The Third Floor

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A mix of choral, vocal, and instrumental classical music from around the world and through the centuries

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'Joy, bright spark of Divinity!' Beethoven's 9th this week and more: #309

Airs at: Sun, 06/27/2021 at 8:00am - 11:00am
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TTF Program 309 June 27, 2021 Hour One  Tavener:  As one who has slept (Winchester Cathedral Choir, dir. Andrew Lumsden) 8:12 Paul Lewis: English Suite (Northern Sinfonia, dir. David Lloyd-Jones) 10:02 Brahms:  Gesang der Parzen, op. 89 (Warsaw Philharmonic Choir and Orc... Read more

Norwegian Trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth, special guest on The Third Floor: #305

Airs at: Sun, 05/30/2021 at 8:00am - 11:00am
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TTF Program 305 May 30, 2021 Hour One  Handel:  With thunder arm’d, great God, arise, from Samson (The Sixteen, dir. Harry Christophers) 3:00 Diaz:  Lauda Jerusalem (The Empire Brass) 2:55 Marais:  L’Arabesque (Jordi Savall, basse de viole; Rolf Lislevand, theorbe; Pier... Read more

Exciting Mix of Choral, Vocal, and Instrumental Music on The Third Floor: #304

Airs at: Sun, 05/23/2021 at 8:00am - 11:00am
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TTF Program 304 May 23, 2021 Hour One   Rheinberger:  Gloria from the Mass in e flat (Elora Festival Singers, dir. Noel Edison) 3:47 Marais:  The Bells St. Genevieve (The English Chamber Orchestra, dir. Donald Fraser) 5:11 Stanford:  At the Mid-Hour of Night and It is n... Read more

A Rich Variety of Choral, Vocal, and Instrumental Classical Music on The Third Floor: #303

Airs at: Sun, 05/16/2021 at 8:00am - 11:00am
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TTF Program 303 May 16, 2021 Hour One  Stanford:  Te Deum laudamus in b flat (Choir of Winchester Cathedral; Wayneflete Singers; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; dir. David Hill)  6:11 Respighi:  Ancient Airs and Dances Suite #3 (Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, dir. Jes... Read more

Three Masses with The Tallis Scholars: #302

Airs at: Sun, 05/09/2021 at 8:00am - 11:00am
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Hour One Gesualdo:  Se la mia morte brami (Delitae Musicae) 6:43 Mozart:  Ergo interest (Emma Kirkby, soprano; Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music, dir. Christopher Hogwood) 5:15 Villa-Lobos: Uirapuru (BBC Symphony Orchestra, dir. Sakari Oramo) 18:39 Palestrina: Mis... Read more

Harpist Alexander Rider joins us to discuss Caplet: #301

Airs at: Sun, 05/02/2021 at 8:00am - 11:00am
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TTF Program 301 May 2, 2021 Hour One  Gretchaninov:  Weep not for me, O Mother (Phoenix Bach Choir and the Kansas City Chorale, dir. Charles Bruffy) 5:20 Kabalevsky: Brooyoun Colas Breugnon (Russian National Orchestra, dir. Mikhail Pletnev) 4:47 Palestrina:  Ad te levav... Read more

Michelle DeYoung, international mezzo star, on The Third Floor: #300

Airs at: Sun, 04/25/2021 at 8:00am - 11:00am
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TTF Program 300 April 25, 2021 Hour One  Kodaly:  Evening Song (Cantemus, dir. Denes Szabo) 2:58 Liszt:  Consolation #5 (Van Cliburn) 3:09 Elgar: Chanson de Matin et de Nuit, op. 15, #’s 1 and 2 (English String Orchestra, dir. William Boughton) 6:27 Bach:  Cantata #37 W... Read more

Choral! Choral! Choral! : #299

Airs at: Sun, 04/18/2021 at 8:00am - 11:00am
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TTF Program 299 April 18, 2021 Hour One  Part:  Da pacem Domine (Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, dir. Paul Hillier) 5:45 Holst:  A song of the Night for Violin and Orchestra, op. 19 (Janice Graham, violin; English Sinfonia, dir. Howard Griffiths)  8:14 Poulenc:  Ma... Read more

Classical Music Spanning Five Centuries: #298

Airs at: Sun, 04/11/2021 at 8:00am - 11:00am
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The Third Floor is a classical music program like no other, featuring a mix of choral, vocal, and instrumental music hand-picked by producer and host, Bill Cromwell.   The Third Floor presents arias, motets, anthems, sonatas, concertos, suites, and symphonies for a rich lis... Read more

A Classical Mix to Beat the Band: #297

Airs at: Sun, 04/04/2021 at 8:00am - 11:00am
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TTF Program 297 April 4, 2021   Hour One    Finzi:  My lovely one (The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge; Asher Oliver, organ; dir. Stephen Layton) 2:47   Haydn:  Piano Sonata #30 in b minor (Leif Ove Andsnes) 10:00   Rubbra:  Five Motets (The Sixteen, dir. Harry Ch... Read more