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LindaClassical @lindaclassical.bsky.social · 20h

Thank you kindly, Hank. I'm thrilled you start your day with WETA Classical.🙏

LindaClassical @lindaclassical.bsky.social · 22h

Highlights this morning @WETAClassical include a violin & piano concerto of Mozart at 6:50am, incomplete at his death but reconstructed in the 20th century; Classical Sunrise spotlighting horns at 7:11am; and Chopin's variations on a Polish song, for piano & orchestra, 8:16am. 🎵

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LindaClassical @lindaclassical.bsky.social · 2d

It's interesting to see and hear the progress of Johannes Brahms during his career. Today's Classical Sunrise 7:09am @WETAClassical is the graceful 3rd movement of his Symphony #2, composed when he looked like this, before he cultivated his famous beard and avuncular style.

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LindaClassical @lindaclassical.bsky.social · 6d

WETA is making an adjustment to our daily format so that the WETA Classical channel can better serve our listeners with local arts and music content.

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LindaClassical @lindaclassical.bsky.social · 6d

Hank, thank you for your support!

LindaClassical @lindaclassical.bsky.social · 7d

I second John Banther's post below -- thank you to all who contributed to WETA Classical's Fall Pledge Drive to keep us strong and always available. 🙏

john banther @johnbanther.bsky.social · 12d

I’m getting better at least posting something that happened day of 🎶🎶

Thank you to everyone who listened and donated today during our fall pledge drive, your support means everything 💜 to us at WETA Classical

It was fun spending a few hours on air listening to music 🙂

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LindaClassical @lindaclassical.bsky.social · 7d

Three reasons to celebrate today: 1st Day of October, International Coffee Day and International Music Day. And WETA Classical greets the sun with Classical Sunrise at 7:04am. Four reasons.

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LindaClassical @lindaclassical.bsky.social · 9d

National Coffee Day today! The history of coffee is traced to 15th century Yemen, and thanks to the Boston Tea Party in 1773 and Britain's tax on tea to the colonies, Americans might have not traded tea for coffee. It's also National Biscotti Day . . . Join us at WETAClassical.

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LindaClassical @lindaclassical.bsky.social · 13d

Happy birthday to her! A special day for birthdays indeed!

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LindaClassical @lindaclassical.bsky.social · 13d

It was a nice experience to work with John Banther on this podcast that explored the life and music of master pianist and composer, Maurice Ravel. Always a joy.

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LindaClassical @lindaclassical.bsky.social · 13d

Significant musician birthdays today (Sept 25): composer Jean-Philippe Rameau (b. 1683), composer Dmitri Shostakovich (b. 1906), conductor Sir Colin Davis (b. 1927) and pianist Glenn Gould (b. 1932).

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LindaClassical @lindaclassical.bsky.social · 16d

Thank you so much, Ray. 🙏

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LindaClassical @lindaclassical.bsky.social · 20d

Chamber music showpieces this morning @WETAClassical! Beethoven flute duo 6:44am, Brahms piano quartet 7:16am, Gatti's serenade for oboe, bassoon, two horns and string quintet 7:54am, Mendelssohn Piano Trio 8:43am and von Dohnanyi's Piano Quintet (liked by Brahms) 9:24am. You're invited.

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LindaClassical @lindaclassical.bsky.social · 22d

Classical Sunrise on WETA Classical greets the sun with a Baroque oboe/harpsichord/cello combo at 6:49am. Plus, George Gershwin's 1932 Cuban Overture at 7:16am, Rachmaninoff himself playing his own transcription of a Bach violin partita at 8:17am, and a Brahms piano rhapsody at 9:53am.

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LindaClassical @lindaclassical.bsky.social · 22d

Musician birthdays of note today (Sept. 16) from opposite spectrums: 12th century German Benedictine nun and composer Hildegard von Bingen (b. 1098) and Nadia Boulanger, acclaimed French composer and teacher of major 20th century composers (b. 1887).

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LindaClassical @lindaclassical.bsky.social · 26d

What a nice note, Hank hankseda.bsky.com -- thank you. We're thrilled you enjoy the morning program, and we're appreciative of our your support of WETA Classical. It's needed now more than ever.

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LindaClassical @lindaclassical.bsky.social · 26d

Peter Warlock's 1926 Sword Dance based on Renaissance dance greets this morning's sun for Classical Sunrise, 6:47am
on WETA Classical, plus the finale of Mozart's Piano Concerto #20, admired by Beethoven, at 7:33am. And Dvorak's lovely Song to the Moon, performed on cello, 9:53am. Join us.

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LindaClassical @lindaclassical.bsky.social · 28d

Birthday of English Baroque composer Henry Purcell (b. 1659), heard this AM @WETAClassical. Plus, the finale of Bruch's Scottish Fantasy, based on Scottish themes, at 7:40am, and American composer Edward McDowell's virtuosic polonaise at 8:56am. You're always invited to start the day with us.

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LindaClassical @lindaclassical.bsky.social · Sep 8

Birthday today of Antonín Dvořák (b. 1841), composer of rich, rhythmic, vibrant music, exemplified by his Carnival Overture, 8:05am today @WETAClassical.

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LindaClassical @lindaclassical.bsky.social · Sep 2

Classical Sunrise 6:38 this morning @WETAClassical is an 18th century French string trio. Other highlights: Rodrigo's guitar concerto at 6:44am, inspired by the Spanish gardens of Aranjuez, and the glorious harpsichord solo in Bach's 5th Brandenburg Concerto at 7:20am. Join us.

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LindaClassical @lindaclassical.bsky.social · Aug 29

Opera scholar and musician Saul Lilienstein gives us insights into Wagner's Die Walküre, the second opera in Wagner's Ring cycle, in this Classical Score blog with audio excerpts! And it's broadcast tomorrow (Aug 30) on WETA Classical 1pm ET.
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A Listening Guide to Wagner's Die Walküre

Ahead of the broadcast of Die Walküre on Opera Matinee, Linda Carducci and opera scholar Saul Lilienstein share a listening guide with audio examples.

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LindaClassical @lindaclassical.bsky.social · Aug 29

Join us for an array of chamber music this morning on WETA Classical: Brahms cello sonata (6:55am), Gatti Serenade for winds, horns and string quartet by Luigi Gatti (7:11am), Schumann Piano Quintet (8:20am), Piano Trio by Niels Gade (8:49am) and a Baroque flute/lute combo (8:55am).

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LindaClassical @lindaclassical.bsky.social · Aug 28

Writer & philosopher Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, born on this day 1749, influenced many composers: Mendelssohn, Schumann, Schubert, Berlioz, Gounod, Mahler, Wagner. And join WETA Classical today for Tchaikovsky's 1st piano concerto 6:33 am.

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LindaClassical @lindaclassical.bsky.social · Aug 25

Thank you! Vacation is a treat but so nice to return to the music.

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LindaClassical @lindaclassical.bsky.social · Aug 25

Leonard Bernstein birthday today (b. 1918), feted during 8am hour today on WETA Classical. Classical Sunrise at 6:31am is a guitar rendition of a Bach 2-part invention for keyboard. And music of Franz Xaver Mozart (Wolfgang's son) at 7:37am. Join us!

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