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Mondays at 9:00 pm on Classical WETA 90.9 FM

Tune in on Mondays at 9:00 pm for classical performances by top local musicians and ensembles, recorded at venues throughout the Washington area.

Previous broadcasts have included performances recorded at the Barns at Wolf Trap, the Library of Congress, and the National Gallery of Art.

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Festival Pablo Casals Prades Collective

Presented by the Bill and Mary Meyer Concert Series

Monday, October 23, 2017 - 9:00pm

Knowing his devotion to the music of J.S. Bach, friends of Pablo Casals urged him to celebrate the tricentennial of the composer's birth in 1950. The first concert of Festival Pablo Casals Prades later took place in the parish church where Pablo Casals resided after his exile from Spain. Undoubtedly one of the world's oldest music festivals, it remains among the most innovate in its quest to expand repertoire and to introduce new talents. Led by Artistic Director Michel Lethiex, the festival celebrated its sixtieth anniversary in 2012 and continues to present chamber music concerts with an impressive roster of distunguished musicians from around the world.

Festival Pablo Casals Prades Collective
Michel Lethiec, artistic director and clarinet
Kyoko Takezawa, violin
Elina Vähälä, violin
Nobuko Imai, viola
Arto Noras, cello
Melvin Chen, piano

Featured performances:

Claude Debussy - Sonata for Violin and Piano

Kyoko Takezawa, violin; Melvin Chen, piano
JEAJOON RYU - Three Madrigals for Violin, Clarinet, and Cello (2013)

Elina Vähälä, violin; Michel Lethiec, clarinet; Arto Noras, cello
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky - October: Autumn Song, from The Seasons, op. 37a

Elina Vähälä, violin; Kyoko Takezawa, violin; Nobuko Imai, viola; Arto Noras, cello; Michel Lethiec, clarinet
Gabriel Fauré - Quartet no. 1 for Piano and Strings in C Minor, op. 15

Kyoko Takezawa, violin; Nobuko Imai, viola; Arto Noras, cello; Melvin Chen, piano

Paul Huang, violin & Jessica Xylina Osborne, piano

Presented by the Phillips Collection

Monday, October 30, 2017 - 9:00pm

Recent Broadcasts

National Chamber Players

Presented by Episcopal High School

Monday, October 16, 2017 - 9:00pm

Poulenc Trio

Presented by The Barns at Wolf Trap

Monday, October 9, 2017 - 9:00pm

Quatuor Ébène

Presented by the Candlelight Concert Society of Columbia, Maryland

Monday, October 2, 2017 - 9:00pm

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