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Artistic director Robert Simpson talks about the memorial concert his Houston Chamber Choir presents, marking the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Robert Simpson talks with St.John Flynn. Love our shows? Show us by donating a few bucks here: bit.ly/UQweya. Donations contribute directly to your own continued audio happiness!

We chat with pioneering experimental, feminist and queer filmmaker Barbara Hammer, one of the independent artists whose work is featured in the fifth annual Houston Cinema Arts Festival. Barbara Hammer talks with Bob Stevenson. Love our shows? Show us by donating a few bucks here: bit.ly/UQweya. Donations contribute directly to your own continued audio happiness!

Actors Nicole Rodenburg and Michael Bakkensen talk about the Alley Theatre’s production of Venus In Fur, David Ives’ provocative comedy about sexual politics. Nicole Rodenburg and Michael Bakkensen talk with St.John Flynn. Love our shows? Show us by donating a few bucks here: bit.ly/UQweya. Donations contribute directly to your own continued audio happiness!

Artistic director Marlana Doyle and choreographer Peter Chu preview 2|2, a program of contemporary dance works presented by Houston Metropolitan Dance Company. Marlana Doyle and Peter Chu talk with Bob Stevenson. Love our shows? Show us by donating a few bucks here: bit.ly/UQweya. Donations contribute directly to your own continued audio happiness!

Artists from the Saint Cecilia Society play chamber music by French composer Gabriel Pierné, previewing the recital Journey to the Land of Dreams. Melissa Suhr, flute; Emily Mitchell, harp; Yung-Hsiang Wang, violin; René Salazar, viola; and Barrett Sills, cello, perform and talk with St.John Flynn. Love our shows? Show us by donating a few bucks here: bit.ly/UQweya. Donations contribute directly to your own continued audio happiness!

1, 2...1, 2 this is just a test... A classical music test! In this episode, Professor St. John Flynn gives Dacia an oral examination of terms she's (supposedly) learned in the last 26 episodes of Classical Classroom. Has she learned anything?? It's nail-biter! Audio production by Todd "Totes" Hulslander with late night cramming and pizza consumption by Dacia Clay. To learn more about the Classical Classroom, go to www.classical917.org/classroom. Love our shows? Show us by donating a few bucks here: bit.ly/UQweya. Donations contribute directly to your own continued audio happiness!

A quick, light-hearted overview of Gioachino Rossini's screwball comedy, L'Italiana in Algeri. In this week’s Opera Cheat Sheet, Classical 91.7’s program director St.John Flynn and opera expert Eric Skelly discuss Rossini’s hilarious screwball comedy, L’Italiana in Algeri, the story of the wily Italian girl, Isabella, and her plan to outwit the buffoon Mustafà, Bey of Algiers. For more information about Opera Cheat Sheet, go to www.classical917.org/cheatsheet. Love our shows? Show us by donating a few bucks here: bit.ly/UQweya. Donations contribute directly to your own continued audio happiness!

Pianist Pedja Muzijevic plays portions of Carnaval by Robert Schumann, as he previews the Da Camera concert Romantic Trailblazers: Robert, Clara and Johannes. Pedja Muzijevic talks with Bob Stevenson. Love our shows? Show us by donating a few bucks here: bit.ly/UQweya. Donations contribute directly to your own continued audio happiness!