It’s the sounds of summer on CPR Classical’s Summerfest 2025! What are we serving up this week?
☀Tune in this evening at 6 p.m. for our Wednesday @aspenmusicfest Takeover featuring a recording of Ravel’s String Quartet.
☀ Spend your Independence Day with a special broadcast of Aspen’s all-American 2024 4th of July concert, this Friday at 1 p.m.
☀Listen this Sunday at noon for a @bravovail recording of Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2 during “Sundays from Vail!”
Say hello to your new afternoon host Patty Painter-Wakefield! You can tune in to hear Patty on Weekdays from 3 - 6:30 PM.
"As much as I've enjoyed dropping in at various times of the day, filling in for folks over these past couple of years, I'm looking forward to honing in on late afternoons. I know that you may be driving kids around or heading home on a stressful commute during that time, so I want to be there offering you that center of calm."
Join Patty for Colorado Spotlight in its new evening time of 6 PM. And don't worry, "Sing!" fans - Patty will still be joining you Sunday mornings.
And that’s it, folks.
We’re sending Jean Inaba into retirement with hundreds of well wishes, memories and love.
Happy Retirement, Jean!
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Say it isn't so! Afternoon host and production wizard Jean Inaba is retiring. After 47 beautiful years, she shuts off the mic for the last time on Thursday, March 27. Tune in to hear her last days on CPR Classical and wish her well! Read more about her half-century career - 🔗 in bio.
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The music on CPR Classical celebrates musicians and composers from across the world. We hope the transporting music you hear each day can help bring the world a little closer to you. And today, we want to take you to Costa Rica! Make your gift to CPR now for the chance to win.
You can enter with or without a gift at cpr.org.
These pics *almost* capture the magic of this last Tuesday -- Behind the Baton LIVE at the @@denverartmuseum !
Museum Director and "Wild Things" curator Christoph Heinrich joined conductor Scott O'Neil to connect American artist and creator of "Where the Wild Things Are" Maurice Sendak's art and Mozart's music.
Thanks to everyone who joined us in person and online!
📸: Kevin J. Beaty
@danishquartet stopped by this morning ahead of their concert tonight with @fcmdenver . Violist Asbjørn Nørgaard told us about the eclectic program they have in store.
Looking for a unique way to show your affection? Share the gift of music with your loved one!
We're taking dedications now for our "Palentine's" Day request show on Saturday, February 8. Pick a piece and send a message of love to your best bud, children, siblings, sweetie, parents, fur babies, or whomever you have in your heart.
Submit your dedication now, link in bio.
On this day in 1756, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born 🎼
Learn about the connection between Mozart and Maurice Sendak in the exhibition “Wild Things: The Art of Maurice Sendak,” and by reading more below! On February 4 at 6pm, in partnership with CPR Classical, we’re hosting Behind the Baton LIVE: “Where the Wild Things Are” and the Music of Mozart. In-person tickets are selling fast - secure yours today! Can’t join us in person? Virtual tickets are still available—grab yours through the link in our bio.
Music played a pivotal role in Maurice Sendak’s life and in his artwork. Of all his influences, composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart reigned supreme. “If God is someone that’s supposed to give you comfort, I think of him and I listen to him when I’m in trouble . . . Because there is a truth, a revelation, spirituality, humor, and earthiness.”
It was only natural, then, that, when Sendak began his second career as an opera designer in 1978, his first project was designing the sets and costumes for Mozart’s The Magic Flute. By the end of his career, Sendak designed two more Mozart operas, “Idomeneo” and “The Goose of Cairo” (pictured in the first image here).
See “Wild Things: The Art of Maurice Sendak” before it closes next month! Learn more and get tickets at denverartmuseum.org
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BREAKING NEWS: @denverphilorch has appointed conductor Scott O’Neil as their next Music Director!
You may recognize O’Neil as the voice of CPR Classical’s “Behind the Baton” Previously a Resident Conductor with the Colorado Symphony, he is the sixth music director in the Denver Philharmonic’s 75-year history.
“I look forward to facing the opposing challenges of innovating while preserving our traditions, growing while maintaining our foundation, and finding new ways to entertain, enlighten, and enrich our audience family while staying true to the heart of what you love most,” says O’Neil.
O’Neil’s first performances in his new role will be the finale of the DPO’s 77th season, “RETROspective: A Musical Celebration Across Eras” on May 2 & 3.
