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For the 24th year Classical Discoveries celebrates the New Year with light and joyful music in it's last annual holiday programs, “Shall We Dance”.

This Wednesday morning, the 3rd program of its Christmas Trilogy and the 24th Annual program devoted to my favorite early music for the holiday season.

Classical Discoveries 1st program of its Annual Christmas Trilogy and the 15th Annual program devoted to music for the holiday season by American composers

During the course of this program you will also 
hear more submissions of works composed during our current pandemic as follows: 


Staying at Home by American composer, Paul Dice,

Toccata Virale (COVID-19) by Italian composer, Grimoaldo Macchia (1972- ),

Bearing Us up by American composer, Robert Strobel (1988- )

During the course of this program you will also be listening to several more submissions of works composed during our current pandemic as follows:

Studi per Pianoforte, Op. 23, No. 10a,10b,10c, and 10d by Italian composer, Giovanni Albini (1982- )

Preludio del ricordo for organ by American composer, Carson Cooman (1982- )

The Eden of Garden by American composer, George Korein

Threshhold for violin by Lithuanian composer, Žibuoklė Martinaitytė (1973- )

During the course of this program you will also be listening to several more submissions of works composed during our current pandemic as follows:

Spokes of Venus for voice and media by American composer, Joseph Dangerfield

Sheltering suite (excerpts) by American composer, Wendy Griffiths (1962- )

Soundtrack to Marios Papageorgiou Film "Shadows Of The World" by Greek composer, Eleni Lomvardou

Pensive Western by American composer, Frank Pahl (1958- ) 


“Classical Discoveries Goes to Washington” will feature works influenced in one way or another by current events. You will also hear several more submitted selections composed during our current pandemic as well as a number of compositions of tranquility and spiritual beauty which hopefully will provide some peace during these troubled times. 
These works of spirituality will be aired in memory of those who have passed away due to Covid-19.

During the course of this program you will be listening to several more submissions of works composed during our current pandemic as follows:
FortEtude No. 3 by American composer, Eleanor Aversa
Toccata sopra Stella Caeli by Italian compposer, Carlotta Ferrari (1975- )
Soundtrack to the Marios Papageorgiou film, Shadows of the World, by Greek composer, Eleni Lomvardou
Everyone Sang by Ameriican composer, Kile Smith (1956- )

The main non-pandemic feature will be a complete performance of the just released "Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom" (2018) by American composer, Benedict Sheehan (1980- )

During the course of this program you will be listening to several more submissions of works composed during our current pandemic as follows:
Lockdown by American composer, Andrew Kosinski
Sacrifices by Slovak composer, Peter Machajdik (1961- )
Strawberry Man by American composer, Lisa Neher (1985- )
Corona Walltz by Polish composer, Piotr Szewczyk (1977- )

This is the first of several consecutive programs which will include your submissions of works written during the current pandemic and will include:

Pandemic Nap (electronic) by Uruguayan/American composer, Sergio Cervetti (1940- )

Missing Voices for mezzo soprano and cello by American composer, Stanley Grill (1953- )

Daffodil Sun for solo cello by American composer, Nora Morrow

You are My Refugue for Virtual Choir by Michael John Trotta (1978- )

The main features of this program will be These Broken Wings (2008) by American composer, David Lang

The main features of this program will be Concerto for Viola and Chamber Orchestra (2002) by American composer; Christopher Theofanidis (1967- ) and The Dawn's Early Light (2019) by American composer, Kile Smith (1956- )

Whole program devoted to music of Jewish inspiration in observance of the Jewish High Holy Days. The main feature of tomorrow mornings edition of Classical Discoveries will be a complete performance of "Requiem, Op. 59" by American composer, Arnold Rosner (1945-2013). This 10 movement work, dating from 1973, is non-sectarian and draws upon biblical texts, secular poetry by French, German and American writers, the Tibetan Book of the Dead and the Jewish liturgy, etc. This is a very appropriate work to air due to the many problems our world is currently facing. This unknown masterpiece was just released on the Toccata Classics label in its world premiere recording.

This program celebrates the 400th birthday of the Italian nun and composer, Isabella Leonarda who is given credit as the composer of the first published Sonatas by a woman.

09/06/1620-02/25/1704

http://womenssacredmusicproject.org/isabella-leona...