
- Program List
Below are many of the more than 200 five-hour 'weeks' of Exploring Music that have been created since 2003. To sort through the shows by composers Click Here. To see the Playlist for a given show, click on the show and then on the 'playlist' button beneath any of the five one-hour programs.
AACTIVE 3/1 - 3/14 Ravel, MauriceAmerican Masters, Part I American Masters, Part II American Masters, Part IIIAmerican Masters, Part IVAmerican Masters, Part V American Masters, Part VIAn Intelligent Conversation: String Quartets Arias & BarcarollesArtists in Exile, Part IArtists in Exile, Part II Autumn Leaves Autumnal Masterpieces BBach Sleeps in on SundaysBach to BeethovenBach's Christmas Oratorio Bach's Not-So-Minor B-Minor MassBallad of East and West Baltic MusicBarber, SamuelBartok, BelaBeethoven and that Danged MetronomeBeethoven and the PianoBeethoven at Parnassus, Part IBeethoven at Parnassus, Part IIBeethoven Piano SonatasBeethoven Quartets Berlioz, HectorBernstein, Leonard: The ComposerBill's Keepers Boulanger, NadiaBrahms, Johannes, Part IBrahms, Johannes, Part IIBritten, Benjamin Bruckner, Anton CCall for ScoresCarnegie Hall, Part 1Carnegie Hall, Part 2Cello Concertos Child's PlayChopin, FredericClash of the Titans Clowning AroundCopland, Aaron Corigliano, JohnCzech out those Bohemians DDebussy, Claude Demons, Spooks and Other Things That Go Bump in the NightDirector's ChoiceDistant Neighbors Don't Shoot the Piano PlayerDvořák, AntoninDvorak, Tchaikovsky & Borodin String Quartets EElgar, EdwardEmotion and Meaning in MusicEnescu, GeorgesEspañaFFamilies of Instruments Family Matters: All in the FamilyFauré, GabrielFit for a KingFleisher, LeonFour SeasonsFranck, CésarFrom the Mountains to the SeaFrom This Mighty River: Music of the Children of J S BachGGame of Pairs, Part I Game of Pairs, Part IIGershwin, GeorgeGet the PictureGitana: Gypsy Music and Its InfluencesGreen and Pleasant Land Grieg and SibeliusHHandel, George FridericHaydn and Mozart QuartetsHaydn SymphoniesHidden Gold, Part IHHidden Gold, Part IIHindemith, PaulHit or MythHoliday CelebrationHomageHow Strange the Change from Major to Minor, Part IHow Strange the Change from Major to Minor, Part IIII Didn't Know About YouI Hear a Rhapsody I Hear America SingingI Lost it at the MoviesIn a Family WayIncidentally SpeakingIntimate Conversations: Conversations with Samuel Rhodes and David FinckelInvitation to the Dance, Part IInvitation to the Dance, Part II Invitation to the Dance, Part IIIIt Takes Two to TangoIt Was a Lover and His Lass Italian SouvenirsJJanáček, LeošKKeyboard SmorgasbordLLatin CarnivalLes Cinq PlusLes SixLife Among the Dead: Requiem MassesListener's Choice, Part IIListener's Choice, Part III Liszt, FranzLittle Night Music Little Traveling Music, Please London, The Music of, Part 1London, The Music of, Part 2MMaestro, Part IMaestro, Part IIMagnificent MagyarsMahler, Gustav, Part IMahler, Gustav, Part IIMaiden Voyages Martha Graham and her MusicMendelssohn, FelixMendelssohn, Schumann and Brahms String QuartetsMerrie EnglandMillennium of Women in MusicMozart at his ZenithMozart Piano ConcertosMozart's Birthday BashMozart: Bright Lights, Big CityMusic for the MassesMusic from the Magic Box Music in 19th Century Paris: Waterloo to Bismarck Music in the Time of WarMusic of ScandinaviaMusical CryptogramsMusical LandscapesNNationalismNew Releases, Part INew Releases, Part IINew Releases, Part III, week 1 of 2New Releases, Part III, week 2 of 2 New Wine in Old Bottles Nielsen, Carl Ninth SymphoniesNobody Ever Builds a Statue to a CriticOOrpheus in the New World Outward BoundPPacific Overtures, Part 1Pacific Overtures, Part 2Pastoral SymphoniesPiano ConcertosPolandPorts of Call, Part I Ports of Call, Part II Poulenc, FrancisProkofiev, SergeiProud Tower, Part IProud Tower, Part IIRRachmaninoff, SergeiRavel, Maurice Respighi, OttorinoRimsky-Korsakov and His PupilsRoaring 20's Russian Five: The Mighty Handful SSchool DaysSchubert String QuartetsSchubertiade, Part ISchubertiade, Part IISchuman, WilliamSchumann, Robert Shakespeare Shostakovich, Dmitri, Part IShostakovich, Dmitri, Part IISlipped Through the Cracks Songs of PartingSounds of the City of Lights SoundtracksSpanish SchoolSpring is Here St-Saëns, Camille St. Matthew PassionStrauss, RichardStravinsky, IgorString Quartets from Fibich to SibeliusStrings Plus OneSweet Home Chicago Symphony, Part 01Symphony, Part 02Symphony, Part 03Symphony, Part 04Symphony, Part 05Symphony, Part 06 (French)Symphony, Part 07 (Russian)Symphony, Part 08Symphony, Part 09Symphony, Part 10 (Alexander Scriabin to Samuel Barber)Symphony, Part 11Symphony, Part 12TTchaikovsky, Peter, Part ITchaikovsky, Peter, Part IIThe Big Five I: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Part IThe Big Five II: New York Philharmonic, Part IThe Big Five II: New York Philharmonic, Part IIThe Gathering Storm: Music from the Great Depression to WWIIThrough the Mail SlotTo the Finland Station, Part ITo the Finland Station, Part IITone Poems Too Darn BigTriple PlayTudor MusicTwo Very Different Worlds Delius and HolstUUnder the Hood, Part IUnder the Hood, Part II Unfinished Symphonies VVariationsVaughan Williams, RalphVenice: The Glories ofVerdi, Giuseppe, Part IVerdi, Giuseppe, Part IIVienna, Part IVienna, Part II ViolaViolin Concerto Virtuoso, The World ofVoices from the EastWWagner's Ring CycleWagner, RichardWalton, WilliamWater MusicWhat Else Ya Got?Wind QuintetsWunderkinder, Part IWunderkinder, Part IIYYin and Yang: The Play of Opposites, Part 1Yin and Yang: The Play of Opposites, Part 2You and the Night and the Music
Symphony, Part 08
Igor Stravinsky: Symphony No. 1 in E-flat, Op. 1, IV
Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Dorati
Lon 414456
:23, 7:47
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Procession of the Nobles from Mlada (excerpt)
Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy
Sony 62647
:28
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Stravinsky: Scherzo Fantastique
New York Philharmonic/Boulez
Sony 45843
11:58
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Sergei Prokofiev: Sinfonietta, Op. 48
I. Allegro giocoso
III. Intermezzo: Vivace
IV. Scherzo: Allegro Risoluto
Scottish National Orchestra/Neeme Järvi
Chan 8442
11:45
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Stravinsky: Fireworks, Op. 4
Columbia Symphony Orchestra/Igor Stravinsky
Sony 89910
3:41
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Prokofiev: Symphony #1 in D, Op. 25, Classical
Scottish National Orchestra/Järvi
Chan 8400
14:32
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Sergei Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges (excerpt)
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra/Erich Kunzel
Telarc 80657
1:43
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Prokofiev: Symphony No. 2 In d minor, Op. 40, I (excerpt)
London Symphony Orchestra/Gergiev
Phil 4757655
5:04
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Igor Stravinsky: Symphony Of Psalms
2. Expectans Expectavi Dominum
3. Alleluia, Laudate Dominum In Sanctis Eius
London Symphony Orchestra & English Bach Festival Chorus/Leonard Bernstein
Sony 47628
20:44
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Prokofiev: Symphony #3 in c minor, Op. 44
I. Moderato
London Symphony Orchestra/Valery Gergiev
Phil 4757655
11:34
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Stravinsky: Symphony in C
I. Moderato Alla Breve
III. Allegretto
Cleveland Orchestra/Stravinsky
Sony 63325
9:54
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Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 1, A Sea Symphony
1. A Song For All Seas, All Ships
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus/André Previn; John Shirley-Quirk, bs. bar.; Heather Harper, sop.
RCA 89689
19:11
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Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2, A London Symphony (excerpts)
London Symphony Orchestra/Previn
RCA 89826
3:25, 12:29
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Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 3, A Pastoral Symphony, IV
London Philharmonic Orchestra/Bernard Haitink; Amanda Roocroft, sop.
EMI 56564
11:51
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Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 4 in f minor, I (excerpt)
London Philharmonic Orchestra/Bernard Haitink
EMI 56564
2:56
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Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5 in D, I
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Yehudi Menuhin
Virgin 61105
12:09
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Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 6 in e minor
New Philharmonia Orchestra/Adrian Boult
EMI 47215
8:16
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Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 7, Sinfonia Antarctica, I
London Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus/Boult; Norma Burrowes, sop.
EMI 47216
9:21
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Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8 in d minor, II
London Philharmonic Orchestra/Boult
Lon 425157
3:58
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Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 9 in e minor, II & III (excerpt)
London Symphony Orchestra/André Previn:
RCA 89883
8:40, 2:44
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Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 1, A Sea Symphony
4. The Explorers (excerpt)
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus/Previn; John Shirley-Quirk, bs. bar.; Heather Harper, sop.
RCA 89689
4:08
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