Mozart's Attic
Sunday 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Mozart's Attic is a classical music program featuring music from the Middle Ages to the 21st century.
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This week we will feature a special three-hour presentation of Johann Sebastian Bach's Good Friday oratorio, The Passion according to Saint Matthew.
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We'll kick off Hollywood's big night with a selection of classical works that various directors have used to enhance their cinematic efforts. Platoon, 2001, Kramer vs. Kramer, Elvira Madigan -- you know the themes to 'em all.
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We've now had more than a half century to assess Leonard Bernstein's Mass, and with Lenny in the public eye these days thanks to Hollywood, we'll take the opportunity to re-hear it this Sunday.
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We're going to hear some French music "of a certain age" this week, we'll skip to another age and place for an hour of J.S. Bach, and then some music by American Paul Creston, and soon-to-become-American Kurt Weill.
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Back in the early days of radio, the fledgling BBC commissioned a modest concert piece from the 28-year-old William Walton. Belshazzar's Feast started small, but grew way beyond the resources of the new broadcasting service.
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This week we take a look at some music from Renaissance Flanders, a busy cultural crossroads that became a center for music and also the business of music -- two quite different things.
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This week we're celebrating the music of Franz Schubert, born 227 years ago on Wednesday, the archetypal starving artist, largely ignored during a short, illness-plagued life.
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Mozart comes to collect the rent on his attic this Sunday as we prepare to celebrate his birthday 268 years ago on January 27.
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The strict templates of the Baroque era had served music well, but by the mid-18th century, it was time for something new. But what?
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For a variety of reasons, European classical music developed quite differently south of the Pyrenees. We'll hear a sampling with a quick look at what went into the Iberian melting pot, and what sorts of music the blending of Spanish, Moorish, Sephardic, and maybe even Native American cultures produced.