Listen to This
Friday at 11 a.m.
Each Friday at 11 AM Central time, Josh leads listeners through short introductions and contexts to a variety of western art music performances on Siouxland Public Media.
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The conclusion to Britten's hard-to-categorize opera Noye's Fludde, blending opera, church music, music education, and more. Vaughan Williams, Tallis, and Purcell also make an appearance in this all-English hour of delightful music.
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Benjamin Britten's odd, magical Noye's Fludde - just the first half today. Josh Nannestad introduces the opera written for children to perform alongside professional musicians. A little Brahms and Sullivan round out the hour.
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A program in memory of esteemed American conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, who died in April at the age of 81. Stravinsky, Strauss, and Mahler on the program.
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An hour of western art music from American composers and poets. Randall Thompson, Aaron Copland, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, and more on Listen To This with Dr. J.
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Host Josh Nannestad chats with guests of the Sioux City Symphony: 2025 Compsoer of the Year Dr. Alice Hong talks about "Eden", and Principal Trombone of the Alabama Symphony discusses returning home to play "Pull pin and throw" by Martin Kennedy.
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Listen to This for a Good Friday: We consider the spurious Mozart/Allegri story, hear the famous Miserere from the Cambridge Singers, and the Duccio-inspired violin concerto from Frank Martin, Polyptyque.
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Two works, one small and one large. The middle movement of Mozart's clarinet concerto, and the monumental Third Piano Concerto of Rachmaninoff. It's Listen To This with Dr. J!
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In this episode of Listen To This, Dr. J introduces us to a few composers with a deathly fear of Friday the 13th... with good reason, it turns out!
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March madness! Josh Nannestad moves us smartly forward in step with music of Sousa, Elgar, and Karl King. Unusual submissions from Stravinsky, Liszt, Grieg, and more.
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An hour of chamber music. Schubert and Debussy frame a conversation with Seth May-Patterson, violist.