The Final Connection
January 25, 2020
Connections
Hosted By Stephen Peithman
Schedule
Saturday, 4 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Rebroadcast Sunday, 2 p.m. – 3 p.m.
on Music Station
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"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 recordings used is added once the program has aired.Upcoming Shows
The Surviving Connection
February 1, 2020
The African-American Connection
February 15, 2020
LATEST SHOW | Saturday, January 18, 2020
The Unsung Connection
Instrumental and symphonic works by Rossini, Donizetti, Verdi, Puccini, Wagner, Menotti, and more
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Saturday, November 16, 2019
The Reworked Connection
How Chopin, Beethoven, Rimsky-Korsakov, Ravel, and others re-worked some of their most familiar pieces
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Saturday, November 9, 2019
The War Connection
The impact of the First World War as reflected in the music of Debussy, Ravel, Elgar, Holst, Stravinsky, Vaughan Williams, and more
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Saturday, November 2, 2019
The Young Person's Connection
Saint-Saens’ Carnival of the Animals, with Noel Coward, Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra with Dame Edna Everage, & Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, narrated by Boris Karloff
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Saturday, October 26, 2019
The Demonic Connection
Music by Mussorgsky, Saint-Saens, Britten, Bernstein, and more.
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Saturday, October 19, 2019
The Improbable Connection
The challenge of writing a concerto for the mandolin, tuba, saxophone, harmonica—or the 12-foot-long Swiss alp horn
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Saturday, October 12, 2019
The Organ Connection
Works for organ and orchestra by Handel, Haydn, Liszt, Saint-Saens, and Copland, among others.
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Saturday, October 5, 2019
The Fish Connection
Underwater life in works by Schubert, Saint-Saens, Debussy, Mahler, and more
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Saturday, September 28, 2019
The Napoleon Connection
Napoleon Bonaparte in works by Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Kodaly, Prokofiev, and more.
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Saturday, September 21, 2019
The Autumn Connection
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Saturday, September 14, 2019
The Avian Connection
Music about birds, from medieval and renaissance songs to works by Dvorak, Prokofiev, Saint-Saens, Vaughan Williams, Mozart, and more.
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