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WPRB Welcomes Erickson & Zhou Tian

I welcome a couple of very special guests to the WPRB studios this morning.

At 9:00, Clipper Erickson, piano, will drop by to share music from his new release of instrumental works by Laurie Altman. Erickson will be performing music by R. Nathaniel Dett and Modest Mussorgsky in recital at Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church in Princeton on Saturday at 5 p.m.

At 10:00 this morning, I’ll be joined by composer Zhou Tian, whose “Broken Ink” will be given its US premiere by the Princeton Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Rossen Milanov, at Princeton University’s Richardson Auditorium on Sunday at 4 p.m. Our conversation will be followed by a broadcast of Zhou’s brilliantly orchestrated Concerto for Orchestra, written for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.

It’s all new releases until 11:00 EDT, on WPRB 103.3 FM and wprb.com.

May 4, 2017
Easter Music on WPRB Holy Week Special

It’s wholly works for Holy Week this morning, or just about.

I hope you’ll join me on WPRB for 500 years of Easter music, ranging from Richard Davy’s “Stabat Mater” (1490) through Osvaldo Golijov’s “La Pasión según San Marcos” (2000). In between, we’ll also enjoy reflective (and occasionally bombastic) works by Gregorio Allegri, William Alwyn, George Frideric Handel, Franz Liszt, Victor de Sabata, Ottorino Respighi, Edmund Rubbra, John Tavener, and Ralph Vaughan Williams.

At 9:00, we’ll take a break for a special visit from Douglas Martin, artistic director of American Repertory Ballet, and Marc Uys, executive director of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra. They’ll drop by to talk about Martin’s new ballet, “Pride and Prejudice,” which sets the classic novel by Jane Austen to music by Ignaz Pleyel. The PSO will provide live musical accompaniment for the dancers, at McCarter Theatre Center on April 21 & 22.

Otherwise, we’ll make a habit of the rabbit, from 6 to 11 EDT, on WPRB 103.3 FM and at wprb.com. I’ll be putting all my eggs in one basket, on Classic Ross Amico.

April 13, 2017
ARB Ballet & PSO Pride and Prejudice on WPRB

Dropping by the WPRB studios at 9:00 EDT will be Douglas Martin, artistic director of American Repertory Ballet, and Marc Uys, executive director of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra. They’ll tell us a little bit about Martin’s new ballet, “Pride and Prejudice,” which sets the classic novel by Jane Austen to music by Ignaz Pleyel. The PSO will provide live musical accompaniment for the dancers, in its world premiere performances at McCarter Theatre Center on April 21 & 22.

Listen this morning at WPRB103.3 FM or at wprb.com.

April 13, 2017
Pride and Prejudice Ballet Princeton 2023

In the WPRB studio this morning with Douglas Martin, artistic director of American Repertory Ballet, and Marc Uys, executive director of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra. They dropped by to talk about their collaboration on “Pride and Prejudice,” a new ballet to be presented at McCarter Theatre Center on April 21 & 22. That guy on the left looks like he could really use a cup of coffee. (Photo by Dan Bauer)

April 13, 2017
Lyndon-Gee on WPRB Today! Elgar & Nielsen

Join me at 10:00 this morning on WPRB to hear composer and conductor Christopher Lyndon-Gee. Lyndon-Gee will lead the Princeton Symphony Orchestra at Richardson Auditorium this Sunday at 4 p.m. Philippe Graffin will be the soloist in Sir Edward Elgar’s Violin Concerto. The second half of the program will be devoted to Carl Nielsen’s volcanic Symphony No. 4, “The Inextinguishable.”

Lyndon-Gee will offer insights into the concert and then share some surprises from his extensive catalog of recorded music. Until then, we’ve got wall-to-wall works on Irish themes, as we look ahead to St. Patrick’s Day, on WPRB 103.3 FM and at wprb.com.

March 16, 2017

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