Happy New Year! (A Little Early)
We'll ring in 2023 on Sunday, but all of us at Classic 107.3 just couldn't wait to wish our listeners a happy and healthy new year! 2023 marks our 10th anniversary on the air, and we're excited to celebrate with you throughout the year. Cheers!
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St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Presents: Elf in Concert
Buddy was accidentally transported to the North Pole as a toddler and raised among Santa’s elves. This holiday season, Buddy travels to New York – with a live symphony orchestra! Experience John Debney’s wonderful score with the SLSO as the film plays on the big screen Thursday, December 29 and Friday, December 30. Reserve your (human-sized) seats at slso.org or call 314.534.1700.
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Run. Run. Run. RUNNNNN. Beat Beethoven Returns!
Join us on April 23, 2023 at Creve Coeur Park for a great community event that challenges participants to beat Ludwig van Beethoven's iconic Fifth Symphony... part of our 10th Anniversary celebrations! You can also run the 5K virtually, and the Missy Mazzoli Mile is an option at the in-person event. To register, click here.
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Celebrate the New Year with the SLSO!
Ring in 2023 with your St. Louis Symphony Orchestra at its annual New Year’s Eve Celebration! Special guests include soprano Mikaela Bennett (pictured) and tenor Jeff Kready. Matinee and evening performances on Saturday, December 31. Tickets include a champagne toast! Reserve your seat at slso.org or call 314.534.1700.
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Classic 107.3 Program Information
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Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin - 7pm Weekdays
Bach's Christmas Oratorio – An exploration of the six cantatas performed in Leipzig’s St. Thomas and St. Nicholas churches in December 1734. These six Bach cantatas were written to correspond with the days of the Lutheran church year and are collectively referred to as the "Christmas Oratorio.” Bill starts the week with Cantata No. 1 (For the First Day of Christmas) and ends with Cantata No. 6.
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 Inside Classical Guitar
8pm Monday
This week: Montenegrin Guitar Duo
Hear some of the English Suites by Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by the Montenegrin Guitar Duo (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: Winter
Leon celebrates the season with gorgeous wintry music from Judith Bingham, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, and Astor Piazzola.
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 Re-choired Listening with Philip Barnes
8pm Wednesday
This week: Rutter's Magnificat
Philip delves into the Magnificat by John Rutter (pictured), a musical setting of the biblical canticle Magnificat, or the Song of Mary, that the composer completed in 1990. |
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 Bach & Beyoncé with Maria Ellis
8pm Thursday
This week: Last Year in Music
If you could sum up the year 2022 in a song, what song would you choose? Join Maria as she reveals the responses from her social media listeners with works from Beyoncé, Lizzo, and Hezekiah Walker (pictured). |
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Friday Morning with the Arts ~ 9am
Stephanie Childress, Assistant Conductor of the SLSO
Stephanie Childress makes a memorable return to the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, conducting the New Year's Eve Celebration on December 31st! Stephanie spoke with Julie Schuster about this beloved annual event. For tickets, click here.
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Friday Night Jazz Programming
Enjoy Friday Night Jazz on Classic 107.3! The Jazz Collective with Jason Church airs at 8pm, followed by Somethin' Else with Calvin Wilson at 10pm, and then Jazz with David Basse at 11pm.
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 Classics 4 Kids - 9am Saturday
Amahl and the Night Visitors – This week on Classics 4 Kids, hear portions of Gian Carlo Menotti’s opera, the first one ever composed for television in America. Commissioned by the National Broadcasting Company, it was performed live by the NBC Opera Theatre on Christmas Eve, 1951, and five million viewers watched! |
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Musical Ancestries™: Bosnia
10am Saturday
Listeners travel with Jaden and his Uncle Alejandro through the Caribbean as they visit musicians, explore traditional instruments and discover the value of Jaden’s musical roots in the countries of Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Nassau in the Bahamas, and Trinidad and Tobago. Find additional resources on our website here.
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The Met Opera at Noon - Saturday
Metropolitan Opera Debuts
Highlights of artists making their Metropolitan Opera debuts during live broadcasts, including sopranos Bidu Sayão, Kiri Te Kanawa (pictured as the Countess in The Marriage of Figaro), and Astrid Varnay, as well as conductor Sir Georg Solti.
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 Tango with Cally
6pm Saturday, 11pm Thursday
This week: Tango Nuevo for the New Year
To celebrate the start of a new year, host Cally Banham shares nuevo tango selections from Gotan Project (pictured), Electrocutango, Pablo Agri, and Astor Piazzolla, and explores the evolution of this dramatic musical style. |
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 Live St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Broadcast
New Year's Eve Celebration - 8pm Saturday
Join host Tom Sudholt for a live St. Louis Symphony Orchestra broadcast! Ring in 2023 with your SLSO, as you gather family and friends together for this brilliant musical event. |
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This week: The Reiner Shuffle
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 Aisle Seat with Julie Schuster - 5pm Sunday
This week: Resolute – A new year brings often begins with resolutions to change, improve, and grow. In musicals, these feelings are expressed through “I want” songs that tell us the main character’s deepest desires. Hear some of these great songs on this episode, plus motivational movie music! |
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