
America/Beautiful
Selections from an incredible 5-disc set of new piano pieces, all commissioned by Min Kwon and based on “America the Beautiful.”
You might find a new favorite piece of music by joining us for New At Noon, Wednesdays on WGUC. We begin the 12 p.m. hour with the newest music in our library, introducing you to up-and-coming contemporary artists and tracks we’ve never shared. Grab lunch with on-air host Elaine Diehl and discover the latest from today’s performing artists!

Selections from an incredible 5-disc set of new piano pieces, all commissioned by Min Kwon and based on “America the Beautiful.”

A new album from one of the finest young American flutists that features music from the 19th and 20th centuries.

An album of rarely heard music by prolific French composer Mel Bonis, a contemporary of Debussy.

An album of music by wind band composers from around the world, in an excellent new recording.

An album of 20th- and 21st-century American music for strings, including selections from “At the Octoroon Balls” by Wynon Marsalis

A new album of recent works by American composer Gregory Fritze, including several world premieres.

Inspired by the Miami Valley’s wonderful bike trails.

This album comprises world premiere recordings of seven new Nordic violin concertos, all composed for soloist Niklas Walentin and the Danish Chamber Players, that reinterpret the Romantic violin concerto into a condensed chamber music format that was suggested by the many limitations and restrictions on large gatherings imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic

Critically acclaimed harpist Ashley Jackson presents an EP of artistic arrangements of music by four icons of popular music: Whitney Houston, Nina Simone, Dolores O’Riordan, and Pakistani singer-composer Arooj Aftab

Praised for his “dazzling technique and rhythmic fire,” Cuban pianist and composer Aldo López-Gavilán excels in both the classical and jazz worlds as a recitalist, concerto soloist, chamber-music collaborator, and performer of his own electrifying compositions.
Support for ‘New at Noon’ comes from the Rockwern Charitable Foundation, as well as, the Sarah Marvin Foundation.