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Classical Music Amarillo A weekly radio show spotlighting performances by the finest ensembles on the High Plains. (The original host for this program was HPPR's Stephen Johnson.)

Join host Kimberly Hieb for Classical Music Amarillo, showcasing a variety of performances by the finest ensembles on the High Plains. From intimate chamber settings to epic symphonies, this program features the dazzling sounds of Amarillo Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Music Amarillo, West Texas A&M University’s Harrington String Quartet, Friends of Aeolian Skinner Opus 1024 (FASO), Amarillo Master

Chorale, and other regional performers. Relax and enjoy selections from the heart of the Yellow City and its thriving classical music scene, curated with care for HPPR listeners. Classical Music Amarillo made its debut at 12p CT on Sunday, October 3rd, 2021 with pieces by Chamber Music Amarillo, Harrington String Quartet and a thrilling live performance of "Beethoven's 9th Symphony Fourth Movement" from the Amarillo Symphony Orchestra (with the Amarillo Master Chorale). New episodes air Sundays at 12p CT, with an encore presentation on Thursdays at 7p CT.

Tune in to Classical Music Amarilloon High Plains Public Radio This Sunday at Noon Central to hear performances by the t...
26/01/2024

Tune in to Classical Music Amarilloon High Plains Public Radio This Sunday at Noon Central to hear performances by the talented faculty of The School of Music at West Texas A&M University including Sarah Rushing, Conor Bell, and James Barger - Saxophonist!!

Tune in to enjoy performances by the talented faculty of West Texas A&M including WT's saxophone professor, Dr. James Barger, one of the school’s piano professors, Dr. Sarah Rushing, and WT’s new bassoon professor, Dr. Conor Bell!

This week Classical Music Amarillo presents a program of music for a variety of string ensembles! Be sure to tune in to ...
19/01/2024

This week Classical Music Amarillo presents a program of music for a variety of string ensembles! Be sure to tune in to High Plains Public Radio on Sunday at Noon Central to hear music by Kenji Bunch, William Grant Still, and Florence Price!

This week Classical Music Amarillo presents an episode of music for various string ensembles!

Tune in to Classical Music Amarillo this week to hear music by composers whose works willbe featured at the upcoming The...
12/01/2024

Tune in to Classical Music Amarillo this week to hear music by composers whose works will
be featured at the upcoming The Amarillo Symphony concert, January 19th and 20th!

This week Classical Music Amarillo presents a program of music by Béla Bartók and Johann Sebastian Bach!

Tune in to High Plains Public Radio today at Noon Central to hear music by composers who will be featured at Chamber Mus...
07/01/2024

Tune in to High Plains Public Radio today at Noon Central to hear music by composers who will be featured at Chamber Music Amarillo's concert next weekend: Joseph Haydn and Gustav Mahler!

Then join the Amarillo Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra and Maestro George Henry Jackson at the Amarillo Botanical Gardens for their Miracle Music concert next Saturday, January 13th!

This week Classical Music Amarillo presents a program of music by composers whose works will be performed at Chamber Music Amarillo’s upcoming concert on January 13th.

Tune in to High Plains Public Radio this Sunday at Noon Central for a program of symphonic music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky an...
29/12/2023

Tune in to High Plains Public Radio this Sunday at Noon Central for a program of symphonic music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky and Ludwig van Beethoven performed by our hometown orchestra, The Amarillo Symphony!

Tune in to Classical Music Amarillo this week for a program of quintessential contributions to the symphonic repertoire.

Tune in to High Plains Public Radio this Sunday at noon to revisit Classical Music Amarillo's Star Wars program featurin...
22/12/2023

Tune in to High Plains Public Radio this Sunday at noon to revisit Classical Music Amarillo's Star Wars program featuring The Amarillo Symphony!

This week Classical Music Amarillo will be presenting a rerun of a beloved show that aired earlier this year.

Tune in to High Plains Public Radio this Sunday at Noon Central for a program of music by Johannes Brahms, whose Symphon...
10/11/2023

Tune in to High Plains Public Radio this Sunday at Noon Central for a program of music by Johannes Brahms, whose Symphony No. 1 will be featured on the upcoming concert by The Amarillo Symphony along with music by Samuel Barber, Anna Meredith, and a bluegrass surprise on November 17th and 18th!

I scream! You scream! We all scream for...Johannes Brahms! Tune in this week for Classical Music Amarillo's celebration of this German composer, pianist, and conductor from the mid-Romantic period.

This week we're getting ready for Chamber Music Amarillo's salute to veterans on Saturday, November 11th at St. Mary's C...
03/11/2023

This week we're getting ready for Chamber Music Amarillo's salute to veterans on Saturday, November 11th at St. Mary's Cathedral, a program of music for brass quintet!

Tune in to Classical Music Amarillo this Sunday at Noon Central on High Plains Public Radio for an hour of music featuring performances by members of Chamber Music Amarillo's quintet, trombonist John Shanks and tubist Jeremy Lewis, in addition to more music for brass quintet!

Tune in to Classical Music Amarillo this week for a program featuring brass instruments!

Tune in to Classical Music Amarillo this Sunday at Noon Central on High Plains Public Radio for a program of music by Am...
27/10/2023

Tune in to Classical Music Amarillo this Sunday at Noon Central on High Plains Public Radio for a program of music by American film composer John Williams as performed by The Amarillo Symphony in February earlier this year!

This week Classical Music Amarillo will revisit the Amarillo Symphony’s February 2023 program featuring the compositions of John Williams"Star Wars & Beyond."

Tune in to High Plains Public Radio this Sunday at Noon Central for a sneak peek at music on a new album just released b...
14/10/2023

Tune in to High Plains Public Radio this Sunday at Noon Central for a sneak peek at music on a new album just released by the Elicio Winds, a wind trio featuring Conor Bell, Kathleen Carter Bell, and Ginny Broffitt Kunzer!

Tune in to Classical Music Amarillo this week for a sneak peek at music presented on an album recently released by the Elicio Winds, featuring Virginia Broffitt Kunzer on flute, Kathleen Carter Bell on oboe, and Conor Bell on bassoon!

First you should come check out the Chamber Music Amarillo concert this Saturday at 7:30pm at the AmTech Career Academy....
29/09/2023

First you should come check out the Chamber Music Amarillo concert this Saturday at 7:30pm at the AmTech Career Academy. Then tune in to Classical Music Amarillo on High Plains Public Radio this Sunday at Noon Central for more chamber music: a program of string quartets performed by the Harrington String Quartet!

Tune in to Classical Music Amarillo this week for a program of music performed by the Harrington String Quartet!

Tune in to Classical Music Amarillo on High Plains Public Radio this Sunday at Noon Central for a program that opens wit...
22/09/2023

Tune in to Classical Music Amarillo on High Plains Public Radio this Sunday at Noon Central for a program that opens with Christopher Lowry's Portrait in Yellow and Silver with a bevy of music for Wind Quintet to follow! Then be sure to check out Chamber Music Amarillo's concert next weekend, Winds of Change, at AmTech Career Academy!

This week Classical Music Amarillo will present a program of wind ensemble music!

This week Classical Music Amarillo is featuring the work of the students and professors of The School of Music at West T...
15/09/2023

This week Classical Music Amarillo is featuring the work of the students and professors of The School of Music at West Texas A&M University. Tune in to High Plains Public Radio Sunday at Noon Central!

This week Classical Music Amarillo showcases past performance by the students and faculty of West Texas A&M University’s School of Music!

First, come check out Chamber Music Amarillo's season-opening concert tomorrow (Saturday, 9/9) at 7:30pm at Sharpened Ir...
08/09/2023

First, come check out Chamber Music Amarillo's season-opening concert tomorrow (Saturday, 9/9) at 7:30pm at Sharpened Iron Studios in downtown Amarillo for a program of music by Anna Clyne, Richard Strauss, and Gabriel Fauré. Then tune in to Classical Music Amarillo on Sunday at Noon Central on High Plains Public Radio for a program of music by George Gershwin and Aaron Copland, composers who will be featured at The Amarillo Symphony concert on September 15th and 16th!

Tune in to Classical Music Amarillo this week to hear works by composers who will be featured at the upcoming Amarillo Symphony concert!

Let's get excited about the opening concert of Chamber Music Amarillo's season next weekend on Saturday, September 9th! ...
01/09/2023

Let's get excited about the opening concert of Chamber Music Amarillo's season next weekend on Saturday, September 9th! Tune in to Classical Music Amarillo on High Plains Public Radio Sunday at Noon Central to revisit CMA's past performances of music by Samuel Barber, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Felix Mendelssohn!

Tune in to Classical Music Amarillo this week to hear past performances by Chamber Music Amarillo musicians of works by Felix Mendelssohn, Samuel Barber, and Ludwig van Beethoven.

Join us this Sunday at Noon Central on High Plains Public Radio to revisit Part II of the epic Amarillo performance of L...
25/08/2023

Join us this Sunday at Noon Central on High Plains Public Radio to revisit Part II of the epic Amarillo performance of Ludwig van Beethoven's Missa Solemnis from August of 2022.

On this week’s episode of Classical Music Amarillo, you can look forward to hearing the second half of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis, which was performed in Amarillo one year ago, in August of 2022.

Tune in to High Plains Public Radio this Sunday at Noon Central for an exciting program celebrating our fiftieth episode...
18/08/2023

Tune in to High Plains Public Radio this Sunday at Noon Central for an exciting program celebrating our fiftieth episode!

This week Classical Music Amarillo will celebrate its fiftieth episode by revisiting local premieres of celebratory commissions.

Tune in to High Plains Public Radio this weekend for a truly Classical program!
11/08/2023

Tune in to High Plains Public Radio this weekend for a truly Classical program!

Tune in to Classical Music Amarillo this week for a program of truly Classical music, featuring compositions by Austrian composer of the eighteenth century: Joseph Haydn!

Tune in to High Plains Public Radio at Noon Central this Sunday for Classical Music Amarillo's program of Broadway favor...
14/07/2023

Tune in to High Plains Public Radio at Noon Central this Sunday for Classical Music Amarillo's program of Broadway favorites!

On the program this week the Amarillo Symphony will perform music from beloved Broadway musicals.

Tune in to Classical Music Amarillo on High Plains Public Radio this Sunday at Noon central for an exciting program of m...
30/06/2023

Tune in to Classical Music Amarillo on High Plains Public Radio this Sunday at Noon central for an exciting program of music by Aaron Copland!

This week Classical Music Amarillo will feature a program of works by Aaron Copland, an American composer of the twentieth century.

Tune in to Classical Music Amarillo on High Plains Public Radio this Sunday at Noon CST for the first episode in a two-p...
24/06/2023

Tune in to Classical Music Amarillo on High Plains Public Radio this Sunday at Noon CST for the first episode in a two-part series celebrating American music!!

You can look forward to hearing music by Aaron Copland, Leroy Anderson, and George Gershwin on this week's episode of Classical Music Amarillo!

Tune in to Classical Music Amarillo this Sunday at Noon CST on High Plains Public Radio to hear the Harrington String Qu...
16/06/2023

Tune in to Classical Music Amarillo this Sunday at Noon CST on High Plains Public Radio to hear the Harrington String Quartet play music by Ludwig van Beethoven!

This week's episode of Classical Music Amarillo will feature the Harrington String Quartet performing two compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven.

Tune in to High Plains Public Radio this Sunday at Noon Central for a lively Classical Music Amarillo episode featuring ...
02/06/2023

Tune in to High Plains Public Radio this Sunday at Noon Central for a lively Classical Music Amarillo episode featuring concert-opening music by Felix Mendelssohn, Ludwig van Beethoven, Gioachino Rossini, and more!

This week Classical Music Amarillo will present a program of overtures: pieces that either prefaced operas or served as concert-openers in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Tune into High Plains Public Radio this Sunday at Noon Central for a rhapsodic program featuring music by Claude Debussy...
26/05/2023

Tune into High Plains Public Radio this Sunday at Noon Central for a rhapsodic program featuring music by Claude Debussy, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and George Gershwin!

Tune in to Classical Music Amarillo this week for a program of rhapsodies by Claude Debussy, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and George Gershwin!

Check out our new episode this weekend!
19/05/2023

Check out our new episode this weekend!

Tune in this week to hear music by masterful composers of music for orchestra from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries!

Listen to High Plains Public Radio this Sunday at Noon Central to hear a Classical Music Amarillo episode of music by Am...
12/05/2023

Listen to High Plains Public Radio this Sunday at Noon Central to hear a Classical Music Amarillo episode of music by American composers performed by the The School of Music at West Texas A&M University's Symphonic Band!

This week Classical Music Amarillo will present performances by the WT Symphonic Band, including repertoire from their appearance at the 2023 College Band Directors National Association Convention.

Tune to High Plains Public Radio this Sunday at Noon Central for a new episode of Classical Music Amarillo featuring the...
05/05/2023

Tune to High Plains Public Radio this Sunday at Noon Central for a new episode of Classical Music Amarillo featuring the musicians of the Harrington String Quartet playing music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky!

This week Classical Music Amarillo will present Harrington String Quartet performances of two quartets by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Russian composer of the nineteenth century, .

Tune in to High Plains Public Radio right now to hear music from seventeenth-century Salzburg on a special hour of class...
28/04/2023

Tune in to High Plains Public Radio right now to hear music from seventeenth-century Salzburg on a special hour of classical music live-hosted by myself and Jenny Inzerillo!

This Sunday we’re featuring performances from Chamber Music Amarillo on High Plains Public Radio! Tune in at Noon Centra...
28/04/2023

This Sunday we’re featuring performances from Chamber Music Amarillo on High Plains Public Radio! Tune in at Noon Central on Sunday or next Thursday at 7pm Central!

This week Classical Music Amarillo revisits two exciting past performances of Chamber Music Amarillo!

24/04/2023

Tickets are on sale for our 100th Season Opener with Randall King! We are so excited to kick off our Centennial Season at HODGETOWN! Join us on August 26, 2023 as we perform a mix of patriotic and Western favorites with local stars Eric Barry and the Opera Cowgirls, finishing the night with Randall King's biggest hits, and a fireworks finale!

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