Release the Kraken! It’s a mythological mash-up. Join me for music from movies inspired by classical mythology, including “Helen of Troy” (Max Steiner), “Clash of the Titans” (Laurence Rosenthal) “Hercules” (Pino Donaggio), and “Jason and the Argonauts” (Bernard Herrmann). It will be all the sandals you can handle, this Friday evening at 6 EDT, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.
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Schumann Birthday Celebration on The Classical Network
Now the Schumann is on the other foot.
Join us on The Classical Network, as we pick up our celebration of the birthday today of Robert Schumann. Among our featured works will be the rarely-heard Violin Concerto, with Elmar Oliveira the soloist. We’ll also mark the birthdays of Tomaso Albinoni, Erwin Schulhoff, and Emanuel Ax.
The afternoon will begin with a visit from Dr. Lyn Ransom, outgoing artistic director of VOICES Chorale. To cap her 30-year tenure with the ensemble, Ransom will conduct a farewell concert featuring soloists, chorus, and orchestra, in Johannes Brahms’ “Ein Deutsches Requiem” and Randall Thompson’s “Frostiana.” The concert, part of a VOICES gala weekend, will take place at Princeton University’s Richardson Auditorium on June 16 at 8 p.m.
The music is Romantic with a capital “R” today (when it’s not Baroque or Dadaist). If the Schumann fits, wear it, from 4 to 7 p.m. EDT, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.
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Szell Järvi and Conductor Birthdays on WWFM
It’s a conductor’s holiday! I hope you’ll join me for recordings of triple-threat George Szell, on the anniversary of his birth. We’ll hear Szell as conductor, pianist, and composer. It’s also the 80th birthday of Neeme Järvi. We’ll have more conductors (or better) than you can shake a stick at, today from 4 to 7 p.m., on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.
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GEMS Concert & Havergal Brian’s Gothic Symphony WWFM
On Tuesday and Thursday, this week and next, The Classical Network renews its partnership with Gotham Early Music Scene (GEMS). Join me on today’s Noontime Concert for a recital from the Chapel at St. Bartholomew’s Church in midtown Manhattan of works by Girolamo Frescobaldi. The performer, harpsichordist Gavin Black, is founder and director of the Princeton Early Keyboard Center.
Then stick around for Havergal Brian’s Symphony No. 1, his “Gothic Symphony.” At nearly two hours in length, the “Gothic” is one of the longest symphonies ever written, and certainly one of the largest, requiring multiple choirs and orchestras. The composer had to paste multiple sheets together in the writing of the piece in order to accommodate its titanic demands. Brian dedicated the work to Richard Strauss, who declared it magnificent.
Join me for music from Gotham, and then the “Gothic Symphony,” this afternoon from 12 to 4 p.m. EDT, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.
PHOTO: St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, 50th St. & Park Ave., New York City
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Remembering Sir Jeffrey Tate on The Classical Network
Conductor Sir Jeffrey Tate died on Friday at the age of 74. Join me this afternoon on The Classical Network, as we remember him through a selection of his recordings. We’ll also hear music by American composer Daniel Pinkham and Englishman Arthur Somervell on their birthday anniversaries, as part of our Monday mix. Those and more today, from 4 to 7 p.m. EDT, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.
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