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Connections

 

Hosted By Stephen Peithman

Exploring the often surprising links between concepts, themes and people in classical music, from medieval to modern

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Saturday, 4 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Rebroadcast Sunday, 2 p.m. – 3 p.m.
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Peithman"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 more information on a program, click on the program's title below. A list of featured recordings is added once the program has aired.

Upcoming Shows

The Macbeth Connection

April 17, 2021

Macbeth in works by Beethoven, Verdi, Strauss, Ibert, Walton, and more.

LATEST SHOW | Saturday, April 10, 2021

The Forest Connection

The woods in music by Wagner, Mahler, Strauss, Debussy, Orff, Britten, and more.

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Saturday, April 3, 2021

The Ocean Connection 2

Music of the sea, with works by Vivaldi, Mendelssohn, Strauss, and more

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Saturday, March 27, 2021

The Fugue Connection

A fugal festival, with music by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Verdi, Gershwin, Hovhaness, and Villa Lobos.

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Saturday, March 20, 2021

The Music Connection

Music about music—from Handel to Bernstein

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Saturday, March 13, 2021

The Borrowed Connection

Why Handel’s recycling of other composers’ music has been called creative borrowing, by some, plagiarism by others.

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Saturday, March 6, 2021

The Adagio Connection

Memorable music by Albinoni, Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Khachaturian, Rodrigo and Barber

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Saturday, February 27, 2021

The Left Hand Connection

The incredible story of Paul Wittgenstein, and selections from works written for him by Richard Strauss, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Sergei Prokofiev, Maurice Ravel and Benjamin Britten.

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Saturday, February 20, 2021

The Debussy-Chopin Connection

Chopin’s influence on Debussy as the Frenchman developed his own, utterly individual style

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Saturday, February 13, 2021

The Love Connection

Tucked into Antonin Dvorak's great Cello Concerto is a melody he’d written 30 years earlier--one of many songs composed in his youth for the first real love of his life.

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Saturday, February 6, 2021

The Italian Connection

Five works inspired by the music, people and scenery of Italy--by Elgar, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, Berlioz, and Richard Strauss.

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  • 2021   
    • April   
      • The Forest Connection
      • The Ocean Connection 2
    • March   
      • The Fugue Connection
      • The Music Connection
      • The Borrowed Connection
      • The Adagio Connection
    • February   
      • The Left Hand Connection
      • The Debussy-Chopin Connection
      • The Love Connection
      • The Italian Connection
    • January   
      • The Hymn Connection
      • The Clara Connection
      • The Haydn-Mozart Connection
      • The Jazz Connection
      • The Antarctic Connection
  • 2020   
    • December   
      • The Winter Connection
      • The Nativity Connection
      • The Shepherd Connection
      • The Vaughan Williams Christmas Connection
      • The Gift Connection
    • November   
      • The Trumpet Connection
      • The New England Connection
      • The Fantasia Connection
      • The Walter Scott Connection
    • October   
      • The Dies Irae Connection
      • The Don Juan Connection
      • The Ancient Airs Connection
      • The Othello Connection
      • The Ocean Connection
    • September   
      • The Western Connection
      • The Nickname Connection
      • The Wind Connection
      • The Paganini Connection
    • August   
      • The Choral Connection
      • The Arthurian Connection
      • The Keyboard Connection 2
      • The Gavotte Connection
      • The Ninth Connection
    • July   
      • The Prelude Connection
      • The Rhapsody Connection
      • The Arranged Connection
      • The America Connection
    • June   
      • The Folk Song Connection
      • The Masked Connection
      • The Solar Connection
      • The Keyboard Connection
    • May   
      • The Te Deum Connection
      • The Orpheus Connection
      • The Pavane Connection
      • The River Connection
      • The Ophelia Connection
    • April   
      • The Bachianas Connection
      • The Dante Connection
      • The Easter Connection
      • The Hebraic Connection
    • March   
      • The Farewell Connection
      • The Flower Connection
      • The Irish Connection
      • The Woman Connection
    • February   
      • The Divertissement Connection
      • The Divertissement Connection
      • The African-American Connection
      • The Childhood Connection
      • The Surviving Connection
    • January   
      • The Final Connection
      • The Unsung Connection
      • The Faust Connection
      • The Debussy-Ravel Connection
  • 2019   
    • December   
      • The Winter Connection 2
      • The Gift Connection
      • The Nativity Connection
      • The Nutcracker Connection
      • The Gift Connection
    • November   
      • The Two-Fer Connection
      • The Opening Connection
      • The Reworked Connection
      • The War Connection
      • The Young Person's Connection
    • October   
      • The Demonic Connection
      • The Improbable Connection
      • The Organ Connection
      • The Fish Connection
    • September   
      • The Napoleon Connection
      • The Autumn Connection
      • The Avian Connection
      • The Hungarian Connection
    • August   
      • The Diaghilev Connection 2
      • The Diaghilev Connection 1
      • The Pelleas Connection
      • The Wordless Connection
      • The Waltz Connection
    • July   
      • The London Connection
      • The Fairy Tale Connection
      • The Falstaff Connection
      • The Firebird Connection
    • June   
      • The National Anthem Connection
      • The Summer Connection
      • The Paris Connection
      • The Don Quixote Connection
      • The Incidental Connection 2
    • May   
      • The Railroad Connection
      • The Art Connection
      • The Word Connection
      • The Film Connection
    • April   
      • The Loose Connection
      • The Easter Connection
      • The Espagnole Connection
      • The Eroica Connection
    • March   
      • The Scottish Connection
      • The Spring Connection
      • The Concert Overture Connection
      • The New York Connection
      • The Carnival Connection
    • February   
      • The River Connection 2
      • The Nocturne Connection
      • The Love Connection
      • The Prokofiev-Haydn Connection
    • January   
      • The Funeral Connection
      • The Incidental Connection
      • The Delibes Connection
      • The Whitman Connection
  • 2018   
    • December   
      • The Winter Connection 2
      • The Shepherd Connection
      • The Carol Connection 2
      • The Christmas Connection
      • The Carol Connection 1
      • The Hebraic Connection 2
    • November   
      • The Music Connection
      • The Adagio Connection
      • The Hymn Connection 2
      • The Italian Connection
    • October   
      • The Forest Connection
      • The Dance Suite Connection
      • The One-Hit Wonder Connection
      • The Robin Hood Connection
    • September   
      • The Lunar Connection
      • The Mountain Connection
      • The American Connection
      • The Serenade Connection
      • The Piano Quintet Connection
    • August   
      • The Bernstein Connection
      • The Boston Connection
      • The Tempest Connection
      • The Fugue Connection
    • July   
      • The Hymn Connection
      • The Haydn-Mozart Connection
      • The Scherzo Connection
      • The March Connection
    • June   
      • The 1876 Connection
      • The Folk Dance Connection
      • A Midsummer Night's Connection
      • The Jazz Connection
      • The Wedding Connection
    • May   
      • The Vacation Connection
      • The Patron Connection
      • The Gershwin-Ravel Connection
      • The Southern Connection
    • April   
      • The Herbert-Dvorak Connection
      • The Rossini Connection
      • The Crowning Connection
      • The Macbeth Connection
    • March   
      • The Borrowed Connection
      • The Spring Connection 2
      • The Latin Connection
      • The Unrequited Connection
      • The Avian Connection 2
    • February   
      • The Left Hand Connection
      • The Ocean Connection
      • The Romeo & Juliet Connection
      • The Folksong Connection
    • January   
      • The Debussy-Chopin Connection
      • The Clara Connection
      • The River Connection
      • The Ancient Airs Connection
  • 2017   
    • December   
      • The Winter Connection
      • The Vaughan Williams Christmas Connection
      • The Shepherd Connection
      • The Christmas Connection 2
      • The Childhood Connection
    • November   
      • The Walter Scott Connection
      • The New England Connection
      • The Don Juan Connection
      • The Autumn Connection
    • October   
      • The Dies Irae Connection
      • The Fantasia Connection
      • The Waltz Connection
      • The Lunar Connection
    • September   
      • The Othello Connection
      • The Part-Time Connection
      • The Art Connection
      • The Fish Connection
      • The Keyboard Connection 2
    • August   
      • The London Connection
      • The Fairy Tale Connection
      • The Paganini Connection
      • ConPod: Paganini
      • The Faust Connection
    • July   
      • The Falstaff Connection
      • The War Connection
      • The Arthurian Connection
      • ConPod: King Arthur
      • The Paris Connection
      • ConPod: Paris
      • The Railroad Connection
    • June   
      • ConPod: Railroad
      • The Gavotte Connection
      • ConPod: Gavotte
      • The Organ Connection
      • ConPod: Organ
      • The Wedding Connection
      • ConPod: Wedding
      • The Western Connection
      • ConPod: Western
    • May   
      • The Don Quixote Connection
      • ConPod: Don Quixote
      • The Loose Connection
      • ConPod: Loose
      • The Ninth Connection
      • ConPod: Ninth
      • The Film Connection
      • ConPod: Film
    • April   
      • The Espagnole Connection
      • The Eroica Connection
      • ConPod: Eroica
      • The Wordless Connection
      • ConPod: Wordless
      • The Prelude Connection
      • The River Connection
      • ConPod: River
    • March   
      • The Rhapsody Connection
      • ConPod: Rhapsody
      • ConPod: Firebird
      • The Firebird Connection
      • The Irish Connection
      • ConPod: Irish
      • The Trumpet Connection
      • ConPod: Trumpet
    • February   
      • The Masked Connection
      • ConPod: Masked
      • The Arranged Connection
      • ConPod: Arranged
      • The Divertissement Connection
      • ConPod: Divertissement
      • The Keyboard Connection
      • ConPod: Keyboard
    • January   
      • The Ocean Connection 2
      • The Pavane Connection
      • The Ophelia Connection
      • The Orpheus Connection
  • 2016   
    • December   
      • The Hebraic Connection 2
      • The Carol Connection 2
      • The Christmas Connection
      • The Carol Connection 1
      • The Nutcracker Connection
    • November   
      • The Nickname Connection
      • The Ocean Connection 2
      • The Wind Connection
      • The Funeral Connection
    • October   
      • The Dies Irae Connection
      • The New York Connection
      • The Scottish Connection
      • The Choral Connection
      • The Prokofiev-Haydn Connection
    • September   
      • The Forest Connection
      • The Bachianas Connection
      • The Opening Connection
      • The Te Deum Connection
    • August   
      • The Nocturne Connection
      • The Debussy-Ravel Connection
      • The Incidental Connection
      • The Delibes Connection
    • July   
      • The Hymn Connection
      • The Solar Connection
      • The Italian Connection
      • The Summer Connection
      • The 1876 Connection
    • June   
      • The Haydn-Mozart Connection
      • The Jazz Connection
      • The Anthem Connection
      • The Fugue Connection
    • May   
      • The Young Person's Connection
      • The Diaghilev Connection 2
      • The Diaghilev Connection 1
      • The Reworked Connection
    • April   
      • The Music Connection
      • The Hebraic Connection
      • The Flower Connection
      • The Final Connection
      • The Pelleas Connection
    • March   
      • The Messiah Connection
      • The Adagio Connection
      • The Unsung Connection
      • The Dance Suite Connection
    • February   
      • The Rome Connection
      • The Surviving Connection
      • The Love Connection
      • The Carnival Connection
    • January   
      • The Robin Hood Connection
      • The Mountain Connection
      • The Piano Quintet Connection
      • The Two-Fer Connection
      • The Avian Connection I
  • 2015   
    • December   
      • The Shepherd Connection
      • The Christmas Connection
      • The Carol Connection 2
      • The Carol Connection 1
      • The Nutcracker Connection
    • November   
      • The Art Connection
      • The New England Connection
      • The Lunar Connection
      • The War Connection
    • October   
      • The Dies Irae Connection
      • The Wordless Connection
      • The Waltz Connection
      • The Falstaff Connection
      • The Autumn Connection
    • September   
      • The Listener Connection
      • The Don Quixote Connection
      • The March Connection
      • The Ocean Connection
    • August   
      • The Folk Dance Connection
      • The Paris Connection
      • The Tempest Connection
      • The Fish Connection
      • The Folk Song Connection
    • July   
      • The Ancient Airs Connection
      • The Childhood Connection
      • The River Connection
      • The American Connection
    • June   
      • The Scherzo Connection
      • The Organ Connection
      • The Patron Connection
      • The Film Connection
    • May   
      • The Part-Time Connection
      • The Latin Connection
      • The Gershwin-Ravel Connection
      • The Faust Connection
      • The Walter Scott Connection
    • April   
      • The Spring Connection
      • The Offbeat Connection
      • The Eroica Connection
      • The Clara Connection
    • March   
      • The Loose Connection
      • The Railroad Connection
      • The Boston Connection
      • L'Espagnole Connection
    • February   
      • The Herbert-Dvorak Connection
      • The Debussy-Chopin Connection
      • The Avian Connection II
      • The Romeo & Juliet Connection
    • January   
      • The Macbeth Connection
      • The Paganini Connection
      • The London Connection
      • The Rossini Connection
      • The Fairy Tale Connection
  • 2014   
    • December   
      • The Winter Connection
      • The Nutcracker Connection
      • The Hebraic Connection
      • The Nocturne Connection
    • November   
      • The Trumpet Connection
      • The New England Connection
      • The Diversion Connection
      • The Firebird Connection
      • The Keyboard Connection
    • October   
      • The Demonic Connection
      • The Masked Connection
      • The Orpheus Connection
      • The Prokofiev-Haydn Connection
    • September   
      • The Scottish Connection
      • The Forest Connection
      • The Comedy Connection
      • The Incidental Connection
      • The Wedding Connection
      • The Wedding Connection
    • August   
      • The New York Connection
      • The Pavane Connection
      • The Funeral Connection
      • The Ocean Connection 2
      • The Left Hand Connection
    • July   
      • The Anthem Connection
      • The Sun Connection
      • The Whitman Connection
      • The American Connection
    • June   
      • The Debussy-Ravel Connection
      • The Antarctic Connection
      • The Ophelia Connection
      • The Wedding Connection
    • May   
      • The Italian Connection
      • The Hymn Connection
    • April   
      • The Flower Connection

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