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Remembering Musicians Lost in 2016 on WPRB

Far too many great musicians traded in their instruments for the harp last year. This morning on WPRB, we’ll remember some of those we lost in 2016.

In the second of two programs, we’ll celebrate the artistry of composers Leslie Bassett, Pierre Boulez, Marcel Farago, Ursula Mamlok, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies and Steven Stucky, conductors Gilbert Kaplan, Louis Lane and Otto-Werner Mueller, cellists Jules Eskin and Heinrich Schiff, oboist Neil Black, countertenor Russell Oberlin, harmonica player Toots Thielemans, choral director Gregg Smith, and the 64 members of the Red Army Choir.

We remember those who have moved on to that great orchestra in the sky, this morning from 6 to 11 EST, on WPRB 103.3 FM and at wprb.com. Even in the hereafter, we’re stuck in the third tier, on Classic Ross Amico.

January 5, 2017
Remembering Artists Lost in 2016 on WPRB

O cruel, cruel 2016. You’ve robbed us of so many wonderful artists.

Join me tomorrow morning on WPRB, as we remember just a few of them, including, among others, composers Pierre Boulez, Karel Husa, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Einojuhani Rautavaara, and Steven Stucky, conductors Nicholas Harnoncourt and Sir Neville Marriner, guitarist Alirio Diaz, pianist Zoltan Kocsis, countertenor Russell Oberlin, and cellist Heinrich Schiff.

Of perhaps local interest will be Marcel Farago, longtime cellist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, who also happened to be a composer, clarinetist Arne Running, who performed with the Riverside Symphonia,based in Lambertville, who was also a composer, and harpsichordist Temple Painter.

These remembrances will take place from 6 to 9:00 EST. At 9:00, I will be joined by special guest Gail Wein, president of Classical Music Communications, who will talk a little bit about what she does and play from some of the CDs she’s been enjoying recently.

We’ll bid good riddance to 2016, tomorrow morning from 6 to 11:00 EST, on WPRB 103.3 FM and at wprb.com. Let’s pray that 2017 has less of a sting, on Classic Ross Amico.

More about Classical Music Communications here:

http://www.classicalmusiccommunications.com/

December 29, 2016
Gifts for Music Lovers: WPRB Radio’s 2016 Picks

Still looking for the perfect gift for the music-lover that has everything? We’ll do our best to give you a few ideas tomorrow morning on WPRB, as we sample from a number of compact discs that were released over the course of 2016.

Hopefully, we’ll have a little something for everyone, from the Renaissance to the present day, with perhaps a selection or two from the silver screen. We’ll fill in around the edges with some brief selections for Christmas, lest we happen to forget what season this is. (Yeah, right!)

That’s a full morning of potential stocking stuffers, from 6 to 11 EST, on WPRB 103.3 FM and wprb.com. We’re always full of suggestions, on Classic Ross Amico.

December 15, 2016

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