GamePlay

Sundays @ 6pm

Video games are an entry point to classical music for people of all ages. Listen to Discover Classical on Sundays at 6pm for GamePlay, a weekly adventure through one of today's most exciting art forms. The program celebrates the vast worlds of video game music, bringing its composers and performers to life in each episode. GamePlay is hosted by Keith Brown, a classical musician and educator, as well as an enthusiastic gamer.

4/19

Massively Multiplayer: Over 140 million people worldwide have played World of Warcraft. We'll explore some of the sweeping scores that accompany these epic worlds, from World of Warcraft to Final Fantasy XIV to Guild Wars and more.

 

4/26

Austin Wintory and the Music of Journey: Austin Wintory's 2012 original score for Journey launched the young composer's career to new heights. We talk with composer Austin Wintory, the first composer to write a Grammy-nominated video game score.

 

5/3

Austin Wintory and A Journey Symphony: Austin Wintory's Grammy-nominated original score for Journey skyrocketed his career. For the game’s 10th anniversary, he totally reimagined the score as a work for full orchestra and chorus, and brought in several soloists he's collaborated with over the past decade, including cellist Tina Guo and multi-instrumentalist Kristin Naigus.