Broadcaster Comments

This station is devoted to the beautiful, interesting music composed before and after the slice of history (baroque/classical/romantic) covered by your typical broadcast classical station. Experimental, atonal modern compositions are included, along with certain types of avant garde music that are hard to assign a specific genre (classical? experimental? electronica? jazz? hard-core ambient? industrial? alternative? noise? glitch?) In addition, the playlist incorporates both classical and modern music from non-Western societies.

Selected composers and artists from the playlist:

Akiyama, Rashied Ali, Geri Allen, Amacher, Julian Anderson, Laurie Anderson, Andriessen, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Justin Ashworth, Babbitt, Bang on a Can, Natasha Barrett, Bartók, Berg, Berio, Binchois, Birtwistle, Björk, Carla Bley, Paul Bley, Lili Boulanger, Braxton, Britten, Earle Brown, Byrd, Cage, Clemens non Papa, Anna Clyne, Andrew Cole, Elliot Cole, Ornette Coleman, Coltrane, Crequillon, George Crumb, Alvin Curran, Miles Davis, Francis Dhomont, d'India, Dolphy, Dowland, Dr. John, Dufay, Dunstaple, Einstürzende Neubauten, Brian Eno, Bill Evans, Morton Feldman, Jem Finer, Frescobaldi, Jürg Frey, Giovanni Gabrieli, Gesualdo, Gibbons, Glass, Gombert, Growing, Hassell, Jimi Hendrix, Jennifer Higdon, High Places, Hildegard, Huck Hodge, Holliger, Hovhaness, Isaac, Ives, Vijay Iyer, Ben Johnston, Josquin, Kaprálová, John King, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Phil Kline, Kodály, Kuivila, Kurtág, Diane Labrosse, Orlandus Lassus, William Lawes, Thomas Oboe Lee, Steve Lehman, Léonin, Ligeti, Emmanuelle Loubet, Alvin Lucier, Lucky Dragons, Sara Lunden, Thomas Lupo, Lustmord, Lutoslawski, Machaut, Mahanthappa, Christian Marclay, Luca Marenzio, Martinů, Paula Matthusen, Messiaen, Milhaud, Mingus, Roscoe Mitchell, Gordon Monahan, Thelonius Monk, Philippe de Monte, Monteverdi, Gordon Mumma, Musica Elettronica Viva, Nine Inch Nails (Trent Reznor), Obrecht, Pauline Oliveros, Nam June Paik, Palestrina, Panda Bear, Andrzej Panufnik, Arvo Pärt, Harry Partch, Penderecki, George Perle, Pérotin, Ralph Peterson, Piazzola, Professor Longhair, Ali Jihad Racy, Rautavaara, Ravel, Jody Redhage, Steve Reich, Todd Reynolds, Robert Rich, Wolfgang Rihm, Terry Riley, Philippe Rogier, Neil Rolnick, Schoenberg, Sessions, Shchedrin, Hsueh-Yung Shen, Bright Sheng, Archie Shepp, John Sheppard, Linda Catlin Smith, Wil Smith, Laetitia Sonami, Sonic Youth, Asha Srinivasan, Brett Sroka, Hans-Christoph Steiner, Stockhausen, Stravinsky, Morton Subotnick, Sun Ra, Survival Research Laboratories, Sweet Billy Pilgrim, Toru Takemitsu, Tallis, Tan Dun, John Taverner, Cecil Taylor, Magnus Thomsen, Nancy Tobin, Thomas Tomkins, Tool, Mark Trayle, David Tudor, Tüür, Christopher Tye, McCoy Tyner, Ussachevsky, Alexander Utendal, Varèse, Vasks, Kevin Volans, Anton Webern, Adriaan Willaert, Trevor Wishart, Julia Wolfe, Wuorinen, Xenakis, Eugène Ysaÿe, Zaradny, Zhang Hong Yan, Zhou Long, Evan Ziporyn, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich

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