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  • Star Wars The Force Awakens Soundtrack Premiere

    Star Wars The Force Awakens Soundtrack Premiere

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    The day is finally upon us! The highly-anticipated “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” opens nationwide. Since the announcement of the project, every aspect of production has been held as tightly as if it were a state secret (perhaps tighter), right on down to the music.

    This week on “Picture Perfect,” we offer a spoiler-free presentation of wall-to-wall selections from this latest soundtrack in the “Star Wars” saga.

    I hope you’ll join me for John Williams’ first “Star Wars” score in ten years. The Force awakens tonight at 6 ET, with a repeat Saturday morning 6. Stream it live, if you’re actually lining up at the movies, or listen to it later as a webcast at wwfm.org.

  • American Boychoir Spreads Holiday Cheer

    American Boychoir Spreads Holiday Cheer

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    At the end of what has been a turbulent year, The American Boychoir is back, doing what it does best – spreading hope and good cheer through the purity of its sound.

    Princeton’s boychoir is America’s boychoir. I hope you’ll step up and support them this holiday season. The choir will present its “most important concert of the year” at Princeton University’s Richardson Auditorium, this Sunday at 4 p.m.

    Read more about it in my article in today’s Trenton Times.

    http://www.nj.com/times-entertainment/index.ssf/2015/12/classical_music_american_boych.html

  • Schoenberg’s Christmas Music Surprise

    Schoenberg’s Christmas Music Surprise

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    Arnold Schoenberg wrote Christmas music? If you’re an early riser, you’ll get to hear his “Weihnachtsmusik,” a delightful work based on German Christmas carols. It will be the first of a morning full of stocking stuffers, as we listen to five hours of music for the season.

    There will be serene choral music, contemporary settings of some very old texts, abundant sleigh bells, boar’s head carols, Christmas songs sung by some of the great voices, and music inspired by the writings of Charles Dickens (and perhaps not the ones you think).

    Join me for a Christmas pudding and “Partridge Pie” (literally, Richard Rodney Bennett’s take on “The Twelve Days of Christmas”) this morning from 6 to 11 ET, on WPRB 103.3 FM and at wprb.com. We’ll be stringing a garland of cranberries and popcorn – and you won’t have to worry about pricking your fingers – on Classic Ross Amico.

  • WPRB Holiday Music Mix Happy New Year

    WPRB Holiday Music Mix Happy New Year

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    Happy Holidays, Season’s Greetings, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

    Tomorrow morning on WPRB, I will be offering a mix of the sacred and the secular, with winter scenes and Christmas music from a wide variety of countries and traditions.

    Do not expect a lot of the “same old, same old.” Undoubtedly there will be a little bit of that, though I am more likely to play from Liszt’s oratorio “Christus” than Handel’s “Messiah.” We’ll also hear some Christmas film scores, some light music, some lovely choral performances, Christmas songs sung by some of the great opera singers, Early Music, seasonal works by contemporary composers, and music evocative of Christmases past – occasionally long past.

    In short, we’ll be making quite merry, tomorrow morning from 6 to 11 ET, on WPRB 103.3 FM and at wprb.com. I hope you’ll join me for a flaming bowl of wassail and a slice of delectable boar’s head, on Classic Ross Amico.

  • Beethoven Birthday Christmas Gift Dilemma

    Beethoven Birthday Christmas Gift Dilemma

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    Right smack dab in the middle of the Christmas season, too. I wonder if he had a problem with getting only one gift for the two occasions. Happy birthday, Beethoven!

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