This week on “Picture Perfect,” it’s an hour of dystopian visions – glimpses of a bleak future rendered hopeful, in large part, by the music. We’ll hear selections from “Fahrenheit 451” (Bernard Herrmann), “WALL-E” (Thomas Newman), “A.I. Artificial Intelligence” (John Williams), and “Metropolis” (Gottfried Huppertz).
Join the fight against totalitarian government, corporate control, and technology gone awry, this Friday evening at 6 EDT, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.
Yom Kippur begins on Friday evening. The holiest day of the Jewish calendar caps ten Days of Awe and Repentance, which began with the Jewish New Year on Rosh Hashanah. This Thursday morning on WPRB, we’ll mark the Jewish High Holy Days with a full playlist of music on Jewish themes.
We’ll begin with some evocations of the shofar, in Aaron Minsky’s “Judaic Concert Suite” and David Stock’s “Tekiah,” then progress through several arrangements of the Yom Kippur prayer Kol Nidre — by Jacob Weinberg, Arnold Schoenberg, Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek (of “Donna Diana Overture” fame), and of course Max Bruch — and arrive finally at Thomas Beveridge’s “Yizkor Requiem,” which beautifully consolidates the Jewish and Catholic liturgies for the dead. Along the way, there will be a symphony, some dances, and even a collection of tone portraits of the stained glass windows of Abell Syagogue at Hadassah University Medical Center in Jerusalem, which depict the Twelve Tribes of Israel.
If you’re looking for music for the High Holidays, I’m your goy, this Thursday morning from 6 to 11 EDT, on WPRB 103.3 FM and wprb.com. Wishing you a sweet and happy 5778, on Classic Ross Amico.
Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, will commence this Friday at sundown. We anticipate the Day of Atonement and mark the ten Days of Awe and Repentance that began on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, with our annual show devoted to the Jewish High Holidays.
This Thursday morning on WPRB, we’ll hear plentiful music on Jewish themes, a piece or two evocative of the shofar, and of course multiple renderings of the prayer “Kol Nidre,” which is recited in the synagogue before the Yom Kippur evening service.
A highlight of the morning will be the “Yizkor Requiem” by Thomas Beveridge, who attempts to bridge Jewish and Christian traditions by paying tribute to the Hebraic roots of the Roman Catholic liturgy.
That’s music for the Days of Awe, this Thursday morning from 6 to 11 EDT, on WPRB 103.3 FM and wprb.com. The results will be predictably awesome, on Classic Ross Amico.
Tut tut! Gentlemen! Don’t you know that you’re the future of Hungarian music?
On the next “Music from Marlboro,” we’ll hear works by Zoltán Kodály (his Serenade, Op. 12, with Karina Canellakis and Augustin Hadelich, violins, and Michael Tree, viola) and Ernő Dohnányi (the Piano Quintet in C minor, Op. 1, with Stephanie Brown, piano, Joseph Genualdi and Mayuki Fukuhara, violins, Philipp Naegele, viola, and Lisa Lancaster, cello).
Hungary for chamber music? Join me for archive performances from the legendary Marlboro Music Festival, this Wednesday evening at 6 p.m. EDT, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.
Marlboro School of Music and Festival: Official Page
PHOTO: Dohnányi (left) and Kodály duke it out over a cowering Béla Bartók in 1900
Still new to the whole selfie thing. This is from when Mark Hyczko and I were guest villains on the television series “Batman.” (Just kidding. We’re at WWFM – The Classical Network. Ha ha.)
Mark was in today to co-host the Noontime Concert and to talk about the New Brunswick Chamber Orchestra’s next NBCO@Zimmerli salon, to be held this Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University. On the program will be works by Fanny Mendelssohn, Amy Beach, Libby Larsen, Jennifer Higdon and Caroline Shaw. The event is free, but registration is required. You can reserve your seat at newbrunswickchamberorchestra.org.
Thanks for the visit, Mark. You’re a natural!
NBCO@Zimmerli “After Clara”
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