History and Hearts

Don some good hiking boots — we’re ascending mountains and encountering some of their native fauna on this episode of ‘Extra Eclectic.’ Host Steve Seel shares Jane Antonia Cornish’s ‘Sierra,’ Jennifer Higdon’s ‘Coyote Nights,’ Kayan Kalhor’s ‘Mountains are Far Away’ and more. Listen now!

The Pacific Ocean figures prominently on this week’s episode of ‘Extra Eclectic,’ with David Crowell’s ‘Pacific Coast Highway’ Daniel Temkin’s ‘Ocean's Call’ and more. We also look forward to Earth Day with a playlist including Dustin O’Halloran’s ‘Spiritus Naturae Aeternus.’ Listen now with host Steve Seel.

As we continue to bask in the afterglow of this week’s eclipse, we’ll enjoy music about light and shadow. Outi Tarkianinen’s ‘Midnight Sun Variations,’ Vanessa Lann’s ‘Shining Still’ and Elena Ruehr’s ‘Shadow Light’ are featured. Ward Jacobsen guest hosts.

The coming eclipse has us thinking about planetary bodies, the cosmos and the concept of “night” on this week’s episode of ‘Extra Eclectic.’ Host Steve Seel brings us works including Joby Talbot’s ‘Ink Dark Moon’ and Kaija Saariaho’s ‘Nuits, Adieux.’

As we wrap up Women's History Month, it feels impossible to fit in everything we want to feature by today’s women composers. Steve Seel brings us pieces by Caroline Shaw, Raminta Serksnyte, Mahdis Golzar Kashani and Gity Razaz.

Women’s History Month is an opportunity to women who are creating our musical present and future! On this episode of ‘Extra Eclectic,’ host Steve Seel brings another program of female composers, including Gabriela Montero, Andrea Tarrodi and Allison Loggins-Hull.

Celebrate Women’s History Month with a special edition of ‘Extra Eclectic,’ curated by YourClassical fellow and cellist Audrey Q. Snyder. She has programmed selections that push the genre, with pieces by Franghiz Ali-Zadeh, Chen Yi and more. 

‘Extra Eclectic’ guest host Ward Jacobson kicks off Women’s History Month with a program by all female composers, including music from Missy Mazzoli’s 2012 one act opera, ‘Song From the Uproar,’ which tells the story of writer and traveler Isabelle Eberhardt. Listen now!

As we close out Black History Month, ‘Extra Eclectic,’ with host Steve Seel, features a program of musical storytelling that explores themes of good and evil with selections by Wynton Marsalis and Derrick Skye. Listen now!

On the latest episode of ‘Extra Eclectic,’ Steve Seel continues celebrating Black History Month by featuring modern and contemporary Black composers and performers, including Shelley Washington, Jessie Montgomery and our exclusive recording of harpist Ashley Jackson. Listen now!