A reminder to tune in to WPRB 103.3 FM this morning from 6 to 11 a.m. ET, to enjoy the first of 14 summer programs, hosted by Classic Ross Amico.
Among my guests this week will be Sandy Steiglitz, host of WPRB’s “Sunday Morning Opera with Sandy” (heard Sundays, from 6 to 10 a.m.), who will introduce recordings of baritone Robert Merrill, on this his birthday anniversary. That should take place around 8.
I’ll also be joined by Marvin Rosen, host of “Classical Discoveries” (Wednesdays, 5:30 to 11 a.m.), “Classical Discoveries Goes Avant Garde” (Wednesdays 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.) and “Treasures of Early Music” (Mondays, 5:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.), who will introduce something extra special from his own record collection. Marvin will be flitting around all morning, since he doesn’t sleep.
Richard Tang Yuk will be in to talk about The Princeton Festival at 9. The festival kicks into high gear this weekend. Tang Yuk, the festival’s artistic director, will conduct three performances of Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro,” June 13, 21 & 28, at McCarter Theatre. For more information on the Princeton Festival, look online at http://www.princetonfestival.org.
Today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of American composer Alan Shulman. We’ll mark the occasion by listening to one of his neglected works. Also expect birthday nods, belated, in anticipation, or right on the nose, for Sir Edward Elgar, Carl Nielsen and Yevgeny Mravinsky.
If you tune in bright and early, you may even hear a couple of concert works by composers better known for their achievements in film. The signal is far-reaching, but if for some reason you can’t get it, you can hear the program anywhere via streaming at http://www.wprb.com.
Best wishes to the great Teri Noel Towe, host of Towe on Thursday, who, for just about the first time in seven years, did not have to uproot his life to ride New Jersey Transit on a Wednesday evening.
Keep it classy, folks, and remember I’m just getting my sea legs!
PHOTOS: Shulman enjoys a cigarette for his hundredth birthday; Mravinsky is just plain smokin’.

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