That's Classical?

That's Classical?

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That's Classical? episodes

  • That’s Classical? - Episode September 27, 2026

    Playlist:
    • Vijay Iyer, Min Kwon - Crown Thy Good
    • Henrik Dahlgren, Svanholm Singers - I am, I am, I am
    • Alice Chance, Emily Granger - Emily's Suite
    • Bryce Dessner, Quatuor Zaider - Pulsing
    • Sonny-Ray Day Rider, Kensington Sinfonia - The Grief Eater Firaga
    • Eric Gordon Miller, Gwendolyn Dease - The Beacon Shines Bright
    • Veljo Tormis, Amsterdam Sinfonietta - Curse Upon Iron
    • Christopher Tyler Nickel, Ari Cohen Mann, Benjamin Smith - English Horn Sonata No. 1
    • Daniel Bjarnason, Iceland Symphony Orchestra - FEAST
    • Susan Spain-Dunk, Catherine Wilmers - Winter Song
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  • That’s Classical? - Episode April 12, 2026

    Playlist:
    • Mathieu Lussier, Clio Theodoridis - Recit et lied
    • David Lang, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra - Mountain
    • Uros Krek, Danish National Vocal Ensemble - Vester, Camenae
    • Randall Svane, JoAnn Falletta- Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra - Oboe Concerto
    • Moondog, Francois Mardirossian - Jazz Book
    • John Steinmetz, Ann Shoemaker - Etude No. 5
    • Cassandra Miller, Chamber Choir Ireland - The City, Full of People
    • Jessie Montgomery, Brompton Quartet - Strum
    • Qasim Naqvi, BBC Concert Orchestra - God Docks at Death Harbour
    • Jeffrey Fong, Duo Etrange - Danger, peur, honte
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  • That’s Classical? - Episode April 5, 2026

    Playlist:
    • Michael Harrison - Angelim Tree
    • Kelly-Marie Murphy, Elation Pauls, violin, Serouj Kradjian, piano - FIRE-AND-ICE-BODIED-DOUBLED-UP-WITHDRAWAL-ANXIETY
    • Paul Lansky, Gwendolyn Dease, Yvonne Lam - Hop
    • Herman Vogt, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra - Canticle of the Sun
    • Laurie Spiegel, James McVinnie - The Unquestioned Answer
    • Michael Oesterle, Ryan Scott - hush
    • Laurence Crane, Esposito Quartet - String Quartet No. 2
    • Adam Silverman, PRISM Quartet - TITLE
    • Chiel Meijering, Akropolis Reed Quintet - De Vrouw Die Eieren Uitbroedt
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  • That’s Classical? - Episode March 29, 2026

    Playlist:
    • Kate Moore, Claire Edwardes - Joyful Melodies
    • Martin Romberg, Orchestra of the Swan - Symphony of Saints
    • Juan Trigos, Choeur de l'Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal - Simetrias Prehispanicas
    • Theo Chandler, Akropolis Reed Quintet - Seed to Snag
    • Brett Dean, London Philharmonic Orchestra - Viola Concerto
    • Robert Humber - Murmurations
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  • That’s Classical? - Episode March 22, 2026
    Nominees for the 2026 Juno for Classical Composition of Year

    Playlist:
    • Amy Brandon, CC Duo and Collectif 9 - Cloud Path
    • Andrew Staniland - The Laws of Nature
    • Kevin Lau - Kimiko's Pearl - Act I
    • Linda Catlin Smith, Cheryl Duvall - The Complete Piano Solos (1989-2023) Vol. 1 - The Plains
    • Nicole Lizée, Ensemble Paramirabo - Music for Body-Without-Organs
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  • That’s Classical? - Episode March 15, 2026

    Playlist:
    • Britta Bystrom, Swedish Radio Choir - To maner
    • Jordan Nobles, Choeur de l'Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal - Kanata
    • Fung Chern Hwei, Sirius Quartet - Farewell, Horatio
    • Igor Santos, Ensemble Da Niente - portrait RE
    • Sarah Kirkland Snider, Metropolis Ensemble - Forward Into Light
    • Robert Humber, Adrian Irvine - into air
    • Jacques Casterede, Matilda Lloyd, John Reid - Trumpet Sonatine
    • Andrea Casarrubios - Piano Quintet
    • Dobrinka Tabakova, BBC Concert Orchestra - Organum Light
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  • That’s Classical? - Episode March 8, 2026
    Happy International Women's Day!

    Playlist:
    • Rhiannon Giddens, Nellie McKay & Turtle Island Quartet - Pompey Ran Away
    • Kelly-Marie Murphy, Cameron Crozman - The Book of Elegant Feelings
    • Dinah Bianchi, Dominic Hayes, Robert Conway - Pelaga 'When Sea Encounters Sky'
    • Jessie Montgomery, Apollo Chamber Players - Voodoo Dolls
    • Yamiko Yokoi, Carl-Emmanuel Fisbach - Metal Bird
    • Maria Grenfell, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra - Tarraleah
    • Jennifer Higdon, Dan Goble, Russell Hirshfield - Yes, No, Maybe?
    • Natalie Draper, Syracuse University Wind Ensemble - Energy & Light
    • Paola Prestini, Parker Quartet - It Is Finished
    • Margaret Bonds, Aron Zelkowicz, Christina Wright-Ivanova - Troubled Water
    • Parisa Sabet, Ali Kian Yazdanfar, Brigitte Poulin - His Gabbah is Turquoise
    • Christina Volpini, Ryan Scott - only ghosts
    • Aleksandra Vrebalov, Sylvan Winds - Xenia and the Bishop
    • Meredith Monk - Happy Woman
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  • That’s Classical? - Episode March 1, 2026
    Academy Award Nominees for Best Score

    Playlist:
    • Elation Pauls, violin, David Braid, piano - Without Words for Violin & Piano
    • Jerskin Fendrix - Bugonia (Excepts)
    • Alexandre Desplat - Frankenstein (Excerpts)
    • Max Richter - Hamnet (Excerpts)
    • Jonny Greenwood - One Battle After Another (Excerpts)
    • Ludwig Goransson - Sinners (Excerpts)
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  • That’s Classical? - Episode February 22, 2026

    Playlist:
    • Andrew Staniland, Ryan Scott - ANTIGRAVITYDRUM
    • Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Sphinx Virtuosi - Sinfonietta No. 2 'Generations'
    • Julius Eastman, Kukuruz Quartet - Evil N*****
    • George E. Lewis, Ensemble Dal Niente - Merce and Baby
    • Errollyn Wallen, Black Oak Ensemble - Making Hay
    • Ian Cusson, Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra - IQ84
    • Joseph Schwantner, National Symphony Orchestra - New Morning for the World 'Daybreak of Freedom'
    • Shelley Washington, Les Percussions de Strasbourg - Sunday
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  • That’s Classical? - Episode February 15, 2026
    Happy Chinese New Year! Fire Horse!

    Playlist:
    • Melissa Hui, Zuzana Šimurdová - When Soft Voices Die
    • Bright Sheng, The Orchestra Now - Let Fly
    • Du Yun, International Contemporary Ensemble - Impeccable Quake
    • Roydon Tse - Breathe
    • Wang Jie, JoAnn Falletta- Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra - The Winter That United Us
    • Vincent Ho, Tony Yike Yang, piano - The Twelve Chinese Zodiac Animals, Book II, Vol. 2
    • Gao Hong, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Flying Dragon Concerto
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“We live in a time I think not of mainstream, but of many streams, or even, if you insist upon a river of time, that we have come to a delta, maybe even beyond delta to an ocean which is going back to the skies.”