Dr. Jonathan Kramer

Following a career as a concert cellist with the San Francisco Opera and San Francisco Ballet orchestras and the North Carolina Symphony, Dr. Jonathan C. Kramer joined the Arts Faculty at NC State University, where he has taught for 40 years.

He is the co-author, with Dr. Alison Arnold, of the world music textbook, What in the World Is Music?

In 2018, he received the Raleigh Medal of the Arts.

Now Playing

Finale from Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 "Organ"

Composed by

Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)

Performed by

Cochereau/Berlin Philharmonic/Karajan

Label

DG

Catalog Number

439

Today's Playlist

4:09pm Overture to The Abduction from the Seraglio, K. 384

Composed by

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Performed by

Calgary Philharmonic/Bernardi

4:15pm The Bells of St. Genevieve

Composed by

Marin Marais (1656-1728)

Performed by

Harnoncourt Trio

4:25pm Three Dances from The Bartered Bride

Composed by

Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884)

Performed by

Festive Sympho

4:40pm Cello Concerto in G, RV 414

Composed by

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Performed by

Harnoy/Toronto Chamber Orch/Robinson

4:55pm Cossack Dance from Mazeppa

Composed by

Peter I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Performed by

Cincinnati Symphony/Kunzel

5:00pm Csardas from Die Fledermaus

Composed by

Johann Strauss Jr. (1825-1899)

Performed by

Vienna Philharmonic/Maazel

5:06pm Overture to The Ruins of Athens, Op. 113

Composed by

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Performed by

Hanover Band/Goodman

5:11pm The Birth of Venus from Three Botticelli Pictures

Composed by

Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936)

Performed by

Philharmonia Orchestra/Simon

5:16pm Harp Concerto in G

Composed by

Georg Christoph Wagenseil (1715-1777)

Performed by

Zabaleta/Paul Kuentz Chamber Orchestra

5:30pm Chantilly Waltz, Op. 171

Composed by

Emile Waldteufel (1837-1915)

Performed by

Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic/Walter

5:38pm Allegro from Lute Concerto in C

Composed by

Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1687-1750)

Performed by

Harris/Tafelmusik/Lamon

5:44pm Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor

Composed by

Alexander Borodin (1833-1887)

Performed by

State Symphony of Mexico/Batiz

5:59pm Fantasy in C, Op. 17

Composed by

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

Performed by

Alfred Brendel

6:31pm My Robin is to the Greenwood Gone

Composed by

Percy Grainger (1882-1961)

Performed by

Smirnoff/Moerschel/Drury

6:38pm Spring Idyll

Composed by

Frederick Delius (1862-1934)

Performed by

English Northern Philharmonia/Lloyd-Jones

6:47pm Music selected by the announcer

7:01pm Concierto Como un Divertimento

Composed by

Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-1999)

Performed by

Lloyd Webber/London Philharmonic/Lopez-Cobos

7:26pm Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G, BWV 1049

Composed by

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Performed by

Academy of Ancient Music/Hogwood

7:42pm Noble and Sentimental Waltzes

Composed by

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Performed by

Minnesota Orchestra/Skrowaczewski

8:02pm Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 "Organ"

Composed by

Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)

Performed by

Cochereau/Berlin Philharmonic/Karajan

8:41pm Harp Concerto in A

Composed by

Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Arr. Karl Hermann Pillney

Performed by

Zabaleta/Paul Kuentz Chamber Orchestra/Kuentz

9:01pm Pictures at an Exhibition

Composed by

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881), orch. Maurice Ravel

Performed by

Les Siècles/Roth

9:35pm Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33

Composed by

Peter I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Performed by

Maisky/Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

9:55pm Clair de lune from Suite Bergamasque

Composed by

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Performed by

Stern/Columbia Symphony/Katims

10:01pm Berceuse, Op. 16

Composed by

Gabriel Faure (1845-1924)

Performed by

Chang/Abramovic

10:06pm Quintet in C for Winds, Op. 79

Composed by

August Klughardt (1847-1902)

Performed by

Les Vents Francais

10:31pm String Quartet in E minor, Op. 83

Composed by

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

Performed by

Medici Quartet

11:01pm Piano Sonata No. 7 In D, Op. 10 No. 3

Composed by

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Performed by

Alfred Brendel

11:27pm Notturno No. 4 in C

Composed by

Josef Haydn (1732-1809)

Performed by

The Music Party/Hacker

11:41pm Aria variata in A minor (Italian Variations), BWV 989

Composed by

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Performed by

Balsom/Ross

11:51pm Music selected by the announcer