Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

Classical 89 presents Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin, an exciting series of daily one-hour programs that celebrate classical music.

For playlist information go to www.exploringmusic.org

The series airs on Classical 89 weekdays at 7:00pm on 89.1 FM and 89.5 FM (southern Utah County) and online at classical89.org/streaming.

Host Bill McGlaughlin guides listeners through a new musical theme each week, devoting five hours to a single topic. Bill has an in-depth knowledge of and deep passion for classical music, and he brings to this series his customary enthusiasm, imagination, and spontaneity. McGlaughlin is a Peabody Award-winning broadcaster, conductor, and composer.

Program Schedule:

June 2-6
Schubertiade 
What a scene in Vienna:  business owners, intellectuals and scholars offering a home for a concert, a meal, a place to sleep or a room with a piano—all to support the friend they loved and admired, Franz Schubert.  It was a Bohemian life, rich with music and conversation.  This week, we’ll dip into those legendary house concerts for an enchanting week of music.

June 9-13
Vienna, Part II
This week, we’ll continue our exploration of one of the world’s great musical capitals with music of the great Romantics, the renegades of the last century and beyond.  Composers include Johann Strauss, Jr., Mahler and Schoenberg.

June 16-20
Under the Hood, Part I
How’s this thing work?  For some people, the mechanics of a symphony is as unfathomable as the engine of an automobile is to others.  Join us as we take a closer look at the nuts and bolts of works by Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovsky and Sibelius.

June 23-27
Piano Concert
The piano concerto is one of the most beloved genres of the concert hall.  After all, it was the thundering virtuosity of some of the great composer/pianists that gave rise to music’s first superstars!  This week, we’ll explore their world and the great music they produced.

June 30-July 4
The Big Five, Part II:
The New York Philharmonic
It’s the oldest orchestra in the United States, just celebrating its 14,000th concert.  This week, we’ll explore the history, the conductors, the premieres and the great players of the New York Philharmonic.