being performed can be quite unpredictable since the music flashes with shock of joy and torment.

The Quartet began only 1-1/2 years ago, but they have already performed in numerous concert series and organ festivals in Europe.

The group is actively performing with various European orchestras and records for various labels. They also appear regularly for Italian television and radio.

All members of the quartet are also very dedicated to teaching in music schools in Italy.

Members of the quartet are:
Sergio la Vaccara and Andrea Marmolejo - violins
Barbara Bertoldi - cello
Adriano Dallape - keyboards and organ

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Mark 12:41-44

41 And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.

42 And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.

43 And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:

44 For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.

In co-operation with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Classical Music Discoveries is proud to bring to you videos of the Bible.

For our third and final installment of our "Help Japan" series, we bring to you, pianist, Misa Miyamoto.

Our special thanks to our friends at the Italian Mozart Association who made this series available to our world audience.

Performed works are:
Mendelssohn: Preludio, Op. 35, no. 1
Chopin: Prelude Op. 28, no. 4
Chopin: Mazurka Op. 68, no. 4
Liszt: Consolazione no. 3
Chopin: Romanza dal concerto per piano, no. 1

This week's video performance is brought to you by:
La Musica International Chamber Music Festival
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The Sand City Opera Company 

  

For this week’s show we are proud to bring to you selections from Lara Downes’ latest CD - “13 Ways of Looking at the Goldberg”

Blessed with a captivating presence both on and offstage, critically acclaimed American pianist Lara Downes has garnered wide acclaim as one of the most exciting and communicative pianists of today's generation.

Lauded by NPR as "a delightful artist with a unique blend of musicianship and showmanship" and praised by the Washington Post for her stunning performances "rendered with drama and nuance," Lara presents the piano repertoire - from iconic favorites to newly commissioned works - in new ways that bridge musical tastes, genres and audiences.

Founder and President of the 88 KEYS® Foundation, she regularly works and performs with the next generation of talented young musicians.

For more information on Lara and or order her recordings, please visit her website at: WWW.LARADOWNES.COM or if you have a smartphone or tablet, just click on any one of Lara’s photos.

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For our second installment of our "Help Japan" series, we bring to you, pianist, Haruka Kuroiwa and soprano, Margriet Buchberger.

Our special thanks to our friends at the Italian Mozart Association who made this series available to our world audience.

Performed works are:
Mozart: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, K.414
Handel: Lascia Ch'io pianga from "Rinaldo"

The I Cameristi de Rovereto Orchestra is conducted by Maurizio Colasanti

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Teguh Sukaryo - Our most popular show of all time!

For this week’s show we are proud to bring to you Indonesia’s most famous pianist - Teguh Sukaryo.

Mr. Sukaryo is the founder and the Artistic Director of Musik Klasik Indonesia which is the largest educative and informative classical music group in Indonesia. Teguh is also the owner and President of the Teguh Sukaryo International Music School. If that isn’t enough to keep him busy, other than his regular concert and solo appearances, Teguh is also the Artistic Director of Kusuma Widjaja Music Medan.

For more information on Teguh, please visit his Facebook site. Today we will hear several extraordinary performances from Teguh.

Performed works on this show are:

Brahms: “Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel”

Debussy: “Children’s Corner”

Robert Schumann: “Kinderszenen”

Mussorgsky: “Pictures at an Exibition”

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Classical Music Discoveries is brought to you each week by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival. Their 2012 season begins on April 5th. Be sure and visit their website for more information on their upcoming festival in Sarasota Florida.

For this week’s show we are proud to bring to you our annual production of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony as performed by the Sydney Opera Orchestra and Chorus.

Each year we hope the New Year will find peace in the world. We hope that mankind will learn to bemore forgiving and more eager to find more understanding of each other’s differences. For ourdifferences should complement each other and not be a source of disharmony as we are all seekingpeace, love and understanding no matter where in the world we are.

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Merry Christmas to all of our listeners around the world!

This week's show is sponsored by La Music International Chamber Music Festival.  Their festival beings on April 5, 2012 in Sarasota, Florida.  

This week we bring to you the true meaning of Christmas with our show "The Glory of Christmas".

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Celebrate with Classical Music Discoveries as we honor the true meaning of Christmas. In cooperation with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we bring to you a Christmas Video series.

This video is the annual Christmas Devotional with featuring the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Orchestra at Temple Square.

Also featured are speakers from the Presidency of the LDS Church.

Celebrate with Classical Music Discoveries as we honor the true meaning of Christmas. In cooperation with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we bring to you a Christmas Video series.

In this video we see the 3 Wise Men travel to see the now infant Jesus. Also, Mary and Joseph travel to Egypt to escape Herod's sentence of death.

Matthew 2:1-2, 11-15

1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judæa in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,

2 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.

11 And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.

12 And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.

13 And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.

14 When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt:

15 And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.

  

Classical Music Discoveries is brought to you each week by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival. Their 2012 season begins on April 5th. Be sure and visit their website for more information on their upcoming festival in Sarasota Florida. Just click on their logo that you see on your screen now to visit their website.

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We want to thank our sponsors for their continued support. Without their support, and the support of our listeners, this show would not be possible.

For this week’s show we are proud to bring to you Menotti’s “Amahl and the Night Visitors” and performed by the Opera Society of the United Kingdom.

Amahl and the Night Visitors is an opera in one act by Gian Carlo Menotti with an original English libretto by the composer. It was commissioned by NBC and first performed by the NBC Opera Theatre on December 24, 1951, in New York City at NBC studio 8H in Rockefeller Center, where it was broadcast live on television as the debut production of the Hallmark Hall of Fame.

It was the first opera specifically composed for television in America. “Amahl” was performed live to TV audiences from 1951 to 1962. In 1963 the opera was videotaped for the first time but never shown as the right for broadcasting expired in 1964. In 1978 “Amahl” appeared again on NBC but in 1980 the production was only made available on Cable TV before interest in the opera waned “Amahl” is rarely seen today except when performed by regional production companies.

Thus it is our pleasure to bring back to the international audience, a new production of “Amahl and the Night Visitors” as performed, for Classical Music Discoveries, by the Opera Society of the United Kingdom.

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Celebrate with Classical Music Discoveries as we honor the true meaning of Christmas. In cooperation with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we bring to you a Christmas Video series.

In this video, the baby Jesus is presented at the Temple. Simeon blesses the baby and foretells of his pending ministry.

Luke 2:22-38

22 And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord;

23 (As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord

24 And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.

25 And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.

26 And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.

27 And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,

28 Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,

29 Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:

30 For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,

31 Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;

32 A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.

33 And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were spoken of him.

34 And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;

35 (Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.

36 And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;

37 And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.

38 And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.

  

Tchaikovsky's glorious "Nutcracker" as performed by the St. Petersburg Philharmonic.

Photos of St. Petersburg are by Olga Lupach.

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Celebrate with Classical Music Discoveries as we honor the true meaning of Christmas. In cooperation with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we bring to you a Christmas Video series.

In this video, an Angel of the Lords visits the shepherds to give them good tidings of great joy for all mankind.

Luke 2:8-18

8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.

10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

12 And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.

13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

15 And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.

16 And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.

17 And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child.

18 And all they that heard itwondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds.

Celebrate with Classical Music Discoveries as we honor the true meaning of Christmas. In cooperation with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we bring to you a Christmas Video series.

In this video, Mary and Joseph travel to Bethlehem for the fated day that would change all of mankind.

Luke 2:4-7

4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judæa, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David)

5 To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.

6 And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.

7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.

  

This week's show is brought to you by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival!

This week we proudly bring to you the "Christmas" portion of Handel's eternal masterpiece - "Messiah".

These selections are from our NEW COMPLETE performance of the "Messiah" as performed by orchestras in London, Paris and Hamburg.

These performances were played on original period instruments and performed by a choir that would have resembled the choirs used during Handel's lifetime. Thus we have done our best to bring to you the "Messiah" and it was originally heard!

To order this outstanding 3 CD set, please click on your screen anytime during our show and you will be taken directly to our website to order. Remember, this CD set is NOT available in any store, Amazon or Itunes! This can only be purchased from Classical Music Discoveries!

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Celebrate with Classical Music Discoveries as we honor the true meaning of Christmas. In cooperation with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we bring to you a Christmas Video series.

In this video, Mary visits her cousin Elisabeth as they rejoice together.

Luke 1:39-55

39 And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda;

40 And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth.

41 And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:

42 And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.

43 And whenceis this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

44 For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.

45 And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.

46 And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,

47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.

48 For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

49 For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.

50 And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.

51 He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

52 He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.

53 He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.

54 He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;

55 As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.

Celebrate with Classical Music Discoveries as we honor the true meaning of Christmas.

In cooperation with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we bring to you a Christmas Video.

In this video, the Angel of the Lord comes to Mary to foretell of Christ's birth.

Luke 1:26-38

26 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,

27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary.

28 And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.

29 And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.

30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.

31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus.

32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:

33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.

34 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?

35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

36 And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.

37 For with God nothing shall be impossible.

38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.

  

Fritz, the Reindeer is an original story written by Ken Hedgecock.

The entire story was inspired when Daniel (Sandy and Ken's youngest) replied to Santa Claus (after Santa asked what Daniel's favorite reindeer was) "Fritz!" Thus a family legend was born. Years later, Ken wrote a Christmas story about Fritz and we have acted the story out in this week's show with the help of:

David Hedgecock's piano solos

The Mastersingers Christmas vocals

The Coal Creek Brass Christmas performances

Daniel Hedgecock as "Fritz"

Crystal Hedgecock as "Juniper the Elf"

Sandy Hedgecock as Narrator and as "Fir the Elf"

Ken Hedgecock as "Santa Claus" and

Amy Mikel as "Candy Cane the Elf"

This story is copyrighted by (c)Classical Music Discoveries 2009-2011 All Rights Reserved

This show is made possibly by the La Musica International Chamber Music Festival.

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JJ Sheridan is no stranger to our listeners. JJ is widely known as Ireland’s most famous pianist and composer. Among his many accomplishments, JJ was recently recognized by IrishCentral Magazine.

Recently JJ released the complete collection of Edward Bunting’s the Ancient Music of Ireland, the 1840 edition CDs. This set is an absolutely beautiful set of 8 masterfully performed CDs. The complete set is beautifully packaged in a case resembling a book which will fit in with your prized collections.

With these recordings, JJ Sheridan renews the challenge which Edward Bunting set out to sound the music of Ireland to its fullest. As Bunting set out to permanently preserve Ireland’s ancient music to paper so that future generations could enjoy the musical beauty of Ireland, so has JJ Sheridan preserved that beauty for modern times as only a child of Ireland could do.

So, sit back, relax and dream of the Emerald Isle as we bring to you several selections from JJ Sheridan’s newest master work: Edward Bunting’s the Ancient Music of Ireland the 1840 Edition.

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We are VERY proud to announce that the La Musica International Chamber Music Festival is now sponsoring our 8th Season of broadcasting to the world.

La Musica, now in their 26th year, recently announced their 2012 Season beginning on April 5, 2012. La Musica’s mission is to bring outstanding European and American chamber musicians together in Sarasota Florida to present exciting programs of familiar and seldom-heard chamber music. Among the events during the annual festival in April are open rehearsals, pre-concert lectures, youth activities, and five concerts performed at the historic Sarasota Opera House.

While this show is a re-broadcast of our 2011 Summer Festival Series show, there will be an updated show soon! Also, thanks to the co-operation of La Musica, we will be broadcasting a LIVE show from Sarasota in April! We will be announcing the show we will be broadcasting (recorded live) as we firm up the date. We hope many of our listening friends will be able to meet us there at the concert and say "Hello" to us and our audience. While in Sarasota, we will also be talking to many of the musicians and staff that makes this festival possible each year.

So stay tuned as we have MANY wonderful experiences coming up with the world famous La Musica International Chamber Music Festival!

For our first "Help Japan" series, we bring to you Katsura Irie.

Our special thanks to our friends at the Italian Mozart Association who made this series available to our world audience.

Performed works are:

Mozart:12 variations on "Ah, vous dirai-je maman" K. 265

Beethoven: Sonata No. 18, Op. 31, No. 3

Chopin: Ballata No. 4, Op. 52

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The pictures of Georgi Demirev graces many private galleries around the world, particularly in Europe and the USA.

Born in Dobrich, Bulgaria, Demirev completed Art College in 1984. Since then his works have been featured in many exhibitions, plein-airs and some one-man shows.

His canvas is of a common style, fine, soft and filigree..."the combination of Fine Art and colorful graphic texture is the most pronounced characteristic feature of my work," explains Demirev.

Our thanks to our good friends at the Mozart Association of Italy for making this video available for all of our audience across the world.

Welcome to the inaugural launch of our new series!  

The Real Concert Series

High-definition Video concerts with CD-quality sound!

Elisso Bolkvadze won numerous international piano competitions, such as Van Cliburn (USA), Vianna da Motta (Lisbon, Portugal), Axa International Piano Competition (Dublin, Ireland),arguerite Long (Paris, France). A superstar in her country of birth in Georgia, Elisso has been awarded by Georgian Government “The award of Georgian Government” and “Cultural Merit.”After she enjoyed great success at Van Cliburn International Contest, she plays many concerts in top auditorium through the world, like Kennedy Centre (Washington), Pasadena Auditorium (Los Angeles), Santa Fe Festival, Miami Arts In Florida, Orange County Center, Salle Pleyel, Salle Gaveau (Paris) Gewandhaus Orchestra (Leipzig) Radio France Orchestra, St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra (Russia), Herkulessaal (Munich) Alte Oper (Frankfurt), National Philharmonic of Ukraine, Georgian National Orchestra, Prague Symphony Orchestra and Theatre de Champs Elysees (Paris).

Elisso Bolkvadze collaborated with famous conductors, such as Peter Altrichter, Saulius Sondeckis, Djanzug Khakidze, Michel Tabachnik, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Laurent Petitgirard, Mihkel Kutson, Mykola Diadiura and many others.

French national TV - LCI realized a full documentary film about Elisso in Georgia and in Paris. She also regularly appears on Mezzo. Recent highlights of 2010-11 include numerous festivals, such as Ljubljana Festival, Ravello Festival (Italy), Sofia International Festival, concerts with Orchestra Colonne at Salle Pleyel and Salle Gaveau (Paris, France), Vilnius Philharmonic Orchestra (Lithuania), Cyprus Symphony Orchestra, and season opening with Tiroler Symphony orchestra Innsbruck (Austria). For 2011 and 2012 the pianist is scheduled to perform Mozart's Concert No. 21, Rachmaninov No. 2, Haydn, Prokofiev and Saint-Saëns N 2, as well as season opening with Ukrainian National Orchestra, Kammerorchester Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach in Berlin, Karol Szymanowski Philharmonic in Cracow, St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Geneva, Athens and open air concert in Tsinandali, Georgia.

Elisso Bolkvadze's last CD “Saint-Saëns Concert No.2,” released by Cascavelle label, has met great critical acclaim in the international media.

Born in Tbilisi, Georgia, in the family of literary, Elisso Bolkvadze began to play piano in very early age. She performed her first concert with orchestra at the age of seven. She studied at Tbilisi Conservatory with Professor T. Amiredjibi. Elisso Bolkvadze attended master classes with Tatiana Nikolaeva in Moscow. She later continued her studies with a Professor and Composer Michel Sogny in France and in Austria, who became an important influence on her playing. Elisso enjoys very much to help young Georgian pianists through the “Foundation SOS Talents – Michel Sogny,” and contributes to their first steps in future career.

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The Paris Opera Orchestra consisting of 174 of the finest musicians in the world is also one of the oldest orchestras in the world, beginning in 1672 by the royal decree of King Louis XIV. Of course the orchestra has evolved many times over the centuries. The musicians in the symphony are unique in that they don't have exclusivity contracts, so they are free to develop other musical organizations throughout Europe. Also the orchestra is unique in that the up and coming orchestra musicians are taught by current members of the orchestra. So each generation of the orchestra, will teach the next and so on, thus maintaining the overall quality of the orchestra the dedication of its members.

Thus this week, are are very proud to present to you Tchaikovsky's complete ballet "Swan Lake" as performed by the Paris Opera Orchestra.

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This week we re-visit one of our most popular shows ever - the musical stylings of Melanie Mitrano!

Also, in an effort to help stamp out hunger all over the world, we have established an additional website called ClassicalSavings.  Please visit the website and learn how you can help for your immediate area.

  

The Autumn Classics Festival, in Park City, Utah, brings outstanding professional classical soloists together to perform chamber music for intimate audiences in spectacular settings. Much like enjoying world class concerts in your own living room, the Festival specializes in presenting concerts of the highest calibre in casual, relaxing settings.

The Autumn Classics Music Festival is a project of the Park City Chamber Music Society. The Festival is an added component of the Park City Music Festival, Utah's longest-running classical music festival. The Park City Music Festival was founded in 1984 (originally the Deer Valley Chamber Music Festival) and is now going into it 28th Season.

Ken interviews Festival founders Leslie and Russell Harlow about this year's festival. You will also hear musical selections from previous festivals.

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This week's broadcast is brought to you by The Peninsula Music Festival, Connect the Thoughts, Dennis Loeffel and Pop-a-Shot!

Crossroads is a highly anticipated new vocal quartet steeped in the tradition of the Barbershop genre. Crossroads entertains audiences with a wide variety of musical styles in addition to Barbershop, including Vocal Jazz, Blues, Gospel, standards from the Great American Songbook, and Pop classics. Although they are “geographically challenged” living in four different states within the U.S., Crossroads boasts four very versatile champion vocalists, all of whom have earned the coveted “gold medal” awarded each year to the Barbershop Harmony Society’s World Champion Quartet. 

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This week's show is sponsored by the Peninsula Music Festival, Connect the Thoughts, Dennis Loeffel and Pop-a-Shot. 

Over the past 6 months, several artists have sent us their CDs tp play on our show.  So we wanted to do a bit of "house cleaning" this week and play some of their music for you.  

First from Monica Chapman's new CD "Heart's Desire" we will hear "Bewitched" and "Autumn Leaves"

Earlier this year on St. Patrick's Day, we featured the music of JJ Sheridan, Ireland's most famous pianist.  Mr. Sheridan has recently released a new CD called "The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber".    We will now present to you 3 selections from this CD: "The Music of the Night", "Memory" and "I Don't Know How to Love Him"

Now for something entirely different!  From the experimental music group "Music Under Construction" we will hear "Smolka" and "Cage" from their CD entitled "Bending Time"

From our wonderful friends at Cedille Records we are pleased to present "In Eleanor's Words for mezzo-soprano and piano" by Stacy Garrop, which features Buffy Baggott, mezzo-soprano and Kuang-Hao Huang, piano.  This from the CD entitled 'In Eleanor's Words the music of Stacy Garrop."

  

This week's show is sponsored by The Green Lake Festival of Music, the Peninsula Music Festival, Connect the Thoughts, Dennis Loeffel and Pop-a-Shot.

This week we are proud to bring to you the world famous Tokyo Sinfonia.

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Sofja Gülbadamova, prize winner of many international competitions in USA, Spain, France, Germany and Russia, has won 2008 the first prizes at two prestigious piano competitions in France: the International Piano Competition in Aix-en-Provence as well as the 6th International Francis Poulenc Piano Competition, where she also received the special prize for the best interpretation of Poulenc’s music. 2010 brought new success: in August at the Rosario Marciano International Piano Competition (Vienna, Austria) Sofja Gülbadamova was awarded the Grand Prix and a few months later, in October, she won the 2nd prize at the International Piano Competition “André Dumortier” in Belgium.

Last highlights include a debut recital in London in the St.Martin-in-the-Fields in April 2010 during the “World Concert Pianists” series as well as a very successful tour throughout Chili in January 2010, where she gave recitals in the Teatro Municipal in Viña del Mar and during the festivals “Semanas Musicales” in Reñaca as well as the „Semanas Musicales“ in Frutillar. She also gave a masterclass in the “Conservatory Sergei Prokofiev” in Viña del Mar.

In summer 2010 Sofja Gülbadamova appeared as a soloist with the Orchestre de Chambre de la Nouvelle Europe (conductor – Nicolas Krauze) at the Festival d’Hardelot and gave her debut recital at the “Liszt en Provence” festival, both in France. These concerts were highly acclaimed by the press.

In 2009, she was invited to give recitals at such venues as “Schönberger Musiksommer” (Germany), the international festival “Les nuits du Suquet” in Cannes as well as the Festival de la Vézère, both in France. Another highlight of the year 2009 has been the performance as a soloist in Antonin Dvorak Concerto for piano and orchestra at the “Piano nights” festival in Chisinau (Moldavia).

Sofja Gülbadamova performs regularly at famous festivals, such as the Schleswig-Holstein music festival, Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the Rheingau Festival (Germany), the International Music Festival Lucerne (Switzerland), the International Music Festival Moulin d’Andé (France) and the “Salzburger Schlosskonzerte” (Austria).

Sofja Gülbadamova concertizes extensively throughout Europe and the United States, for instance in France she appeared at prestigious venues such as the Cité de la Musique and the Salle Cortot in Paris as well as at the Arsenal in Metz, to name just a few. Invited by numerous German cities to perform, she played with the State Radio and Television Orchestra of Russia, the Collegium Instrumentale Halle, the Magdeburg Philharmonic, the Lübeck Philharmonic in Germany among the others.

As a chamber musician she collaborates with such outstanding artists as James Tocco, Denis Goldfeld, Priya Mitchell, Gert von Bülow, Aleksandr Khramouchin, Guillaume Martigné as well as the Prometeo Quartet and the Aviv Quartet.

Sofja Gülbadamova was born in 1981 in Moscow where she began her musical studies at the Gnessin Special Music School with Mikhail Khokhlov. She continued her academic piano courses at the Musikhochschule Lübeck in the class of the exceptionnal American pianist James Tocco. She also studied at the Paris Conservatory with Jacques Rouvier as well as at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris with Guigla Katsarava and David Lively, where she was awarded a scholarship by the Zygmunt Zaleski Foundation.

She has recorded for Russian, American, Polish, Spanish, French and German radio and television. Several CD recordings have already been published in Germany and France, notably at the “Passavant Music” recording company.

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This week's show is sponsored by the Philadelphia International Music Festival, the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival, The Green Lake Festival of Music, the Peninsula Music Festival, Connect the Thoughts, Dennis Loeffel and Pop-a-Shot. 

This week we are proud to bring to you the complete ballet of Prokofiev's "Romeo and Juliet" as performed by the Kiev Philharmonic.

Based on a synopsis created by Adrian Piotrovsky and Sergey Radlov, the ballet in its original form was completed by Prokofiev in September 1935, on commission by the Kirov Ballet. The original version had a "happy" ending, but was never publicly mounted, partly due to increased fear and caution in the musical and theatrical community in the aftermath of the two notorious Pravda editorials criticising Shostakovich and other "degenerate modernists" including Piotrovsky.  Suites of the ballet music were heard in Moscow and the United States, but the full ballet premiered in Czechoslovakia, on December 30, 1938. It is better known today from the significantly revised version that was first presented at the Kirov in Leningrad on January 11, 1940.

On July 4, 2008, with the approval of the Prokofiev family and permission from the Russian State Archive, the original Prokofiev score was given its world premiere. Musicologist Simon Morrison, author of "The People's Artist: Prokofiev's Soviet Years", unearthed the original materials in the Moscow archives, obtained permissions and reconstructed the entire score.

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This week's show is sponsored by the Philadelphia International Music Festival, the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival, The Green Lake Festival of Music, the Peninsula Music Festival, Connect the Thoughts, Dennis Loeffel, Elena Morfea, the Douglas Townsend Project and Pop-a-Shot. 

This week we are proud to bring to you the famous Italian Grand Opera Soprano, Elena Morfea.

In her Carnegie Hall debut Elena sang the music of Puccini, Verdi, Bellini, DonizzettI, Respighi and Strauss earning her excellent reviews in the New York Times.

She was a finalist at the International Music Singing Competition "G.B.Viotti" of Vercelli as well as at the 'Giacomo Puccini" of Lucca Competition and was a semi-finalist at the Great International Singing Competition in Sofia, Bulgaria.

This week's performed works are:
"Brindisi" from Verdi's "La Traviata"
"Quando m'en vo" from Puccini's "La Boheme"
"Una donna a 15 anni" from Mozart's "Cossi fan Tutte"
"So anch'io la virtu magica" from Donizetti's "Don Pasquale"
"Richiamo di donna" and "Il vecchierello" from Nicola Morfea's "Romanza"
"Lo son l'umile Ancella" from "Andriana Lecouvrier" by Francesco Cilea
"La ci darem la mano" from Mozart's "Don Giovanni"
"Tu che di gel sei cinta" from "Turandot" by Puccini
"Mi chiamano Mimi" from "La Boheme" by Puccini
"Vissi d'arte" from "Tosca" by Puccini
"Addio del passato" from "La Traviata" by Verdi
"O mia Violetta - Parigi o Cara - Gran Dio" also from "La Traviata" by Verdi

Elena sang at the "Teatro Regio di Parma" in "Manon" by Massenet
Sang a concert with the world famous tenor Giuseppe de Stefano at the Castle of Cicognola,
Performed "Rigoletto" (Gilda) and "Traviata" (Violetta) when touring Italy
Sang various concerts in Verona, Milano and other cities with the Scala conductor Maestro Enrico de Mori. 

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This week's show is sponsored by the Philadelphia International Music Festival, the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival, The Green Lake Festival of Music, the Peninsula Music Festival, Connect the Thoughts, Dennis Loeffel and Pop-a-Shot. 

This week we are proud to bring to you the St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra performing Prokofiev's "Cinderella".

Cinderella, Op. 87, composed by Sergei Prokofiev is one of his most popular and melodious compositions, and has inspired a great many choreographers since its inception. The piece was composed between 1940 and 1944. Part way through writing it he broke off to write his opera War and Peace. The premiere of Cinderella was conducted by Yuri Fayer on Wednesday, November 21st, 1945, at the Bolshoi Theatre with choreography by Rostislav Zakharov.  Galina Ulanova danced the title role. Cinderella is notable for its jubilant music, lush scenery, and for the hilarious double-roles of the stepsisters, more mad than bad in this treatment.

  

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This week we are proud to bring to you Douglas Townsend's Second Annual Social Networking Concert.  Last year Douglas' concert was a major hit with our listeners and we are sure this year's concert will also be very well received.  Ken also has a brief interview with Douglas during intermission.

  

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This week we are proud to bring to you a musical tribute to Yaltah Menuhin.  We want to thank the Menuhin family for supplying us with these rarely heard recordings from their private musical library.  These recordings were deemed to be "too personal" for general publication.  We are very proud to let our world wide audience of 26 million listeners hear these recordings as a tribute to the great Yaltah Menuhin and we are very humbled that the great Menuhin family chose Classical Music Discoveries to bring these recordings to the public. These were private performances, musical love-making of a kind she didn’t necessarily want to do publicly. These recordings were made from her intimate and private music-making. She kept the tapes in an honored place in her West Hamptead flat and never talked about releasing them.

Yaltah's performances of Beethoven’s "Waldstein" (Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53) is widely considered the greatest interpretation of Beethoven of all time.  

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This week we are proud to bring to you the Daphne Chamber Group for all of our Harp fans out there.  A few months ago, we featured this group performing in one of our Potpourri broadcasts.  The response to this group was so overwhelming that we decided to devote an entire show to this wonderful group from Italy. 

  

This week's show is sponsored by the Shenandoah Valley Bach Music Festival, The Green Lake Festival of Music, Connect the Thoughts, Dennis Loeffel, La Musica International Chamber Music Festival, the Sitka Summer Music Festival, Shee Atica Totem Square Inn and the Open Ears Festival of Music and Sound. 

A child prodigy raised in a family of musicians, Galina’s performing career began at the age of eight with an appearance on Ukrainian State Television and she became soloist of Kharkov State Philharmonic at 15.Galina Vale born Galina Vernigora in Kharkov, Ukraine, is a classically trained virtuoso guitarist. Her individualistic solo performances combine a charismatic stage presence and dynamic powerful playing style with an unusually wide ranging and technically demanding repertoire; including classical music, flamenco, arrangements of Latin American and East European folk music. Never afraid of controversy Galina has become a unique personality of the international guitar world: very few female guitarists have even attempted both classical and flamenco genres, while her most recent recording also included electric guitar. She continues to experiment in crossing of boundaries and musical styles. Gendai Guitar Foundation of Japan under Masaru Kohno sponsored her first CD "The Legend" This recording was heard on US FM radio for the first time in the network program edition of "Great Women Guitarists" produced by "Classical Guitar Alive" and later on Maltese National Radio with the programme Cantabile. By 1997 Galina was domiciled in the United Kingdom. In 2007 and in recognition of her work, she became an Ambassador of the EuroWirral Inernational Guitar Festival - alongside W Mann and J Williams. Galina’s early influences included the female guitarists Maria Luisa Anido and Ida Presti. She has developed a dramatic guitar technique that owes more to contemporary flamenco and earlier styles rather than current fashions of classical guitar playing. Discography 1. The Legend 2. Hungarian Rhapsody 3. The Great Gates of Kiev 4. Guitar Magic Films (Ukrainian State TV) 1. Portrait with Guitar 2. Strings and Sails 3. Spirit of Spain Your kind donation keeps classical music broadcasting freely to the entire world.

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ZUILL BAILEY is widely considered one of the premiere cellists in the world. His rare combination of celebrated artistry, technical wizardry as well as his engaging personality has secured his place as one of the most sought after and active cellists today.

A consummate concerto soloist, Mr. Bailey has been featured with the symphony orchestras of Chicago, San Francisco, Israel, Minnesota, Indianapolis, Dallas, Louisville, Honolulu, Milwaukee, Nashville, Toronto and Utah among  other leading orchestras around the world . He has collaborated with such conductors as Itzhak Perlman, Alan Gilbert, Andrew Litton, James DePriest and Stanislav Skrowacezewski and has been featured with musical  luminaries Leon Fleisher, Jaime Laredo, The Juilliard String Quartet, Lynn Harrell and  Janos Starker.

Mr. Bailey has appeared at the Kennedy Center, the United Nations, Alice Tully Hall, the 92^nd St. Y and  Carnegie Hall, where he made his debut performing the U.S. premiere of Miklos Theodorakis’ “Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra.” In addition, he made his NY recital debut in a sold out performance of the complete Beethoven Cello Sonatas at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

His international appearances include celebrated performances with the Moscow Chamber Orchestra in its 50th anniversary tour of Russia, as well as concerts in Australia, the Dominican Republic, France, Israel, Spain, Hong Kong, Jordan, Mexico, South America and the United Kingdom. Festival appearances include  Ravinia, the Interlochen Center for the Arts, Manchester Cello Festival (UK), Consonances- St. Nazaire( France), Australian Festival of Chamber Music, Santa Fe, Caramoor, Chautauqua, Bravo!, Vail Valley, the Maverick Concert Series, and the Music Academy of the West.  In addition, he was the featured soloist performing the Elgar Cello Concerto at the Bard Festival in the World Premiere of the Doug Varrone Dance Company’s performance of “Victorious.” An accomplished chamber musician and recitalist, Zuill Bailey performs regularly with pianists Navah Perlman and Awadagin Pratt.

Zuill Bailey is an exclusive recording artist on Telarc. His “Bach Cello Suites” recording immediately soared to the Number 1 spot on the Classical Billboard Charts. Mr. Bailey’s “Russian Masterpieces” release featuring the works of Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich performed with the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra has received widespread critical acclaim. Bailey was awarded the Classical Recording Foundation Award for 2006 and 2007 for the recording of Beethoven’s complete works for Cello and Piano. The highly touted two disc set with pianist Simone Dinnerstein was released on Telarc worldwide. In celebration of his recordings and appearances, Kalmus Music Masters will release “Zuill Bailey Performance Editions,” which will encompass the core repertoire of cello literature. 

Network Television appearances include a recurring role on the HBO series “Oz,” on the  NBC series, Homicide,  A&E, NHK TV in Japan, a  live broadcast of the Beethoven Triple Concerto  performed in Tel Aviv with Itzhak Perlman conducting the Israel Philharmonic, and with the National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico City.  Mr. Bailey is also featured in the televised production of the Cuban premiere of Victor Herbert’s Cello Concerto No. 2 with the National Orchestra of Cuba. He has been heard on NPR’s “Morning Edition,” “Tiny Desk Concert,”  “Performance Today”, “Saint Paul Sunday,” BBC’s “In Tune,”  XM Radio’s “Live from Studio II,” Sirius Satellite Radio’s “Virtuoso Voices,” the KDFC Concert Series, Minnesota Public Radio, WFMT and RTHK Radio Hong Kong.

Mr. Bailey received his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees from the Peabody Conservatory and the Juilliard School.  His primary teachers include Loran Stephenson, Stephen Kates and Joel Krosnick. Zuill Bailey performs on a 1693 Matteo Gofriller Cello, formerly owned by Mischa Schneider of the Budapest String Quartet.  In addition to his extensive touring engagements, Bailey is the Artistic Director of El Paso Pro Musica (Texas), Artistic Director of the Sitka Summer Music Festival and Series, (Alaska) and Professor of Cello at the University of Texas at El Paso.

  

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This week we are proud to bring to you the music of composer Aaron Kaplan.

Aaron A Kaplan is an internationally known symphonic and film composer as well as an orchestrator, pianist, songwriter, and performer. Aaron's unique style spans many musical genres and includes sweeping melodic themes,violin and piano concertos, and orchestra compositions with choir. His music has had both national and international acclaim and can be heard on radio, television, and film..

Mr. Kaplan has produced four CDs and his latest CD is "Musical Portraits".

Aaron's most recent film is the full length documentary "Roots of War, Road to Peace", which was broadcast on the public television network.

Kaplan's award winning song, "We're Coming Home", was selected as the best Religious & Jewish song of the year in the U.S., and has been recorded and broadcast both in the U.S. and overseas.

Kaplan is currently working on a musical scheduled for the premier within a year.. Aaron was one of only two composers in the United States invited to create an original composition for the premier of his work to be performed by the honored International Modern Symphonic and Chamber Music Festival in Eastern Europe. His works also have been performed by the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra and in the Meyerson and Eisemann Symphony Halls. He has been featured in many national and international publications.. 

Aaron is a member of BMI and the Society of Composers and Lyricists in Los Angeles.

Works performed are: Birth of a Nation, Three Side of the Heart, N'Shama (written for Classical Music Discoveries), Rhapsody, Symphonic Fantasy, To Be In Love, Melissa's Day Off, We're Coming Home, Kay's Theme, Road to Tijuana, TV Show Spoof, Sports News Theme Spoof, Bayit Yashan (Hebrew version of "We're Coming Home"), The Star of David, A New Dawn, Dancing with Louise, The Magic of Life (lyrics by Annette Tucker), Love Notes and The Chase.