Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

Monday through Friday, 7 to 8pm on WXXO-FM 91.5, WXXY 90.3, WXXO-FM/HD1 and online at wxxiclassical.org

Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin is a daily radio program that delves into a wide assortment of topics in classical music. Each five-program series builds off a single theme ranging from composer biographies to explorations of various cultures, musical styles, and time periods.?

Detailed playlists for each program are available at the full Exploring Music program site.

Bill McGlaughlin explores Schubert String Quartet, May 5-9 @ 7pm
Bill McGlaughlin "Grants us Peace," M-F 4/14-18, @ 7pm

In times like these, music can bring us the peace we all are seeking. Host Bill McGlaughlin explores Dona Nobis Pacem (Grant Us Peace)
Explore the creative energy of conductor Leopold Stokowski, beginning Mon 3/31 @ 7pm
Journey the world and history with host Bill McGlaughlin, weeknights at 7pm
Musical titans on their maiden voyages, Exploring Music 1/20-1/24 @ 7pm
The Bach legacy on Exploring Music, week of 12/9-13 @ 7pm
Exploring Music (11/4-8) celebrates America’s unique voice in music and poetry, 7pm

Walt Whitman taught Americans how to hear their country sing in his 1860 poem “I Hear America Sing.”
Musical adaptations of Shakespeare's works for the stage and screen on Exploring Music, 10/21-25 @ 7pm
It's two full weeks of "Exploring" the history of the New York Phil, weeknights @ 7pm 9/2-9/13

Host Bill McGlaughlin takes a deep dive into the New York Philharmonic's history as the oldest orchestra in the United States.
Nordic greats on Exploring Music,the week of August 26th at 7:00pm

Host Bill McGlaughlin explores two Nordic greats: Edvard Grieg and Jean Sibelius