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Warm Autumn Blues on WPRB

Why is it whenever I do one of these shows, it’s projected to hit 75 degrees?

This Thursday morning on WPRB, it’s our annual tribute to Autumn – and as usual, she’s a no-show. Face it, folks, a handful of days excepted, it’s been an unusually warm season, and some of the trees don’t seem to know what to do. I guess it’s good for the deer, but the rest of us are starving – for hot cider, November woods, wool sweaters, and migrating geese. Halloween is past; bring it on already!

Still, a few of the trees seem to have gotten the memo. This one goes out to them. Maybe the rest will pick up on the vibe already. Tune in for some color commentary, this Thursday morning from 6 to 11 EDT, on WPRB 103.3 FM and wprb.com. The times they are a-changin’, even if the leaves aren’t, on Classic Ross Amico.

November 2, 2017
Autumn Music on WPRB

With Halloween safely in our rear view mirror, I guess this is about as autumnal as it’s going to get. This Thursday morning on WPRB, we’ll ignore the stubborn temperatures and the tenacious greenery to celebrate the joy and melancholy of this most exhilarating of seasons.

We’ll have a vibrant mix of concerted works, works for voice, solo instrumental and chamber music, and even symphonies, in praise of apples, Bacchus, and the colors of autumn.

Get ready for the mother of all leaf fights, this Thursday morning from 6 to 11 EDT, on WPRB 103.3 FM and wprb.com. I’ll be fortifying myself with pie and cider, on Classic Ross Amico.

November 1, 2017
Schoenberg’s Gurrelieder Halloween Terrors on WPRB

At its climaxes, Arnold Schoenberg’s “Gurrelieder” makes Mahler’s “Symphony of a Thousand” sound like chamber music.

This Thursday morning on WPRB, we’ll sample from Schoenberg’s early exercise in Romantic excess, as we attempt to dodge the undead hordes on their wild hunt. It will be one of many wild rides we’ll endure, in our desperation to cling to life and soul, as we are assailed by wave after wave of Halloween terrors.

We’ll be set upon by Victor Hugo’s djinns (twice). We’ll be tempted and tormented by Goethe’s Erlkönig (three times). We’ll bolt for our lives with Robert Burns’ Tam O’Shanter (again, thrice). We’ll encounter a literal night mare in a Norwegian wood (once is enough). We’ll take a couple of short rides in fast machines. And we’ll ride with the Devil, over and over again.

You can flee the Abyss, but you can’t hide, this Thursday morning from 6 to 11 EDT, on WPRB 103.3 FM and wprb.com. We’re going to get you every witch way, on Classic Ross Amico.

October 26, 2017
Diabolical Halloween Music on WPRB

The music is so compelling, it’s diabolical!

This Thursday morning on WPRB, with the approach of Halloween, prepare yourself for some wild rides. There will be heart-pounding sprints through nocturnal forests; breathless pursuits by witches, demons, and djinns; and white-knuckle plunges into the abyss.

We’ll hurtle out of control, as modes of transportation go awry, cower under the blankets at the call of ghostly huntsmen, and even experience a literal “night mare.”

We’ll be pursued, kidnapped, and narrowly avert damnation, this Thursday morning, from 6 to 11 EDT, on WPRB 103.3 FM and wprb.com. If we’re not exactly pure, at least we’re chased, on Classic Ross Amico.

October 25, 2017
Men and Mountains Radio: Classical Music Journey

Mountains can be the bearers of mystical revelations or shattering catastrophe. They are the wellsprings of folk song, beacons for recreation, escapes from the world of men, and safe harbor for exiles, brigands and monsters.

This Thursday morning on WPRB, the focus will be on “Men and Mountains.” I borrow the name from a work by the original cranky Yankee, Carl Ruggles, who was a good friend of Charles Ives. We’ll hear Ruggles’ rugged masterwork, alongside music by Hugo Alfvén, Frederick Delius, Vincent d’Indy, Jon Leifs, E.J. Moeran, Vítězslav Novák, and Karol Szymanowski, among others.

At 10:00, I’ll be joined by Daniel Spalding, music director of the Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey, which will be presenting Alan Hovhaness’ “Mysterious Mountain” at the center of a program which will also include music by Hector Berlioz and Camille Saint-Saëns (the mighty “Organ” Symphony, with Joseph Jackson at the console). Spalding will be on hand to tell us more about this exciting event, which will take place this Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at Patriots Theater at the War Memorial in Trenton.

I’ll meet you at base camp, this Thursday morning, from 6 to 11 EDT, on WPRB 103.3 FM and wprb.com. Get ready to scale dizzying heights with Classic Ross Amico.

October 18, 2017

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