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Prokofiev visited America a number of times, and his concerts here were extremely successful. His opera The Love for Three Oranges was premiered in Chicago, and he met his first wife, the soprano Lina Llubera, in New York City.

I mentioned yesterday that by the mid-1700's the modern flute, technically called the transverse flute, had to a great extent replaced the recorder. The replacement wasn’t complete, though: both Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel had continued to write for both instruments.

In the field of music, Progress has at times been a misleading concept.

As a young man, Ernest Chausson studied law, and was admitted to the bar. But music was his great love, and instead of practicing law he enrolled at the Paris Conservatory.

The composer Ernest Bloch was born in Switzerland, and after spending time in America, he was thinking of returning to Europe. But a visit in 1922 to the Library of Congress, in Washington DC, convinced Bloch to stay in this country, and to take American citizenship.

For composers, mistaken concepts of progress can be downright dangerous.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Elizabeth Mack about protecting infants and children from influenza and complications. Dr. Mack is the Division Chief for Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at MUSC, and she’s a spokesperson for the American Academy of Pediatrics.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Christina Abrams about early diagnosis and treatment of sickle cell disease. Dr. Abrams is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and she’s Director of the Pediatric Sickle Cell Center at MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital.

November 19, 2022 — A look at the Congressional leadership shakeup in Washington and how it affects members of the South Carolina delegation; reactions from South Carolina leaders to former President Donald Trump's announcement that he will run in 2024; the latest unemployment data; and more.

Miles Hoffman talks about the most popular types of overtures.