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The Arkansas Philharmonic Orchestra (APO) is ultimately about two things: 1) presenting wonderful music interestingly, often partnering with other Arkansas arts groups, and 2) cultivating local young musical talent. Frankly, if we do either one right, we're halfway to accomplishing the other. All the recordings here support those goals.

Mash-Ups

April 20th, 2021

Lyrical Modernism, Light and Timbre: We explore the music of German-Korean composer, Unsuk Chin

Lyrical Modernism, Light and Timbre: We explore the music of German-Korean composer, Unsuk Chin, the third woman to win the prestigious Grawemeyer ...

April 14th, 2021

Exploring the Hyphen: With Korean-American Composer, Jean Ahn

Exploring the Hyphen: Korean-American composer Jean Ahn stops by to speak with me about her compositions, many of which incorporate Korean folk son...

April 7th, 2021

What is New Contemporary Classical Music?: With Composer & Cellist, Matt Magerkurth

What is New Contemporary Classical Music?: Composer and Cellist, Matt Magerkurth stops by to speak with me about his compositions and the musical v...

March 31st, 2021

Finding the new in the old: With BBC Concert Orchestra’s Principal Cellist, Benjamin Hughes

Finding the new in the old: BBC Concert Orchestra's Principal Cellist, Benjamin Hughes, stops by to speak about how he fell in love with the c...

March 24th, 2021

Beethoven's Fifth Symphony and Sampling: With Er-Gene Kahng, APO Concertmaster

Beethoven's Fifth Symphony and Sampling: This week we explore one of the most recognizable sounds of classical music, (the opening motif of) Beetho...