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WRTI and WWFM On-Air Schedule This Week

I am quite the multi-tasking octopus this week.

I pause in the writing of this week’s newspaper article for the Trenton Times to share my on-air schedule at WRTI, which can be heard in Philadelphia at 90.1 FM (internet streaming and a full list of frequencies available at wrti.org):

Today: 2 to 6 p.m.

Tomorrow: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Wednesday: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

New Year’s Eve (really Friday morning): midnight to 6 a.m.

Saturday: 2 to 6 a.m.

This week’s edition of “The Lost Chord” – “Emil with Dancing” – looking ahead to the New Year with Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek’s Symphony No. 5, the “Dance Symphony,” alongside historic recordings of the composer conducting his own works, will be rebroadcast on WWFM Wednesday evening at 6. WWFM can be heard in the Trenton-Princeton area at 89.1 FM (internet streaming and a full list of frequencies available at wwfm.org).

You can also hear my interview with music director Daniel Spalding during the intermission of WWFM’s live broadcast of the New Jersey Capital Philharmonic’s New Year’s Eve concert at the Trenton War Memorial, which will begin on Thursday at 8 p.m.

Teri Noel Towe will be covering my WPRB shift on New Year’s Eve morning. He’ll hit the airwaves, from 5:30 to 11, on 103.3 FM and at wprb.com.

What, is that not enough for you people?

December 28, 2015
WRTI Talking Head On Air Now

Guess who’s batting clean-up this afternoon, from 2 to 6 ET, on WRTI? Tune in to enjoy your favorite talking head, at 90.1 FM (Philadelphia) or listen online. A full list of translators, along with streaming options, may be found at the station’s website, wrti.org.

September 18, 2015
Circus Music Radio Show Fun with Ross Amico

Why should these morose looking clowns have all the fun?

Join me for five hours – yes, FIVE HOURS – of musical evocations of the circus, a theme which is not perhaps as one-note as it may read, with works like Lord Berners’ “Luna Park,” Douglas Moore’s “The Pageant of P.T. Barnum,” Walter Piston’s “The Incredible Flutist,” Nino Rota’s “La Strada Ballet,” Erik Satie’s “Parade,” and Rodion Shchedrin’s “Old Russian Circus Music.” Sure, there will be plenty of 4/4 swagger and graceful trapeze waltzes, and also film scores from some classic circus movies. But hopefully you won’t walk away with a sugar headache from too much cotton candy.

I can’t claim that it will be the Greatest Show on Earth, but I hope you will spend some time with me under the Big Top. I’ll be there from 6 to 11 ET, at WPRB 103.3 FM, or online at wprb.com. It’s all latex and spangles this week, on Classic Ross Amico.

BTW – I’ve got you coming and going today. Listen to me on your way to work at WPRB, from 6 to 11. Then hear me on your way home on WRTI 90.1 FM (or wrti.org), from 2 to 6. I’ll be launched from a cannon over the lunch hour.

August 20, 2015
Midday Classics Red Convertible a Midlife?

Will I live out my midlife crisis on “Midday Classics?” I won’t know what’s on the playlist until I show up. Tune in today to Philadelphia’s classical and jazz station, WRTI 90.1 FM or wrti.org, from 10 to 2 ET, to find out.

Actually, now that I think about it, 12 to 3 is “At Your Request.” Get in on the fun by filling out the form, when you follow the link:

http://wrti.org/programs/your-request#stream/0

I’ll be climbing into my red convertible soon.

August 19, 2015
Bastille Day Méhul French Revolution Composer

July 14. Bastille Day.

Étienne-Nicolas Méhul was perhaps the most important opera composer of the French Revolutionary Era. When one of his works was banned for political reasons, Méhul quickly figured out on which side his baguette was buttered and began writing propaganda pieces and patriotic songs. Vive la France!

He was rewarded by being the first composer named to the newly-established Institute de France in 1795. He was also installed as an inspector at the Paris Conservatory. Allegedly, he was one of the favorite composers of Napoleon, with whom he was on friendly terms.

According to musicologist and Berlioz biographer David Cairns, Méhul was also the first composer to be classified as “Romantic.” Judge for yourself, when I play his Symphony No. 4, around 1:30 p.m. ET, on WRTI 90.1 FM (in the Philadelphia area) or online at wrti.org.

July 14, 2015

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