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Living Classical with Tyler Kline for October 25-31, 2026

Writer: Tyler Kline
Tyler Kline
4 days ago
1 min read
Banner for this week's episode of Living Classical with Tyler Kline, showing the featured artists. Clarice Assad, short gray hair, dark leather-style jacket, red backdrop. Li Qi, in a white dress, standing in profile against a weathered red wall. Katharina Kang Litton, holding a violin, looking over her shoulder. Gity Razaz, dark wavy hair, black dress, hands clasped. Freya Waley-Cohen, long hair, dark turtleneck, soft gaze. Benjamin Grosvenor, seated beside a grand piano. Brendan Sweeney, playing trumpet at a microphone. Eleanor Alberga, wearing a patterned shawl. Linda Buckley, dark lace top, outdoors. Mat Campbell, glasses, seated on steps, hands together holding a baton. Anna Clyne, brimmed hat, glasses, arms crossed. Chris Opperman, red tie, goatee. Cathal Breslin, hands raised toward the camera. Byrne:Kozar:Duo, two people seated with a trumpet. Sputterbox, three people near a piano. Lei Liang, smiling, glasses, blazer. Hyeyoon Park, long dark hair, holding a violin.


On this special Halloween edition of Living Classical, Tyler Kline presents music of spells, nightmares, and nocturnal flight–séances, hauntings, and ghostly voices included. Featured this week: Eleanor Alberga's On a Bat's Back I Do Fly, which borrows its title from Ariel's song in Shakespeare's The Tempest and conjures a world that's bright, yet shadowy and otherworldly; and Linda Buckley's Water Witch, drawn from the Irish coastal folklore of sea witches, sirens, and selkies, with piano and electronics conjuring the ocean as both enchantress and destroyer.


And selections by Anna Clyne, Chris Opperman, Mat Campbell, Clarice Assad, Freya Waley-Cohen, Gity Razaz, Li Qi, Colin Matthews, Lei Liang, and Brendan Sweeney.



Featuring performances by pianist Chris Opperman; violinist Katharina Kang Litton; pianist Cathal Breslin; violinist Hyeyoon Park with pianist Benjamin Grosvenor; saxophonist Chien-Kwan Lin with Boston Modern Orchestra Project; BBC Symphony Orchestra; California State University, Long Beach Wind Ensemble; Ensemble Arcadiana; The Merian Ensemble; Manchester Collective; Byrne:Kozar:Duo; and Sputterbox.


Join Tyler Kline for this special Halloween edition of Living Classical, exploring the full spectrum of classical music being made today.



Hour 1

  • Masquerade by Anna Clyne

  • Chris Opperman’s Gentle Ghosts of the Past

  • Nightmare Fuel by Mat Campbell

  • Eleanor Alberga’s On a Bat’s Back I do Fly

  • The Book of Spells by Clarice Assad

  • Freya Waley-Cohen’s Talisman

Collage for Hour 1 of Living Classical with Tyler Kline, showing six featured musicians. Chris Opperman: bearded man with a shaved head in a gray suit and red tie, glancing to the side in front of a red curtain. Freya Waley-Cohen: woman with long light brown hair and a dark high-neck top, smiling softly at the camera. Mat Campbell: man with glasses and a beard, in a black sweater, crouching on outdoor stone steps with hands clasped around a conductor's baton. Eleanor Alberga: woman with short cropped hair and a plum-colored shawl, looking at the camera against a plain white background. Anna Clyne: woman in a wide-brimmed dark hat, round glasses, and black jacket, arms crossed, with a slight smile. Clarice Assad: woman with short, wavy silver hair and a dark satin top, gazing at the camera against a red backdrop.


Hour 2

  • Spellbound by Gity Razaz

  • Li Qi’s Lonely Grave

  • Water Witch by Linda Buckley

  • Colin Matthews’ Ghost Story

  • Xiaoxiang by Lei Liang

  • Brendan Sweeney’s Séance Serenade

Collage for Hour 2 of Living Classical with Tyler Kline, featuring living composers and musicians. Sputterbox: three people stand close together against a dark background. Brendan Sweeney: plays trumpet into a microphone on stage. Lei Liang: smiling, wearing round glasses and a blazer outdoors. Benjamin Grosvenor: sits beside a black grand piano, looking off to the side. Hyeyoon Park: rests her chin on her hand, holding a violin. Linda Buckley: gazes into the distance, hair blowing, with trees behind her. Cathal Breslin: holds both open hands up in front of his face. Gity Razaz: in a dark dress, looks over her shoulder. Byrne:Kozar:Duo: two people sit side by side, one holding a trumpet. Li Qi: stands in a white dress before a weathered red wall. Katharina Kang Litton: holds a violin, long dark hair falling past her shoulders.

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