Featured Programs

Balakirev's First Symphony

KWIT | By Mark Munger

Published November 16, 2015 at 4:12 PM CST

The founder and de facto leader of the Might Handful, Mily Balakirev's influence on musical history is maybe more famous, more discussed, than his music. But his music is very enjoyable. Today we hear his Symphony No. 1, performed by the Philharmonia Orchestra under the direction of Eugueni Svetlanov.

Tags

Mark Munger

Mark Munger first began listening to public radio as a child in the back of his Mom's VW Vanagon, falling in love with the stories on Morning Edition and Prairie Home Companion and the laughter of Click and Clack on Car Talk. Through KWIT, he was introduced to the great orchestras and jazz artists, the sounds of folk and blues, and the eclectic expressions of humanity. This American Life and Radiolab arrived in his formative college years and made him want nothing more than to be a part of the public radio world.

See stories by Mark Munger