Classiclectic
Monday through Friday from 9:30am to 12pm EST
Experience an eclectic collection of classical music with host Kurt Hauswirth, on weekdays from 9:30 am to Noon on Public Radio 90. Soothing and adventurous classical music provides you with listening companionship throughout your morning.
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Classiclectic’s mission is to foster love, knowledge, and enthusiasm for classical music; to expand the awareness and accessibility to the art form; to highlight and explore the stories and performances of the arts community; to continue serving the community of the Upper Great Lakes Region through the vision of Public Radio 90 WNMU-FM.
- Marquette Symphony performing music of Griffin Candey and Rimsky-Korsakov
- The Marquette Symphony Orchestra kicks off 2024 with a viola soloist and the music of Walton and Price
- Revisiting Thomas LaVoy's "A Child's Requiem" Ten Years Later
- Supporting music in schools with pancakes and jazz
- "Romantic Virtuosity" with the Marquette Symphony Orchestra
NPR Music
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The thoughtful pianist from Iceland plays a set of gentle pieces — from Bach to Bartók — evoking nostalgic memories of his childhood.
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NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with musician and composer Ameen Mokdad, about his album The Curve, which he composed while living under ISIS occupation in Mosul, Iraq.
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Born in 1924 in Newark, N.J., Vaughan came up in the '40s, alongside bebop, a new jazz style she instantly took to. In the following decades, she proved to be one of the best singers of any genre.
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What you'll hear this week on The Shuffle
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The Nashville-based musician talks about her new record and performs in front of a live studio audience at World Cafe.
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One of the most performed living composers unpacks the power of melody in her music, her unconventional path to success and how visual art guides her process.
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