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Classical Music According To Yehuda #192

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Alan Chartock
Published March 17, 2017 at 11:34 AM EDT
Jenny Lind

In this week’s Classical Music According to Yehuda, Alan Chartock and Yehuda Hanani continue their series of discussions about women who influenced classical composers. This week we learn about Felix Mendelssohn and "The Swedish Nightingale," Jenny Lind.

Music: Auf Flügeln des Gesanges (On Wings of Song) op.34 no.2 by Felix Mendelssohn; Kate Royal, Edward Gardner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

 
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Alan Chartock
Dr. Alan Chartock is professor emeritus at the University at Albany. He hosts the weekly Capitol Connection series, heard on public radio stations around New York. The program, for almost 12 years, highlighted interviews with Governor Mario Cuomo and now continues with conversations with state political leaders. Dr. Chartock also appears each week on The Media Project and The Roundtable and offers commentary on Morning Edition, weekdays at 7:40 a.m.
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