Classical Music

Today, Sound Perimeter was inspired by cats—curious, sly, playful, and full of personality. We met Prokofiev’s clarinet cat in "Peter and the Wolf," smiled at Rossini’s comic duet of meowing singers, and closed with the fiery pasodoble from Penella’s "El Gato Montés."

Today's Sound Perimeter includes two journeys of motion and momentum: Gity Razaz’s 'The Strange Highway', racing forward with eight cellos like headlights through shifting landscapes; then a cello quartet in Carlos Gardel’s “Por una cabeza” leaning into tango’s sway, where a heartbeat rhythm meets a bittersweet tune.

Rain is the guiding theme in today's Sound Perimeter, a symbol of reflection, renewal and emotional depth.

Today’s Sound Perimeter episode spends time with the piano trio: violin, cello and piano, and saw how much music can come from just three instruments.

Natasha Korsakova's career as a concert violinist has taken her around the world, and her work as an author has brought her back to Europe to meet fans of her murder mysteries, her fourth of which is due to hit shelves in 2026.

On today's show, we learn that city planners are looking to cities in northwest Arkansas for ideas on how to improve their communities. Also, a life change led to an unexpected second career for author Dennis Mathew. Plus, Fayetteville and Springdale are seeking input on the railway safety study.

Today’s episode is a reflection, a sonic postcard if you will, from the recent Sound Perimeter LIVE concert at TheatreSquared in Fayetteville, an event that was possible thanks to the support of the University of Arkansas Women’s Giving Circle and the Reflexions Music Series.

Today's Sound Perimeter explores how music moves across borders: geographic, cultural and emotional, featuring works by Marcos Balter and Bright Sheng.

“Sound Perimeter” is a podcast and regular Ozarks at Large segment created and hosted by Lia Uribe, professor of music and an associate dean at the University of Arkansas Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences. Wednesday evening, Lia hosted the first “Sound Perimeter Live”, an intimate concert and community conversation at TheatreSqaured in downtown Fayetteville.

Today’s Sound Perimeter is an invitation to listen closely to the fragile beauty of small things, to the spaces where sound lingers delicately, momentary and full of meaning.