Classical KUSC Programs

Below is a listing of our current regular programs. After each general description, you may click on the link on the right to view specific upcoming shows, complete with a description of their individual content.

Arts Alive Magazine with Gail Eichenthal and Brian Lauritzen (Also available via our podcasts)

Arts Alive features the latest in-depth arts news; including "Ask the Dean", which offers listeners the chance to pick the brain of USC Thornton School of Music Dean Rob Cutietta and his faculty; an in-depth events calendar called "Around Town"; interviews with fascinating people in film, dance, classical music, visual arts, theater and architecture; film reviews with the LA Times senior film critic Kenneth Turan, music reviews and commentary with the LA Weekly's Alan Rich and Orange County Register music critic Timothy Mangan, and new and unusual recordings.

Produced and hosted by Gail Eichenthal & Brian Lauritzen and Production Director Mark Hatwan

To Ask Dean Cutietta Questions, click on the following link: AskTheDean@kusc.org
And For Information on ArtsAlive Magazine click on the following link: ArtsAlive@kusc.org

Click here for more information about Around Town Arts Calendar Events

The Baroque Show

The Baroque era is where the melding of musical complexity and thematic development began to garner fruit in Western society. Hosted by Charles Andrews, this two-hour weekly program brings the best and brightest selections of this 'irregular pearl' of a period.
Thanks to the E. Nakamichi Foundation for their support of The Baroque Show.
(Sundays, 9 am)

 From The Top

Hosted by Christopher O'Riley and celebrating the passion, dedication and personal stories of the nation's outstanding young classical musicians. Through entertaining live events and outreach programs, these performers inspire the pursuit of excellence and encourage participation in the arts as an integral part of a vibrant and civil society.
(Sundays, 6 pm)

Modern Times

Alan Chapman invites you to join him in exploring great musical works from the past three-quarters of a century. Modern Times features music by acknowledged classical masters as well as emerging composers of merit, from Arnold Schoenberg to Gavin Bryars, Erich Korngold to Toru Takemitsu.
(Saturdays, 10 pm)

The Morning Show

Hosted by Dennis Bartel. This a great way to get your mornings started, with features such as New Releases, with just released albums; Spotlight on the Arts; a selected National Anthem from somewhere in the world; and the daily 7:35am Great Composer Quiz.
(Weekdays, 5 am - 9 am)

New York Philharmonic This Week

Sunday afternoons at 4 pm Classical KUSC presents a concert from The New York Philharmonic's current season. Alan Gilbert is the Philharmonic's new Music Director. He's one of the youngest Music Directors in the Orchestra's history, and the only native New Yorker to hold the post. Emmy and Golden Globe winner Alec Baldwin is your host each week.

The Opera Show

The world of opera comes alive with an enthusiastic look through the eyes of host Duff Murphy. Duff provides listeners with a taste of his love of opera — its composers, conductors and artists — with classic and newly-released recordings.
(Saturdays, 9 am - 12 noon; during Met Opera season, 9 am - 10:30 am).
Program Theme music: The opening fanfare to Benjamin Britten's opera, "Gloriana"

Pacific Symphony Concerts - Live

The Pacific Symphony and 91.5 Classical KUSC bring you live performances from the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall in Orange County. The series will continue throughout selected Saturday evenings through June 13, 2009.
Hosted by Rich Capparela

Performance Today

Performance Today with Fred Child, features live concerts by famous artists in concert halls around the globe as well as interviews, news and features. You may hear on any given day, performances in the great concert halls of New York, Prague, London, Berlin and Paris.
(Monday - Friday, 3 am)

 The Record Shelf

During this weekly one-hour program, host Jim Svejda reviews a wide variety of classical recordings and highlights renowned classical artists. He provides listeners with guides to the best readily available recordings and creates sketches of the lives of some of the most famous composers and performers of classical music.
(Sundays, 7 pm with a repeat broadcast Saturdays, 9 pm)

Spotlight On The Arts with Gail Eichenthal (available via our Podcasts)

Classical KUSC takes a closer look at the world of music, art and culture here in Southern California with 60 second features at the top of the hour every weekday morning at 8 and weekday afternoons at 1 and 5. Hosted by Gail Eichenthal.

 SymphonyCast

Hosted by Brian Newhouse. A two-hour weekly radio program featuring a full-length concert by a major symphony. Performances drawn from Europe's premier symphony orchestras, along with U.S. orchestras such as the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Cleveland Orchestra.
(Saturdays at 6 pm)
Click Here for Information About Upcoming Concerts

 Thornton Center Stage

Hosted by Alan Chapman, this is a special program devoted to the artistry of the USC Thornton School of Music. It features a mix of classic material from the school's impressive archive of live recordings from the 1940s to the present. The USC Thornton School is the only university music school with a regularly broadcast radio program heard in a major media market. (Sundays, 8 pm)

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