
The Rossini Connection
April 21, 2018
Hosted By Stephen Peithman
Saturday, 4 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Rebroadcast Sunday, 2 p.m. – 3 p.m.
on Music Station
"On Connections we focus on links between works or composers, and music that shares a common theme or inspiration,"
explains host Stephen Peithman. "It all adds up to great stories and great music."
Stephen has been contributing shows since 1984, first with Musical Stages, and now, Connections--all with the help of Recording Engineer Mark Jones. More...
For a list of recordings used in each program, click on the program's title below, after the program has aired.April 21, 2018
April 28, 2018
May 5, 2018
Music by Handel, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Elgar, Walton, and more
Works by Beethoven, Verdi, Strauss, Ibert, Walton, and more
Handel’s recycling of other composers’ music--and his own
Works by Debussy, Haydn, Tchaikovsky, Delius, Respighi, Dvorak and Schumann
Music by Gottschalk, Joplin, Gershwin, Copland, Bernstein, and more.
Music by Beethoven, Chopin, Brahms, Wagner, & Rachmaninoff—written in hopeful infatuation—or after the Big Letdown.
A second look at avian-inspired music, in works by Handel, Haydn, Brahms, Ravel, Beach, Sibelius and more
The incredible story of one-armed pianist Paul Wittgenstein, and selections from some of the works written for him.
Maritime music by Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Debussy, Ravel and more
Romeo and Juliet in works by Berlioz, Tchaikovsky, Delius, Prokofiev, Bernstein and more