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Theme Month

Listen each month as we put the spotlight on a different aspect of classical music.

Each month, Classical WETA 90.9 FM selects a month long focus. Throughout the month, we will feature music related to our selection throughout the daily playlist and in our regular features, including Choral Showcase and Theme Weekends.

Check back each month to learn more!

 

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This month: Johann Sebastian Bach

Classical WETA celebrates the music of Johann Sebastian Bach this month, in honor of his birth on March 21, 1685. Throughout the month, we'll feature his solo, chamber, orchestral, and choral music, including:

  • Week of March 1: Flute Sonatas (CD Pick of the Week); English Suites for keyboard; Brandenburg Concertos; Magnificat in Choral Showcase (Sunday at 9 pm)
  • Week of March 8: French Suites for keyboard; Unaccompanied Cello Suites; Orchestral Suites
  • Week of March 15: Well-Tempered Clavier Book I (CD Pick of the Week); Violin Sonatas; Keyboard Concertos; Bach Birthday Bash Weekend, culminating with the great B Minor Mass in Choral Showcase
  • Week of March 22: Partitas for keyboard; Trio Sonatas; Gamba Sonatas; Lute Suites; Wind and String Concertos; St. Matthew Passion in Choral Showcase

Theme Month Selections on Today's Classical WETA Playlist

2:28 am: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto, BWV 1056

6:41 am: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto, BWV 1058

8:25 am: Johann Sebastian Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude & Fugue #17 in A-flat Major

9:05 am: Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Sonata #5 in F Minor, BWV 1018

1:14 pm: Johann Sebastian Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude & Fugue #20 in A Minor

2:05 pm: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto, BWV 1063

4:45 pm: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto, BWV 1056

5:56 pm: Johann Sebastian Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude & Fugue #21 in B-flat Major

8:47 pm: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto, BWV 1064

10:32 pm: Johann Sebastian Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude & Fugue #18 in G-sharp Minor

Theme Month Selections on Today's VivaLaVoce Playlist

Classical WETA’s VivaLaVoce presents classical vocal music in all its forms, from the Middle Ages to the present, 24 hours per day. Featuring Opera, Choral Music, and Art Song, the station offers something for everyone who loves vocal classical music.

VivaLaVoce is produced, programmed, and hosted by the Classical WETA staff. The station can be heard online and on HD channel 90.9-2.

5:19 am: Johann Sebastian Bach: St. John Passion, BWV 245: Nr 20, Aria. "Erwäge, wie sein blutgefärbter Rücken"

8:28 am: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata 158 "Der Friede sei mit dir"

12:03 pm: Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Sanctus

4:01 pm: Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Aria - "Et in Spiritum Sanctum"

11:55 pm: Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Aria - "Agnus Dei"