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Interview: Diane Bish

Diane Bish shares insights into a career marked by vision and resilience in this fascinating interview. Beyond her extensive musical training, she reveals the inspiration drawn from others like E. Power Biggs and her own pioneering idea to bring organ performances on great European instruments to television. Facing years of disinterest from networks, Ms. Bish discusses her deep well of persistence, even self-funding pilot programs. Ms. Bish’s story powerfully illustrates the need for a clear vision, tenacity in pursuing goals, and a love of finding ways to share classical music with a wider audience.

Diane Bish
Organist

Rob Kennedy
Host, Preview! @WCPE

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Mass for Five Voices

Composed by

William Byrd (c.1540-1623)

Performed by

Oxford Camerata/Summerly

Label

Naxos

Catalog Number

9

Today's Playlist

10:51am Chichester Psalms

Composed by

Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990)

Performed by

Bogart/Camerata Singers/NY Philharmonic/Bernstein

11:11am Music selected by the announcer

11:18am Music selected by the announcer

11:39am Music selected by the announcer

12:00pm English Suite No. 6 in D minor, BWV 811

Composed by

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Performed by

Andras Schiff

12:28pm Quintet in E flat for Piano & Winds, Op. 16

Composed by

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Performed by

Serkin/Marlboro Music Festival

12:58pm Symphony No. 100 in G, "Military"

Composed by

Josef Haydn (1732-1809)

Performed by

Berlin Philharmonic/Karajan

1:25pm Flute Concerto No. 8 in G

Composed by

Francois Devienne (1759-1803)

Performed by

Galway/London Mozart Players

1:44pm Horn Concerto No. 2 in E flat, K. 417

Composed by

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Performed by

Brown/Orch Age Enlightenmt./Kuijken

2:00pm Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43

Composed by

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

Performed by

Entremont/Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy

2:23pm Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58

Composed by

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)

Performed by

Maurizio Pollini

2:53pm Music selected by the announcer

3:00pm Octet in E flat, Op. 20

Composed by

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Performed by

Sejong Soloists

3:30pm Sirens from Nocturnes

Composed by

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Performed by

London Symphony/Ambrosian Singers/Previn

3:43pm Piano Concerto in G, Op. 7 No. 6

Composed by

Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782)

Performed by

Haebler/Capella Acad. Vienna/Melkus

4:00pm Canzon No.2

Composed by

Giovanni Gabrieli, arr. by Tim Higgins

Performed by

National Brass Ensemble

4:04pm Concerto in G for Two Oboes, Op. 9 No. 6

Composed by

Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1751)

Performed by

Holliger/Bourgue/I Musici

4:16pm Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98

Composed by

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Performed by

Boston Symphony/Nelsons

5:00pm Symphony in D, (after the Posthorn Serenade, K. 320)

Composed by

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Performed by

Berlin Philharmonic/Abbado

5:22pm Concerto Grosso in F, Op. 3 No. 4

Composed by

George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)

Performed by

Musicians of the Louvre/Minkowski

5:36pm L'Apprenti Sorcier, 'Sorcerer's Apprentice'

Composed by

Paul Dukas (1865-1935)

Performed by

National Orchestra of Lyon/Szeps-Znaider

5:48pm Music selected by the announcer

6:01pm Lute Fastasias Nos. 7 and 5

Composed by

Simone Molinaro (c.1570-1636), arr. J.L. Kerr

Performed by

James Limerick Kerr

6:11pm Ma bouche rit et ma pensee pleure, 'My mouth laughs and my thoughts weep'

Composed by

Johannes Ockeghem (c.1410-1497)

Performed by

Blue Heron/Metcalfe

6:20pm Violin Sonata in C, Op. 5, No. 3

Composed by

Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)

Performed by

Besson/Rignol/Rondeau

6:33pm Cantata 170, “Vergnugte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust”

Composed by

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Performed by

Johnson Cano/Pearson/Dinnerstein/Baroklyn

7:01pm Londonderry Air

Composed by

Traditional, arr. Kreisler

Performed by

Benedetti/Kanneh-Mason/Grosvenor

7:06pm Symphony in C, 'La Scala'

Composed by

Georg Joseph Vogler (1749-1814)

Performed by

Munich Radio Orchestra/Griffiths

7:27pm Rondo for violin and strings in A , D. 438

Composed by

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Performed by

Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Emelyanychev/Gonley

7:43pm Petit Trio in C minor, Op.2

Composed by

Josef Suk (1874-1935)

Performed by

Neave Trio

8:01pm Reflections on Water (Reflets dans l'eau)

Composed by

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Performed by

Tiffany Poon

8:08pm Krazy Kat ballet

Composed by

John Alden Carpenter (1876-1951)

Performed by

Boston Modern Orchestra Project/Rose

8:21pm Symphony No. 13, "The Journey"

Composed by

Barbara Harbach (b.1946)

Performed by

London Philharmonic Orchestra/Angus

8:48pm Rotor

Composed by

Enrico Chapela (1974-)

Performed by

Portland Symphony Orchestra/Preu

9:01pm Transform us by thy kindness from Cantata 22

Composed by

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Performed by

Ma/Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra/Koopman

9:03pm Five Hebrew Love Songs

Composed by

Eric Whitacre (b. 1970)

Performed by

Eric Whitacre Singers/Laudibus/Pavao Quartet/Whitacre

9:15pm Les Sylphides

Composed by

Frédéric Chopin, arr. by Roy Douglas

Performed by

Berlin Radio Symphony/Fricke

9:44pm Three Intermezzi, Op. 117

Composed by

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Performed by

Anton Kuerti

10:00pm String Quartet No. 6 in B flat, Op. 18 No. 6

Composed by

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Performed by

Quartetto di Cremona

10:26pm Improperia

Composed by

Anonymous

Performed by

Benedictines Of Mary, Queen Of Apostles

10:34pm Flute Concerto in G

Composed by

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788)

Performed by

Hunteler/Amsterdam Baroque/Koopman

11:01pm 7 Magnificat Antiphons

Composed by

Arvo Part (1935-)

Performed by

Le Nuove Musiche/Koetsveld

11:13pm Quintet No. 5 in D

Composed by

Antonio Soler (1729-1783)

Performed by

Schrader/Chicago Baroque Ensemble

11:43pm Music selected by the announcer