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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
St Patricks Day Classic Ross Amico

Get ready to get your Irish up! Brace yourself for the cosmic convergence of St. Patrick’s Day and Classic Ross Amico.

Join me tomorrow morning, when we’ll have music from Ireland and on Irish themes, with works by native composers Philip Hammond, Sir Hamilton Harty, John Larchet, Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, and Joan Trimble; composers of Irish descent Edward Joseph Collins, Henry Cowell, Augusta Holmès and Sir Arthur Sullivan; and Irishmen-for-a-day Sir Arnold Bax, Ludwig van Beethoven, Percy Grainger and Frank Martin, for starters.

We’ll take a short break in the 9:00 hour to speak with pianist Orli Shaham, who will be bringing her interactive program, Baby Got Bach, designed for kids 3 to 6, to Princeton University’s Richardson Auditorium this Sunday at 1 p.m. Joining her for this special event will be So Percussion and Rachel Richardson of American Ballet Theatre. For more information, look online at princetonuniversityconcerts.org.

I hope you’ll join me in hoisting a Guinness, weeping over a sentimental air or two, and taking the occasional shillelagh in the teeth, from 6 to 11 EDT, on WPRB 103.3 FM and at wprb.com. Our Irish eyes are smiling (on our mother’s side), on Classic Ross Amico.

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March 16, 2016
Schulz’s Favorite Composer Revealed

Who was Charles M. Schulz’s favorite composer? Hint: It wasn’t Beethoven.

You can find out the correct answer tonight on “The Lost Chord,” as my guest this evening will be pianist Orli Shaham, who heard it directly from Schulz’s mouth.

In advance of Brahms’ birthday (on May 7), Shaham will discuss her new album, “Brahms Inspired,” scheduled for release on the Canary Classics label on June 9. The two-CD set features music by some of the composers who influenced Brahms (Bach, Schubert, Chopin, Schumann) and some that Brahms, in turn, inspired (Schoenberg). We’ll be listening to three brand new works, two of them commissioned by Shaham, by Bruce Adolphe, Avner Dorman and Brett Dean, interspersed with late keyboard music by the master himself.

Shaham will appear in recital at Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel in Elkins Park, Pa., right on the outskirts of Philadelphia, on May 16 at 7:45 p.m. For tickets and information, look online at http://www.kenesethisrael.org/

For more about Orli, visit her website, http://www.orlishaham.com.

Who was Schulz’s favorite composer? Well, actually, I suppose you can surmise the answer from the theme of the show, but do tune in anyway, if you can. At least you’ll learn why Schroeder is fixated on Beethoven instead.

That’s “Aimez-vous Brahms?” on “The Lost Chord,” tonight at 10 ET, with a repeat Wednesday evening at 6; or listen to it later as a webcast at http://www.wwfm.org.

May 3, 2015

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