That's Classical?

That's Classical?

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That's Classical? episodes

  • That’s Classical? - Episode February 8, 2026

    Playlist:
    • Jordan Pal, Cameron Crozman - Fleet
    • Bekah Simms, Standing Wave - Metamold
    • Iman Habibi, Elation Pauls, violin - Offering of Water
    • Maki Ishii, Esprit Orchestra - Percussion Concerto: South-Fire-Summer
    • Roydon Tse, Interro String Quartet - Sprout
    • Maria Lord-Kniveton, Aleksandra Panasik - St. Margaret & the Dragon
    • Tim Brady, Warhol Dervish - String Quartet No. 5
    • Daniel Alvarado Bonilla, Cameron Crozman - Senderos
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  • That’s Classical? - Episode February 1, 2026
    Celebrating Black History Month

    Playlist:
    • Stewart Goodyear - Congotay
    • Timothy Kennedy Adams Jr., NYU Orchestra - Harriet: Journey to Freedom
    • Abel Selaocoe, Aurora Orchestra - Four Spirits
    • Florence Price, Onyx Brass - Octet for Brasses & Piano
    • Carlos Simon, Minnesota Orchestra - brea(d)th
    • Kathryn Patricia Cobbler - Prism
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  • That’s Classical? - Episode January 25, 2026
    Nominees for Grammy for Best Contemporary Classical Composition

    Playlist:
    • Christopher Cerrone, Sandbox Percussion - Don't Look Down
    • Donnacha Dennehy, Alarm Will Sound - Land of Winter (Excerpts)
    • Tania Leon, London Philharmonic Orchestra - Raices (Origins)
    • Shawn E. Okpebholo, Rhiannon Giddens, Paul Sanchez - Songs in Flight (Excerpts)
    • Gabriela Ortiz, Los Angeles Philharmonic - Dzonot
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  • That’s Classical? - Episode January 18, 2026

    Playlist:
    • George Gershwin, Syracuse University Wind Ensemble - An American in Paris
    • Marty Regan, Apollo Chamber Players - Splash of Indigo
    • Joseph Schwantner, Radio Kamerorkest - A Play of Shadows
    • Anna Pidgorna - Drown in the Depth
    • Nik Bartsch, Les Percussions de Strasbourg - Seven Eleven
    • Piotr Grella-Mozejko, Aleksandra Panasik - GRAleksandra
    • Valerie Coleman, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra - Umoja: Anthem of Unity
    • Luigi Dallapiccola, London Philharmonic Orchestra - Piccolo Concerto per Muriel Couvreux
    • Andrea Casarrubios - Armadura
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  • That’s Classical? - Episode January 11, 2026

    Playlist:
    • Nardi Simpson, Ensemble Offspring - Burruguu
    • Jasmine Barnes, Apollo Chamber Players - Revise?
    • Grace-Evangeline Mason, Black Oak Ensemble - Into the Abyss, I Throw Roses
    • Alexina Louie, Zuzana Šimurdová - Music for Piano
    • Frank Ticheli, Syracuse University Wind Ensemble - Angels Rising
    • Yongbom Lee, Broken Frames Syndicate - Depaysement
    • Peter Maxwell Davies, Matilda Lloyd - Trumpet Sonata
    • Alex Paxton, Slide Action - Hairy Pony Estampie
    • Daniel Hass - Piano Quartet
    • Deborah Kavasch, London Symphony Orchestra - The Peace of Wild Things 'A Reflection'
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  • That’s Classical? - Episode January 4, 2026
    Composers we lost in 2025

    Playlist:
    • Rodion Shchedrin, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra - Beethoven's Heiligenstadter Testament
    • Per Norgard, Gert Mortensen - I Ching
    • Elgar Howarth, Vivid Brass Tokyo - Cornet Concerto
    • Ilkka Kuusisto, Tapiola Youth Strings - Divertimento
    • Sofia Gubaidulina, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra - Offertorium: Concerto for Violin & Orchestra
    • Daniel Lentz - Lascaux
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  • That’s Classical? - Episode December 28, 2025
    Top Albums of 2025

    Playlist:
    • Bill Brennan, Alan Klaus - Three Seasons
    • Stephen Goss, collectif9, CC Duo - Landscape & Memory
    • John Tavener, Maya Beiser - Lament for Phaedra
    • Paul Wianacko, Owls - Vox Petra
    • Jerod Impichchaachaaha Tate, Dover Quartet - Abokkoli Taloowa(Woodland Songs)
    • Tim Brady, Warhol Dervish - String Quartet No. 3 'The (Im)Possibility of a New Work for String Quartet'
    • Dobrinka Tabakova, Black Oak Ensemble - Insight
    • Anna Clyne, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop - Within her Arms
    • Cris Derksen, Elation Pauls, violin - Country Food for Violin & Tape
    • Andy Clausen - Introit
    • Mary Kouyoumdjian, Kronos Quartet - Groung (Crane)
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  • That’s Classical? - Episode December 21, 2025
    Special Solstice Episode

    Playlist:
    • Phil Kline - Unsilent Night
    • John Luther Adams, Apollo Chamber Orchestra - Dream in White on White
    • Max Richter, Konzethaus Kammerorchester - Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons - Winter
    • Philip Glass, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra - Tirol Concerto for Piano & Orchestra- Movement II
    • Kevin Puts, St Louis Symphony Orchestra - Silent Night Elegy
    • Robert Honstein, Arx Duo - Evergreen
    • Allan Gilliland, Alan Klaus, Phil Roberts - First Light Brings New Beginning
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  • That’s Classical? - Episode December 14, 2025

    Playlist:
    • Paul Paccione, London Symphony Orchestra - Waves Forms
    • Christopher Tyler Nickel - Suite for Two Oboes & Two Cors Anglais
    • Joseph Butch Rovan, Boston Modern Orchestra Project - Scattering
    • Mieczyslaw Weinberg, London Symphony Orchestra - Trumpet Concerto
    • Ernest Kanitz, ARC Ensemble - Sonata Californiana
    • Joseph Swensen, Orchestre national Bordeaux Aquitaine - Saga
    • Pascal Le Boeuf, Akropolis Reed Quintet - All Consuming
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  • That’s Classical? - Episode December 7, 2025

    Playlist:
    • Judith Weir, Peter Kolkay, Estelle Choi - Wake Your Wild Voice
    • Elizabeth Raum, Tom McCaslin & Akiko Tominaga - T for Tuba
    • Tsubasa Ito, Tubassadors - F.F.F.F.
    • Anver Dorman, The Orchestra Now - Violin Concerto No. 2 'Nigunim'
    • Elena Ruehr, Quartet ES - String Quartet No. 11 'Reykjavik'
    • Robbie Teehan, Alan Klaus - Waters of Life
    • Wojciech Kilar, Polish Radio Orchestra in Warsaw - Piano Concerto
    • Mark Dal Porto, London Symphony Orchestra - Tarantella
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