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This week on PBS's Now Hear This: Florence Price and the American Migration (4/15 @ 9pm)

Classical 91.5 WXXO-FM
Published March 23, 2022 at 11:31 AM EDT
PBS miniseries Now Hear This host Scott Yoo smiling and holding his violin
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April 15th's program features the music of Florence Price, the first African American female composer to have a symphony performed by a major orchestra.

When season 2 of Now Hear This was broadcast on WXXI TV, the phones at WXXI Classical wouldn't stop ringing with listeners asking for more!

Learn more and watch previous videos.

Join Scott Yoo, renowned violinist and conductor of the Mexico City Philharmonic, in Now Hear This, a miniseries presented by Great Performances that merges music, storytelling, travel and culture, as he chases the secret histories of some of the greatest music ever written.

4/08 “Amy Beach: American Romantic”
4/15 “Florence Price and the American Migration”
4/22 “Copland: Dean of American Music”
4/29 "New American Voices”
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