Rounding Home at Laumeier Sculpture Park
Now on view at Laumeier Sculpture Park: Home Base, an outdoor installation by Visiting Artist In Residence Jean Shin. Using the game of baseball as a lens to explore environmental threats to ash trees, Shin has created an alternative baseball diamond out of a combination of dead trees from the park and baseball bats. Home Base is free to view in Laumeier’s South Lawn. Find out more at https://www.laumeiersculpturepark.org/home-base
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Classic 107.3 Program Information
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Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin - 7pm Weekdays
String Quartets from Fibich to Sibelius – This week Bill broadens his considerations of the string quartet with an emphasis on lesser-known, late-19th century composers. He begins with Poème for violin and piano by Czech composer Zdeněk Fibich (pictured). Poème was the score for one of the first ballets choreographed by George Balanchine!
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Inside Classical Guitar
8pm Monday
This week: Music of Ferdinando Carulli
Host W. Mark Akin shares music of Italian composer Ferdinando Carulli, performed by Richard Savino (pictured).
Find previous episodes of Inside Classical Guitar here.
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Diary of a Musician with Leon Burke
8pm Tuesday, 1pm Sunday
This week: Romanian Music
Leon features music of Romanian composers Béla Bartók and George Enescu (pictured).
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Re-choired Listening with Philip Barnes
8pm Wednesday
This week: Music for Royal Funerals
Philip will feature music that has been used for funerals of monarchs from composers Henry Purcell, Edward Elgar (pictured), and Ludwig van Beethoven.
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Bach & Beyoncé with Maria Ellis
8pm Thursday
This week: The Little Mermaid
Last week, Disney released their newest live-action movie trailer for The Little Mermaid, starring Halle Bailey (pictured) as Ariel. Maria will discuss race and movies, musicals, and pop culture. Enjoy works from Disney, Rodgers and Hammerstein, and more.
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Friday Morning with the Arts ~ 9am
St. Louis Art Museum
Hannah Klemm, the associate curator of modern and contemporary art at the St. Louis Art Museum, stops by the studio to talk about opening of Currents 122: Meleko Mokgosi, happening September 30th at 4pm. Image courtesy of Yale School of Art
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Friday Night Jazz Programming
Enjoy Friday Night Jazz on Classic 107.3! The Jazz Collective with Jason Church airs at 7pm, followed by Somethin' Else with Calvin Wilson at 9pm and Jazz with David Basse at 11pm.
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Classics 4 Kids - 9am Saturday
This week: 1001 Nights
Composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov wrote music for five classic tales: Sinbad the Sailor, The Story of the Dervish, The Prince and the Princess, The Story of the Second Dervish, and The Conclusion. Enrique Batiz leads the Philharmonia Orchestra, which features violinist David Noland. Bernard Cribbins narrates.
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Musical Ancestries™ - 10am Saturday
This week: Jewish Music and Culture
Rosh Hoshanah is September 25th! Listeners will meet Cantor Ruth and her four students as they share a lesson on the great diversity of Jewish music and culture through the principle of Tikkun Olam, or “Repair of the World.” Find additional resources on our website at https://classic1073.org/musical-ancestries-jewish-music/
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Opera at Noon - Saturday
Antonín Dvořák’s Rusalka, performed by China's National Centre for the Performing Arts. This production of Dvořák’s fantastical Rusalka features a stunning cast of artists that includes Zhou Xiaolin in the titular role.
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Tango with Cally
6pm Saturday, 11pm Thursday
This week: Biagi Off-Beat
Host Cally Banham features musician Rodolfo Biagi (pictured far right), who developed a distinctive technique during the Golden Era. From behind the piano, he directed his tango orchestra to place some accents outside the beat – and to leave some beats out completely!
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SLSO Saturdays
8pm
On weeks when there's not a live simulcast of a St. Louis Symphony Orchestra performance, we still offer a special connection to our world-class SLSO through recordings, interviews, and more. Tune in for insights only Classic 107.3 can offer!
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This week: The Gentlemen's Edition
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Leonard Slatkin's American Musical Journey
12pm Sunday
An in-depth look at the history of American music from one of our country's most renowned conductors.
This week: Episode 26 - Voices of Now
Featuring music by Nico Muhly, Judd Greenstein, Caroline Shaw (pictured), and others.
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Aisle Seat with Julie Schuster - 5pm Sunday
This week: Play Ball!
Ya gotta have heart when it comes to the baseball (post) season! The Cardinals are close to clinching a spot in the playoffs, so this week’s episode features baseball music from movies, TV, and Broadway. (Whatever Fredbird wants, Fredbird gets.)
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