Did you miss Jim Svejda’s interview last night with John Williams or any of his conversations with this year’s Oscar-nominated composers? Listen anytime on-demand at this link. 🔈🔗
#FilmMusic
#FilmComposer
#JohnWilliams
@TheAcademy
Our hosts are experimenting with their new "home studios", but hopefully KUSC will sound like it always does. We're honored to be here for you with uplifting music and your friends on the radio 24/7.
Brian Lauritzen: Bluesky + Threads @brianlauritzen
KUSC-in-a-Box update: spent a bunch of yesterday moving my setup around the house looking for the quietest space. Made recordings from multiple spots + sent to our engineers. We determined the best sound was in the master bedroom closet. So, starting Monday, that’s where I’ll be.
We're introducing a new KUSC series called
#OpenEars
. It's all about composers, musicians and conductors who deserve more recognition, starting with singer Marian Anderson and conductor Calvin Simmons. Read more here:
New show coming to KUSC Tues 6PM & it's an exciting one! The
@LAPhil
's
@GustavoDudamel
&
@lauritzen_brian
team up for "At Home with Gustavo" -- musical selections for this moment & Gustavo talking about why they're important listening in a time of social isolation.
“I’m very honoured to be the first,” she admitted, “but I’m also rather shocked that we can be in this year, in this century, and there can still be ‘firsts’ for women.”
Happy 64th birthday to cellist Yo-Yo Ma, who has spent his career bringing diverse cultures together through music and, in the process, celebrating our shared humanity.
While our hosts broadcast from their closets, so many listeners have gotten in touch to say the music lifts their spirits & familiar voices make them feel less isolated. Thanks for letting us into yr lives at this distressing time! We love hearing from you.
#ArtsHeal
#MusicUnites
Sitting in my trailer yesterday listening to
@ClassicalKUSC
, the presenter said he had a quiz question. Name this famous TV series that the following music is from. It was Star Trek TNG, no doubt. 1/2
Not the
@LAPhil
! The 18-19 season presents 62 living composers including 54 commissions, 58 premieries, music by 22 women composers, and 27 composers of color. Here them on KUSC this Sunday at 7PM on SoCal Sunday Night.
Tonight marks the start of
#JimSvejda
's 40th year on KUSC! So we put together some remembrances from the past four decades (you won't want to miss these photos!).
Tomorrow at noon, spend a couple of hours with KUSC & Yo-Yo Ma for a musical memorial to those we’ve recently lost & tribute to those on the front lines. Let the beauty of the Bach Cello Suites performed live help us reflect on the moment and prepare for more normal days to come.
“What people are looking for even more than music to comfort them is connection, and that’s what they get from the voices and the personalities they know.” KUSC's Pres. Judy McAlpine in the
@latimes
JUST ANNOUNCED: Next week, our new At Home With... series continues with musical selections to bring us calm, comfort, and inspiration from composer, conductor, and creative thinker John Adams!
"Music has been the thing that brings people together, even when we are apart. It’s important maybe now more than ever that we find ways to connect & find comfort & inspiration." At Home with
@GustavoDudamel
& hosted by
@lauritzen_brian
starts at 6PM this evening!
Join us now as we Celebrate Beethoven on his 250th Birthday.
We’re playing all-Beethoven all day including all nine of his symphonies at the beginning of each hour from 9AM to 5PM.
Thanks to you & your fellow listeners for tuning in & supporting KUSC during 2017. We have lots of fun stuff planned for 2018, like a live broadcast from the
@LAPhil
, a movie music celebration in February, our second annual KUSC Kids' Discovery Day and much more. Happy New Year!!
Some days i feel so helpless with the state of the world
I’m listening to
@ClassicalKUSC
right now and want to disappear into Mozart’s EXULTATE, jubilate K 175
A reminder of the salvation art in its purest form can bring
Happy Thanksgiving from all of us here at Classical California KUSC! ❤️ Turn up your favorite tunes and eat lots with your loved ones! 🥰
We’re so thankful for our amazing listeners! We wouldn’t be able to bring you the music you love without YOU! 🫶
Tonight’s Classical Californian in the studio is composer
@InonZur
– who has written for film and television, but is best known for the scores he has written for video games! 🎮🎶
Tune in at 7PM:
Beginning Monday, February 21st, KUSC Resident Artist Lara Downes will host KUSC Weeknights 8PM – Midnight while we search for a permanent host. You'll also enjoy an extra hour with Brian Lauritzen as he extends his shift to 3PM – 8PM. Learn more:
Which of these metal bands - err, composers do you want featured in the Classical California Ultimate Playlist? 🤘😝
Reply now with composer names and pieces. Then vote every day through September 17th to make sure your favorite music makes the list!
.
@EricWhitacre
's “Sing Gently” features a virtual choir of 17,572 singers from 129 countries, and was inspired by COVID-19's devastating impact on choirs.
Will it make the Classical California Ultimate Playlist? Comment "SING GENTLY" if it has your vote.
This Sunday at noon on KUSC, cellist Yo-Yo Ma will play Bach's Cello Suites live as a musical memorial to those we’ve lost in recent months & a tribute to those on the front lines saving others.
And we're back! This Saturday May 15th, the
@LAPhil
performs in front of an audience of first responders for their first live concert in over 400 days!
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Tchaikovsky was working on "The Nutcracker" when he discover this magical new instrument. He quickly wrote home "no one there must know about it. I am afraid Rimsky-Korsakov and Glazunov might hear of it and make use of the new effect before I could.”
🚨LIVE LA Phil BROADCAST TONIGHT AT 8:00🚨
On the program: Brahms' Sym No. 1, Stravinsky's Fireworks, and the world premiere of Threshold, a percussion concerto by LA Phil principal timpanist. Among the many instruments in the concerto are almglocken...aka...
I'll never forget the way Ennio Morricone described music as “energy, space, and time.” It is, perhaps, the most concise and accurate description I’ve ever heard. We'll truly miss him. This is the Love Theme from "Cinema Paradiso."
#EnnioMorricone
For many, autumn is the most beautiful season. In fact, it's inspired a wide range of composers to write works celebrating the season's warm colors and tones, chilly weather, and perhaps a dash of melancholy.