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Playlist: Bryce Dessner, Australian String Quartet - InpermanenceMichael J. Baker, Array Ensemble - ColumbusJulia Wolfe, BBC Symphony Orchestra - PrettyAaron Jay Kernis, Cuarteto Latinoamericano, Manuel Barrueco - 100 Greatest Dance HitsAlice Ping Yee Ho, Phoenix Orchestra - Phoenix RisingMagnus Lindberg, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra - AbsenceDmitri Shostakovich, Boston Symphony Orchestra - Piano Concerto No. 1David Skidmore, Third Coast Percussion - Ritual Music

Playlist: Ethel Smyth, Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra - March of the WomenJohn Weinzweig, Louisville Orchestra - Symphony OdeSØS Gunver Ryberg - COEXISTENCELibby Larsen, Wind & Wood Duo - Three Pieces for Treble Wind and GuitarFlorence Anna Maunders, Philharmonia Orchestra - Bare Boss, Innit?Yoel Diaz Avila, Quatuor de saxophones Nelligan - Concerto en 6 preludesDalit Hadass Warshaw, Boston Modern Orchestra Project - Sirens: A concerto fo theremin & orchestra in three movementsMichael Torke, Sandbox Percussion - Stem

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Playlist: Anders Hillborg, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra - Liquid MarbleZakir Hussain, Third Coast Percussion - Murmurs in TimeMissy Mazzoli, Ensemble Paramirabo - Still Life with AvalancheChristian Jost - Come to MeMats Larsson Gothe, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra - SubmareaFrancisco Mignone, Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra - Violin ConcertoSatoshi Yagisawa, Calgary Wind Symphony - Machu Picchu

Playlist: Karen Sunabacka, Symphony Nova Scotia - Born by the RiverDavid Crowell, Sandbox Percussion - Verses for a Liminal SpaceSalim Dada, Rebeca Omordia - Miniatures AlgeriennesHenryk Górecki, Silesian String Quartet - String Quartet No. 1 'Already It Is Dusk'Kelly-Marie Murphy, Toronto Symphony Orchestra - Curiosity, Genius, & the Search for Petula ClarkGeorge Xiaoyuan Fu - Passacaglia on a Theme by RadioheadKris Bowers, American Youth Symphony - For a Younger SelfPawel Mykietyn, Micahl Pepol - An Album Leaf

Playlist: Frank Horvat, Sharlene Wallace - Dair 1 - Oat 1Mason Bates, The Crossing & Donald Nally - Mass TransmissionWilliam Barton, Sydney Symphony Orchestra - Of The EarthJürg Frey + Quatuor Bozzini - StrichquartettKarol Szymanowski, Royal Scottish National Orchestra - Symphonic Fantasy on 'King Roger'Layale Chaker, ETHEL - Vigilkelly Watson Woelffer, hear now berlin. - the (un)raveling

Playlist: Nico Muhly, Ensemble Paramirabo - DoublespeakJoe Hisaishi, Vienna Symphony Orchestra - Viola SagaPhil Kline, ETHEL - The Blue Room & Other StoriesGordon Langford, Tredegar Town Band - Rhapsody for Trombone & Brass BandDavid Crowell, Iva Casian Lakos - 2 Hours in ZadarAlexey Shor, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Piano Concerto No 1Frederick Block, ARC Ensemble - Suite for Clarinet & Piano

Playlist: Nathan Schram, hear now berlin. - HNBEmily Doolittle, Melanie Harel - Social Sounds from Whales at NightSoeni Lee, Pacific Quintet - Three BagatellesMichael J. Baker, Array Ensemble - Unfinished BusinessJulius Eastman, Cleveland Orchestra - Symphony No. 2 'The Faithful Friend: The Lover Friend's Love for the Beloved'Erwin Schulhoff, Orava Quartet - 5 Pieces for String QuartetShawn Ehireime Okpebholo, Lawrence Brownlee, Kevin miller - RomanceTatev Amiryan, Lilith Ensemble - ElegyMieczyslaw Weinberg, Parlando - Concertino for Violin & String OrchestraJoan Tower, Texas Tech University Contemporary Music Ensemble - Petroushskates

Juno nominees for Classical Composition of the YearPlaylist: Salvatore Passantino, Ada Witczyk, Simon Standage, Dominika Maszczynska - OstinationDeantha Edmunds, Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra - AngmalukissaGabriel Dharmoo, Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra - the fog in our poiseKeiko Devaux, Ensemble Paramirabo - L'ecoute du perdu: III 'Voix jetees'Linda Catlin Smith, Thin Edge New Music Collective - Dark FlowerVivian Fung, Jasper String Quartet - String Quartet No. 4 'Insects & Machines'Jane Stanley, The Hermes Experiment - The IndifferentKazunori Miyake, Tomasz Arnold - Chain

Playlist: Kelly-Marie Murphy, collectif9, CC Duo - The Confectioner's HandbookChristopher Cerrone, Sandbox Percussion - Don't Look DownJorge Santos, Pacific Quintet - VidaSadie Harrison, Kreutzer Quartet - 10 000 Black Men Named George 'The Multiple Burdens of Injustice'Sam Rudd-Jones - Jeux D'eauJames Ross, Maxwell Quartet - The Piper of Windy Ha'Paul Moravec, Boston Modern Orchestra Project - SerenadeAndrew Balfour, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir - Music is VibrationJüri Reinvere, Estonian Festival Orchestra - And Tired from Happiness, They Started to DanceDave Brubeck, J.B. Smith, Robert Spring - Blue Rondo a a Turk

Playlist: Lotta Wennakoski, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra - FlounceArtur Mulawski, Artur Malawski Podkaspacka Philharmonic - Popular SuiteLaura Hawley, Luminous Voices - Rise Up, My LoveBryce Dessner, 12 Ensemble - Reponse LutoslawskiKenneth Fuchs, JoAnn Falletta- Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra - Point of TranquilityGabriella Smith, James McVinnie - Imaginary PancakeStephen Goss, collectif9, CC Duo - Landscape & MemoryManuel Burgos, Oviedo Filarmonia - Concerto for Piano & OrchestraLila Meretzky, Madeline Dethloff, Nupur Thakkar - Lunch

International Women's Day EpisodePlaylist: Nina Shekhar, JACK Quartet - Above the FrayKelly-Marie Murphy, Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra - Dark Night, Bright Stars, Vast UniverseMary Jane Leach, Lilith Ensemble - WhirlwindIndia Gailey - Butterfly Lightning Shakes the EarthLinda Kouvaras, Coady Green - 3 St. Kilda SketchesMissy Mazzoli, Jessica Johnson - Isabelle Eberhardt Dreams of PianoCaroline Shaw, hear now berlin. - Draft of a High-RiseClare Loveday, Jan Gerdes - Johannesburg EtudesCheryl Frances-Hoad, The Schubert Ensemble - The Whole Earth Dances

Academy Award nominees for Best ScorePlaylist: Jocelyn Morlock, collectif9 - ExaudiDaniel Blumberg - The Brutalist (Excerpts)Volker Bertelmann - Conclave (Excerpts)Clément Ducol - Emilia Pérez (Excerpts)John Powell, Stephen Schwartz - Wicked (Excerpts)Kris Bowers - The Wild Robot (Excerpts)Imant Raminsh, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir - Ave verum corpus

Playlist: Alice Ping Yee Ho, Katherine Dowling - The Weeping WomanAndrew Balfour, Luminous Voices - IspiciwinFlorence Price, Pacifica Quartet - String Quartet in G MajorAlex Van Gils, Friction Quartet - A Sleeptalker Describes the Rising of the SeasJoseph Schwantner, National Symphony Orchestra - New Morning for the World: "Daybreak of Freedom"Ayanna Woods, The Crossing - Shift

Playlist: Bryce Dessner, Australian String Quartet - PulsingFrank Horvat, Christina Petrowska-Quilico - More Rivers (Excerpts)Nabil Benagdeljalil, Rebeca Omordia - Frisson de la NuitW. C. Handy, James Martin, Lynn Raley - Harlem BluesLinda Kouvaras, Coady Green - Shoalhaven NightpaintersJoanna Marsh, Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Choir - A Plastic TheatreJaroslaw Kapuscinski, Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra - AlikenessTheresa Wong, Splinter Reeds - Letters to a Friend

Playlist: Hauschka - Mount HoodJon Jang, Gloria Cheng - Ancestors & SistersDavid Crowell, Mak Grgic, Daniel Lippel - Pacific Coast HighwayJulius Eastman - Evil N****rKevin Lau, Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra - The Infinite ReachesJóhann Jóhannson - Heptapod BAlice Ping Yee Ho, Katherine Dowling - SolusPaul Halley, Benda Quartet - String Quartet No. 2Theo Loevendie, Roctet - Changes

Grammy nominees for Best Contemporary Classical CompositionPlaylist: Harry Somers, The Louisville Orchestra - Passacaglia & Fugue for OrchestraAndrea Casarrubios - SEVENValerie Coleman, Decoda - RevelryDavid Lang, eighth blackbird - Composition as Explanation - there is singularly nothingGabriela Ortiz, Los Angeles Philharmonic - Revolucion Diamantina - Act 1 The Sounds cats makeKaija Saariaho, San Francisco Symphony - Adriana Mater - Act I Tableau: ClartesStewart Goodyear, Penderecki String Quartet - HomageGraham Fitkin, Sacconi Quartet - RECUR

Playlist: Thomas Metcalf, NYCGB Fellowship - H(Ai)kuFlorence Price, The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Centre - Piano Quintet in A MinorMary Howe, Juliana Soltis, Ruoting Li - Ballade FantasqueBryce Dessner, Nadia Sirota - DelphicaChristopher Tyler Nickel, Vancouver Contemporary Orchestra - Concerto for Four Wagner TubasCaroline Shaw, The Crossing & Donald Nally - OchreArthur Bachmann, Luminous Voices - Weepe You No More

The Best Albums of 2024Playlist: Dmitri Shostakovich, Trio Messiaen, Trio Xenakis - Symphony No. 15 Mvt 1. AllegrettoWojciech Kilar, Australian Chamber Orchestra - OrawaJohn Cage, Bertrand Chamayou - Daughters of the Lonesome IsleJulius Eastman, Wild Up - The Holy Presence of Joan D'arcDavid Crowell, Mak Grgic, Daniel Lippel - Pacific Coast HighwayNat Bartsch, Matt Withers, Sally Whitwell - Where We WereAna Lara, Portland Symphony Orchestra - Angeles de Llama y hielo - I. Angel de tinieblasCaroline Shaw, Sō Percussion - To MusicGeorge Walker, Miro Quartet - Quartet No. 1 Mvt II. Molto AdagioJocelyn Morlock, collectif9 - ExaudiDani Howard, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra - CoalescenceEdmund Finnis, 12 Ensemble - Hymn (After Bird)

In memoriam: Composers & conductors we lost in 2024Playlist: Sarah Gibson, Jennifer Koh - You Are Still HerePeter Schickele - New Horizons in Music AppreciationPeter Schickele - Prelude to Einstein on the FritzPeter Eotvos, Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra - Replica for Viola & OrchestraPhill Niblock - Didjeridoos and Don'tsAlcides Lanza, Catherine Meunier - DiastemasToru Takemitsu, Seiji Ozawa & Toronto Symphony Orchestra - Requiem for String OrchestraJack Behrens, Bianca Baciu - Homage to RachmaninoffPeter Schickele, The Lark Quartet - Quintet No. 2 for Piano & StringsWolfgang Rihm, Alarm Will Sound - Will Sound

Playlist: Bryce Dessner, Colin Currie - Tromp MiniaturePamela Harrison, Alice Neary, Jams Coleman - Cello SonataChristopher Ducasse, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir - O nata luxFerdinando DeSena, Juventas New Music Ensemble - Rest in PeaceEnsemble 0 - Florent Plays Harmonium,JF plays Ebows, Antoine Pays Modular Synth, Sylvain Plays Melodica, Maxime Plays Field Recordings and it Lasts 12:27Jacques Hétu, Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra, Orchestre Symphonique de Quebec - Symphony No. 5Ed Hughes, New Music Players - In ieiunio et fletu

Merry Christmas!Playlist: Bryce Dessner, Australian String Quartet - AlarmsAnna Clyne, The Knights - Prince of CloudsRoland Martin Roberts, Robert Irvine - Elegy for the Children of WarKate Whitley, 12 Ensemble - Autumn SongsThierry Escaich, Trio Messiaen, Trio Xenakis - VitrailStuart Beatch, Luminous Voices - Girl HoursJames Lee III, Pacifica Quartet, Uniting Voices - Pitch InKevin Puts, Minnesota Opera - Silent Night (Excerpts)Pierre Jodlowski, Trio Xenakis - 24 Loops

Playlist: Judith Weir, BBC Symphony Orchestra - Still, GlowingMatteo Gualandi, Marie Ythier - fotografie rarissime diangeliAlice Ping Yee Ho, Katherine Dowling - ShadeAnna Clyne, Royal Scottish National Orchestra - Within Her ArmsMargaret Brouwer, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra - PlutoBryce Dessner, Anastasia Kobekina - TuusulaTim Brady - Five Times: four guitarsMorten Jessen, Natalia Gordeyeva - KyivWojciech Kilar, Australian Chamber Orchestra - Orawa

Playlist: Frank Horvat, Sharlene Wallace - Beith - BirchSally Whitwell, Matt Withers - StarwalkerMartin Asander, VoNo - Att SeDorothy Howell, BBC Concert Orchestra - LamiaMichael Murray, Benda Quartet - The Darkening GreenGrazyna Bacewicz, Maria Du Toit, Vera Kooper - Kaprys Polski na Klarnet i fortepianDani Howard, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra - Trombone ConertoJoseph Schwantner, Robert Blocker - Palindrome's DanceTim Brady, Robert Uchida, Symphony Nova Scotia & Bernhard Gueller - Violin Concerto 'Requiem 21.5'Anna Thorvaldsdottir - What Things Become

Playlist: Gabriela Montero, Ksenjia Sidorova - Beyond BachNicole Lizée, collectif9 - Another Living SoulJohn Woolrich, 12 Ensemble - Ulysses AwakesEnencio Castellano, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra - Santa Cuz de PacairiguaTimo Andres - Out of ShapeBen Nabuto, National Youth Choir of Great Britain - The Nearness of ThingsGeorge Walker, Basque National Orchestra - Address for OrchestraJocelyn Morlock, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir - lo, loStuart Beatch, VoNo - I Am Like ManyAndrew Lewinter, Casey Jones, Elizabeth Dorman - Sonata for Low BrassOliver Leith, 12 Ensemble - Non Uoglio Mai Vedere il Sole Tramontare

Playlist: Bryce Dessner, Lavinia Meijer - On a WireFrederick Block, ARC Ensemble - Piano QuintetClint Needham, Poiesis Quartet - String Quartet No. 1 'Shades of Green'Chad Cannon, Asia/America New Music Institue Los Angeles Ensemble - Wild Grass on the RiverbankRomanos Melikian, Yulia Ayrapetyan - Red-Haired BrideSir William Walton, BBC Symphony Orchestra - Concerto for Cello & OrchestraAlice Ping Yee Ho, Katherine Dowling - Aeon

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Playlist: Matthew Dunne, Jerome Ducharme - Appalachian SummerChristos Hatzis, Beverley Johnston, Marc Djokic - VignettesMichael Daugherty, Cuarteto Latinoamericano, Manuel Barrueco - Bay of PigsJohn Cage, Bertrand Chamayou - Daughters of the Lonesome IsleAnders Koppel, Danish Sinfonietta - Concertino for 2 Guitars & Chamber EnsembleDani Howard, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra - ArchesAirat Ichmouratov, LGT Soloists - Concerto Grosso No. 3 'Liechtenstein'Benjamin Verdery, Ulysses Quartet - A Giant Beside You

Playlist: Kevin Lau, Afiara Quartet - String Quartet No. 3Ana Lara, Portland Symphony Orchestra - Angeles de Ilama y hiebCarlos Simon, National Symphony Orchestra - Songs of SeparationSally Beamish, Lumas Winds - The Naming of BirdsJohn Corigliano, Land's End Chamber Ensemble - Mr Tambourine ManMeredith Connie, Matt Withers, Sally Whitwell - Seen/Unseen

Playlist: Ganesh Rajagopalan - YugmaCassandra Miller, Explore Ensemble - Perfect OfferingMarc Mellits, WindSync - ApolloVeronika Krausas, Inna Faliks - Master & Margarita SuiteAdam Pounds, Sinfonia of London - Symphony No 3Cameron Biles-Liddell, Fenella Humphreys - Contemplations

Playlist: Ellen Reid, Kronos Quartet - West Coast Sky ForeverClaude Vivier, 12 Ensemble - ZipanguLjova Zhurbin, Inna Faliks - VoicesBastien David, Orchestre national d'Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes - L'Ombre d'un douteClaude Champagne, Orchestre Symphonique de Laval - Symphonie gaspesienneJoe Hisaishi - 2 Dances for Large EnsembleGeorg Friedrich Haas, Fukio Ensemble - Saxophone Quartet

Playlist: Edmund Finnis, 12 Ensemble - Hymn (After Byrd)Bryce Dessner, Ulysses Quartet, Benjamin Verdery - Quintet for High StringsBryce Dessner - WallsKathleen Allan, Luminos Ensemble - Al Pittman SuiteMassimo De Lillo, Ada Witczyk - E Sempre Sara FuocoAnna Clyne, The Knights - ShorthandMarie Dare, Alexandra MacKenzie, Ingrid Sawers - Hebridean SuiteAndy Panayi, Neoteric Ensemble - Pandemic 19-20Carlos Simon, National Symphony Orchestra - Wake Up!Matt Brubeck, Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra - The Simple Life

Playlist: Gennari Karganov, Yulia Ayrapetyan - BayatiOliver Leith, The Hermes Experiment - Uh huh, YeahJaap Nico Hamburger - Piano QuartetSteve Reich, Kuniko Kato - Four OrgansAnn-Sofi Soderquist, VoNo - CrossroadsEleanor Alberga, Castalian String Quartet, BBC Symphony Orchestra - TowerLaura Silberberg, Afiara Quartet - TranscendenceJay Capperauld, Royal Scottish National Orchestra - Our Gilded VeinsDaniel Temkin, Ashley Jackson - Moments

Interview with WindSync horn player Anni Hochhalter!Playlist: Miguel Del Aguila, WindSync - Absent LightsIvan Trevino, WindSync - Song Book Vol. 3John Corigliano, Helene Grimaud - Fantasia on an OstinatoAndrew Balfour, Luminous Voices - Music is VibrationGabriella Smith, Gabriel Cabezas - Lab CoastHelvi Leiviska, Sinfonia Lahti - Symphony No. 2Amy Brandon, Gillian Smith - Dualisms

Playlist: Dominick DiOrio, VoNo - The Visible WorldMargot George, Paramorph Collective - Fruiting BodiesFrancisco Mignone, Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra - Guitar ConcertoKatie Madonna Lee, Cecily Turhune, Carly Hood - Boon BestowedEric Nathan, Adam Zinatelli, Aaron Hodgson - 4 SculpturesKinan Azmeh, Brooklyn Rider, Mathias Kunzli - In the ElementGeorge E Lewis, The Crossing & Donald Nally - A Cluster of Instincts

Playlist: Harriett Claiborne Dixon, Alexandra MacKenzie, Ingrid Sawers - Andante ReligiosoLand's End Chamber Ensemble/ Vincent Ho - Gryphon RealmsCaroline Shaw, Belinfante Quartet - Plan & ElevationCarmen Braden, Gillian Smith - Tree TalkMilica Djordjevic, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra - QuicksilverLouis Wayne Ballard, John Jeter and Fort Smith Symphony - The Four MoonsEllen Taaffe Zwilich, Boston Modern Orchestra Project - Upbeat

Playlist: Kevin Lau, Afiara Quartet & Skratch Bastid - Second WindMason Bates, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra - ResurrexitSimon Parkin, Josephine Knight, The Gesualdo Six - Wo? (After Schubert's D.956)Robert Saxton, English String Orchestra - The Resurrection of the SoldiersHarry Stafylakis, Van Tilburg - Of Beauty/Of BrutalityGabriella Smith, hear now berlin. - MareDan Roman, Carrie Koffman, Timothy Deighton - La Machina LineDobrinka Tabakova, Halle Orchestra - Concerto for Cello & StringsNicky Sohn, Kinetic Ensemble - What Happens if Pipes Burst?

Playlist: Louise Campbell - SwirlChristopher Hussey, Czech Philharmonic Wind Ensemble - DreamtideZbigniew Seifert, Chopin University Chamber Orchestra - Jazz ConcertoAnne Cawrse, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra - MusaicDerek Charke, Luminos Ensemble - In the Crystalline Vault of HeavenElliot Leung, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra - Symphony No. 1 'The Metaverse'Dorothy Lawson, Ethel - The Demon Within

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Playlist: Leanna Primiani, Dzintra Erliha - Loss for Solo PianoLou Bennett, Speak Percussion, Erkki Veltheim - Imilang YinyaYu Kuwabara - Figure & Ground, Image & Margin, Obverse & Reverse for Solo Shamisen & 7 MusiciansRobert Muller-Hartmann, ARC Ensemble - String Quartet No. 2Emily Hall, Rakhi Singh - OutshiftsJames Ross, Maxwell Quartet - Landscape to LightHarry Stafylakis - UnrelentDobrinka Tabakova, Halle Orchestra - Earth SuiteJulie Cooper, Oculus Ensemble - ANGEL in Dark Green