Classical Countdown Rewind

We spend the last day of the year with Classical Countdown Rewind, reliving the exciting playback of this year's Top 100 pieces voted by our listeners. The countdown continues into New Year's Day. 

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Classical Countdown Rewind

Classical Breakdown

Few countries have elevated a composer like Finland and Jean Sibelius. John Banther and Evan Keely look into his breakout success, symphonies, dramatic life events, and how he incorporates Finnish culture into music. Plus, what do Sibelius, Gilmore Girls, and Lord of The Rings have in common?

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Sibelius

Choral Showcase

​Mozart’s scintillating class comedy and eternal masterpiece in which cleverness, tricks and mistaken identity combine to outsmart a Count in his amorous pursuit.  A special performance from the Met's archives from 1956, honoring the centenaries of legendary singers Cesare Siepi and Victoria de los Angeles.

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The life of Mozart

Choral Showcase

We'll bid farewell to the Old, this New Year's Eve on Choral Showcase with a work set on the final day of the year: The Little Match Girl Passion by David Lang, drawn from a story by Hans Christian Andersen. And we'll welcome the New with a performance of Antonio Vivaldi's Gloria in D Major.

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Little Match Girl

Classical Sunrise

Greet the last sunrises of 2023 with our perfectly paired musical selections on Classical Sunrise!

  • Monday 7:25AM  Shepherds Shake Off Your Drowsy Sleep
  • Tuesday 7:25AM Chopin - Etude, Op. 10 No. 4 in C-sharp Minor 
  • Wednesday 7:25AM Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat Major, Op. 81a "Les Adieux": III. Das
    Wiedersehn (Le Retour). Vivacissimamente
  • Thursday 7:27AM Handel - The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba from "Solomon"
  • Friday 7:26AM Beethoven - String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 18 #2: IV. Allegro molto quasi presto 

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Morning

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