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RT @AndrewHenlar: When I grow up I want to be able to tank out Mozart like @EricOwensSinger . Awe-inspiring macho bass-baritone mayhem. ...

RT @stravinskyite: first up on Requests at Noon today: a wedding march NOT by Mendelssohn or Wagner - @ClassicalKUSC - noon PT - 91.5 FM ...

Psst, @beverlynoelle, your new favorite clowning-tenor is on @culturemonster's @LAOpera/KUSC announcement.

RT @singingfriar: @ClassicalKUSC I thought Elmer's favorite opera was Die Walküre. "Kill da Wabbit..."

10am: The overture to Elmer Fudd's favorite opera. "I'm de bawbaw uf Sebille…"

Catching up on some podcasts & just heard @AndyKindler name drop #Vivaldi's Double Violin Concerto in a. #AuralDoubleTake!

MT @OjaiFestivals @KUSCGail & the Festival's Tom Morris in your living room:// Whoa, whoa, whoa! let's not get crazy!

Angry at Tuesdays? We're ready to tilt at windmills too with R.Strauss. We'll spend the Lion's (or Giant's) Share of 3pm with Don Quixote.

The Membership Drive is over and we're back to our regularly scheduled programming. Coming up later today: tilt at the windmill! Strauss’ Orchestral Tone Poem with Cello, "Don Quixote", has the lion’s share of the 3pm hour… or in this case, the “giant’s share”.

RT @LACOtweets: ONE more hour until bidding closes! hurry! hurry! hurry!

RT @alexrossmusic: An LAPhil broadcast of Shostakovich's Orango fragment and his Fourth Symphony, with @EsaPekkaSalonen conducting: http ...

Is it from the 16th cent. or the 20th? Maybe a bit of both. Ralph Vaughan Williams + Thomas Tallis at 11a -

RT @alibearbaker: I love that I can get @ClassicalKUSC all the way in Ukraine!Makes me feel like I'm home in #HuntingtonBeach !Plus,Rhap ...

“@melodyzephyr: KUSC Thank you Dennis, for making my mornings sparkle!!!” Thanks Melody! @DennisBartel's waaay glad to help confuse. :D

RT @melodyzephyr: The KUSC great composer quiz just gave me post dramatic stress disorder. How can there be so many words in one sentenc ...

New #Shostakovich from @esapekkasalonen and the @LAPhil at 4p on#Orango

RT @AnsoDF: Beethoven's sixth on @ClassicalKUSC was like perfectly synced with the 76ers-Celtics game.

The pledge drive is over & Ludwig takes over. All 9 Symphonies this #Beethoven Bash weekend.

RT @LAOpera: Tune into @ClassicalKUSC @ 10am & hear why @JanaiBrugger won the Met National Council Finals before #LAOBoheme tonight! ...

Saturday morning #opera cont'd! Duff at 9a & @MetOpera Finals Concert at 10a feat. Los Angelino @JanaiBrugger. How'd she do? …Darn well!

RT @LAOpera: And The Winner Is… Janai Brugger and the National Council Finalsvia @sharethis

It's OVER!!! No more pledge drives until frost is on the pumpkins! Thanks new members & enjoy #Beethoven Bash weekend.

RT @hesbythedog: The lady just completed her 19th and last pledge drive for @ClassicalKUSC

Anticipating the #Beethoven Bash?We're doing it because we trust in you, the soon-to-be member:

The gents (Jim & Rich) deciding if humanity is Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral.http://t.co/5bR4UT0H

Beethoven vs. Herbert - "Is it part of the giveaway?" infographic:

"Extraordinarily reassuring and persuasive," states one listener and Facebook fan. "If I could I'd record every one of their shows," states another. It's the Jim and Rich show - RIGHT NOW on Classical KUSC.Fotos de portadaJim Svejda and Rich Capparela in the studio together... anything could happen.

Thank you everyone for your support during the KUSC Spring Membership Campaign, and please join us for a Beethoven Bash this weekend!Classical KUSCwww.kusc.orgTo celebrate the generosity of Classical KUSC members, we're throwing a Beethoven Bash, immediately following the KUSC Spring Membership Drive. Tune in tonight at 10:00 as Jim Svejda presents the traditional "end of the drive" broadcast of Beethoven's 9th symphony. Then, join us all weekend as we b...

"Extraordinarily reassuring & persuasive." "If I could I'd record every one of their shows." Listeners about the Jim & Rich Show -RIGHT NOW!

Pepe Romero, James Conlon, @SusanFeniger, Bill Paxton, @EricWhitacre & Simon Rattle support #classicalradio. Your turn:

RT @BrianKUSC: #Beethoven pays homage to John Williams. #pledgeyoumust

RT @BrianKUSC: #Beethoven

If you look closely, the computer background behind @stravinskyite… is @stravinskyitehttp://t.co/0ZijDz6H

RT @twobootsnyc: @BrianKUSC @ClassicalKUSC Sweet! Let's make beautiful music together! Maybe we can come up with a special tribute slice ...

For a sec., I thought I heard @FakeJimS #ontheair. Alas, it was only @stravinskyite & @BrianKUSC impersonating that singular voice.

How can we do the Beethoven Bash?Only because of YOU! -$3.33/month basic membership. Thank you.

RT @CamiSchenkkan Saw @GustavoDudamel as we were both headed into work. We exchanged pleasant smiles. & then I tried not to stare // "tried"

On our facebook page is a pic of something I'm waiting so patiently for today: J+R

Video: #Beethoven at KUSC -

RT @Bryn_Terfel: @stephenfry rwyf wedi cyrraedd Llundain!! // Like, ohmygod! London!

RT @IntermusicaLtd: @colincurrieperc performs new concertos with Los Angeles Philharmonic and New York Philharmonic in May:...

RT @pconrad: @FakeJimS "Those dark nights of the soul can come at 3 pm on a Tuesday afternoon." #RealJimS on why you need the Robert Sha ...

Ludwig Van Beethoven at Classical KUSCwww.youtube.comDo you want Beethoven at home? For the KUSC membership drive sweepstakes on Friday, May 10th, any pledge to KUSC.org or 1-800-421-1717. Gets entered to win a...

Thanks to everyone who has made a pledge of support to KUSC! To show our gratitude we're throwing a Beethoven Bash this weekend. Per tradition, Jim will close out the Membership Drive with Beethoven's 9th at 10PM on Friday. Then on Saturday and Sunday, we're playing all the rest of Beethoven's symphonies. KUSC Donation Formsecure.publicbroadcasting.netPlease use this form to make your pledge online to Classical KUSC. If you have questions about your membership or need assistance please call 213-225-7400 or email memberservices@kusc.org. Please note that our policy regarding Thank You Gifts is that we will send the gift after 100% of the pledge is...

Need a break from the drive? Listen to this stream of last Sunday's LA Phil broadcast. Semyon Bychkov conducts the LA Phil and pianists Katia and Marielle Labèque. Classical KUSC|Los Angeles Philharmonic in Concertwww.kusc.orgThe Los Angeles Philharmonic and Classical KUSC continue their annual radio broadcast partnership with a series of 14 concerts recorded at Walt Disney Concert Hall during the Phil's 2011/2012 season. Tune in Sundays, 4-6 p.m. for these concerts. Interviews and features with soloists and orchestra me...

Today is the only Monday of our Spring Membership Drive and Alan is dressed to kill... actually, he's dressed to pledge.

Wouldn't it be fantastic to run into the LA Phil on the Metro? Flash mob in the Copenhagen Metro. Copenhagen Phil playing Peer Gynt.www.youtube.comIn April 2012 Copenhagen Phil surprised the passengers in the Copenhagen Metro by playing Griegs Peer Gynt. The flash mob was created in collaboration with R...

A companion to tonight's Piano Spheres broadcast. 3,273 words about Tom Johnson's "An Hour for Piano." (Performance tonight at 10:00 on KUSC)Classical KUSCwww.kusc.orgTonight on KUSC's Modern Times, we feature the final performance from last season's Piano Spheres concerts. The program features Susan Svrček performing an early work by John Cage (In a Landscape) inspired by the music of Erik Satie, plus a lesser-known minimalist work by Tom Johnson: with the not-p...

An interesting point-counterpoint going on at LyricalLA.com about the death of music education in Los Angeles. Our own Brian Lauritzen actually wrote the obituary. But that's just one side of the story.The Day the Music Diedwww.centerama.orgMusic Education, a staple of the Los Angeles Unified School District curriculum that inspired tens of thousands of students to pursue a career in the performing arts, died yesterday after a long battle with financial anemia. It was 159 years old.

Public Radio is the *original* Kickstarter and we're proud of it! Pledge what you can to keep classical music on the radio in Southern California (and online wherever there is an internet connection). KUSC Donation Formsecure.publicbroadcasting.netPlease use this form to make your pledge online to Classical KUSC. If you have questions about your membership or need assistance please call 213-225-7400 or email memberservices@kusc.org. Please note that our policy regarding Thank You Gifts is that we will send the gift after 100% of the pledge is...