Several days into 2017, and we can safely pause to catch our breath, knowing that the Reaper has completed his harvest for the last calendar year. Tomorrow morning on WPRB, once again we’ll look back over the appalling number of artists we lost in 2016.
Last week, with limited time at our disposal, we were able to honor composers Inocente Carreño, Karel Husa, Einojuhani Rautavaara, and Arne Running, conductors Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Sir Neville Marriner, pianist Zoltán Kocsis, flutist Aurèle Nicolet, guitarist Alirio Diaz, and harpsichordist Temple Painter.
Tomorrow, we’ll pick up the thread, hopefully celebrating the careers and contributions 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.
Thankfully, samples of their talents have been documented on recordings. We’ll reap the rewards, tomorrow morning from 6 to 11 EST, on WPRB 103.3 FM and at wwfm.org. Time and tide wait for no man, on Classic Ross Amico.