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.