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WWFM Today Orli Shaham Newman & Oltman

I hope you’ll tune in to WWFM this afternoon, as I’ll be joined by a couple of special guests.

In the 4:00 hour, pianist Orli Shaham will chat with me by telephone about her Baby Got Bach program, which she’ll be bringing to Princeton University’s Richardson Auditorium as part of the Princeton University Concerts Series, this Saturday at 1 p.m. Baby Got Bach is designed to introduce children 3 to 6 to the joys of interactive music-making. You can find out more at babygotbach.org.

Then we’ll be sampling from Orli’s performances of music by Alberto Ginastera, from a new album celebrating the centenary of one of Argentina’s most famous composers.

In the 6:00 hour, Michael Newman of The Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo will swing by to talk about a special Veterans Day concert, presented by Raritan River Music, that will be held at historic Bethlehem Presbyterian Church, near Pittstown, NJ, on Sunday at 2 p.m. Guest artists will include singers-songwriters-storytellers Sally Rogers and Claudia Schmidt. For more information, look online at RaritanRiverMusic.org.

For the rest of this afternoon, we’ll be observing the birthdays of an eclectic assortment of composers and conductors, including Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf, John Foulds, Friedrich Kalkbrenner, Douglas Lilburn, and Giuseppe Sinopoli.

There’s a lot to celebrate, from 4 to 7:00 EDT, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.

November 2, 2016
St. Patrick’s Day Music Celebration & Baby Got Bach

They say that St. Patrick drove all the snakes out of Ireland. I’m in the process of driving all the mileage out of my car. This week the odometer passed 200,000 miles. To give you an idea of how much that is, I could have driven back and forth to Ireland more than 24 times. When my mother’s people came to America, it’s doubtful they envisioned one of their descendants in a beater with one hubcap missing and a door plowed in. But that, my friends, is what is known as upward mobility.

I hope you’ll join me this morning as we get all misty-eyed over occupation, famine, political unrest and poor dentistry, with a nostalgic glance at the Emerald Isle. You’ll experience heart-tugging pastoralism and delirious reels, courtesy of native composers John Larchet, Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, and Joan Trimble; composers of Irish descent Henry Cowell, Augusta Holmès, and Sir Arthur Sullivan; and Irish-for-a-day Ludwig van Beethoven, Percy Grainger, and Frank Martin.

We’ll retire to the pub for ten minutes, around 9:00, to hear what pianist Orli Shaham has to say about her interactive program, Baby Got Bach, designed for kids 3 to 6, which she’ll be bringing to Princeton University’s Richardson Auditorium this Sunday at 1 p.m. Joining her for that special event will be So Percussion and Rachel Richardson of American Ballet Theatre. For more information, look online at princetonuniversityconcerts.org.

Then it will be back to weeping and drinking and step dancing and fighting, as we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, from 6 to 11 EDT, on WPRB 103.3 FM and at wprb.com. We’re looking over a four-leaf clover, on Classic Ross Amico.

March 17, 2016

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