Savannah Music Festival LIVE Presents: 20th Century Beauties

Original air date: week of September 5, 2010

The term "20th Century Classical Music" often conjures up the notion of sounds that are not very appealing to classical music purists. However, many 20th century composers never strayed from writing beautiful music that attracted a broad array of people, no matter how sentimental or sappy it might have sounded to some. In this episode, we listed to enduring works by some of the most esteemed 20th century composers: Leonard Bernstein, George Gershwin and Sergei Rachmaninoff.

Original air date: week of September 5, 2010

The term "20th Century Classical Music" often conjures up the notion of sounds that are not very appealing to classical music purists. However, many 20th century composers never strayed from writing beautiful music that attracted a broad array of people, no matter how sentimental or sappy it might have sounded to some. In this episode, we listed to enduring works by some of the most esteemed 20th century composers: Leonard Bernstein, George Gershwin and Sergei Rachmaninoff.