Of Note for Monday, Nov. 7, 2016: Arvo Part's Balm

KUAF

Published November 8, 2016 at 3:18 PM CST

Anxiety's reached fever pitch with the highly contentious presidential election upon us. Estonian composer Arvo Part's music provides a perfect balm to escape the stress. Hear two hours of compelling classical right now via the on-demand stream of today's program.

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