Classical Journey Episode 44 - Belle Afrique

Angelique Kidjo

Chinwe Enu

Omo Bello

Pretty Yende

Pumeza Matshikiza

Angelique Kidjo last week won the Grammy for Best World Music Album for “Sings,” a collection of her songs infused with Western classical traditions in a collaboration with the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg. And today, we pay tribute to African women sopranos. Our playlist today includes Omo Bello, Chinwe Enu, Pumeza Matshikiza and Pretty Yende

Classical Journey Episode 43 - The Duke and Company

Today, Classical Journey features Duke Ellington. Then, Elgar and Shostakovich

Duke Ellington

Classical Journey - Episode 42: Hoy en día, somos españoles

Hoy en día , somos españoles. Today, we are Spanish. A feature of 21st Century Spanish composers - Javier Perez Garrido, Octavio Vazquez Rodiguez, Gabriel Erkoreka and Juan Jose Colomer.

Gabriel Erkoreka

Javier Perez Garrido

Juan Jose Colomer

Octavio Vazquez Rodiguez

Classical Journey - Episode 41: Popular meets classical - Soolio, Elvis, Sting, Della et al

What does popular music have to do with classical? The popular works of the likes of Coolio, Elvis Presley, Sting and Della Reese make great connection with the written note.

Coolio

Della Reese

Elvis Presley

Sting

Classical Journey Episode 37: Welcome New Age, Welcome 2016

The first time we featured new age music on this show, I must confess I found its sounds particularly disturbing. I would later come to appreciate its evolution to the present classifications such as being called neo-classical music. Today, we shall feature three of these composers – Yanni, Kitaro and Enya.

Enya

Yanni

Kitaro

Classical Journey Episode 36: The 2016 countdown

After sumptuous Christmas meals, wine and revelry, over the weekend, we are set for the 2016 countdown. And the countdown begins right here. To say farewell to 2015, we have four memorable pieces that are synonymous with farewells and fireworks. Our playlist today, features Tomlinson, Tchaikovsky, Handel and Delibes.

G. F. Handel

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Delibes

Ernest Tomlinson

Classical Journey Episode 35: Wrapping up the Advent

It’s a few days to Christmas and the Yuletide tunes are getting more nostalgic. The revelries are revving up and celebrations are in countdown. But let’s not forget Jesus is the reason for the season. My playlist today is full of songs of the Advent – works of Bach, Leontovych, Ralph Vaughan Williams and 20th/21st century composer, John Williams all feature.

J. S. Bach

Leontovych