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Naxos Classical Spotlight explores the world of classical music. Along the way host Raymond Bisha shares the stories about the music, and the musicians who make it.  Raymond has been involved in classical music as a professional French Horn player, broadcaster, opera tour manager, concert organizer and since 2005 as a podcaster for Naxos.

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  2. Richard Danielpour. Songs for Serious Subjects.

Oct 21, 2016

Three orchestral works by the contemporary American composer Richard Danielpour immerse the listener in both a world of conflict and the richly colourful palette with which the composer depicts his narrative. Songs of Solitude and War Songs respectively present a response to 9/11 and commemorate the 150th anniversary of the end of the American Civil War. The music sets texts by W B Yeats and Walt Whitman that carry an uncanny resonance with our current, troubled times, all beautifully articulated by the celebrated baritone, Thomas Hampson. Toward the Splendid City for orchestra alone expresses Danielpour’s own love-hate relationship with his hometown, New York City.