Victor Wooten's La Lección Tres showcases the possibilities of a solo electric bass with orchestra, sometimes with plucked rhythmic punch and others lyrical and melodic with a custom bass that’s bowed like a cello. Also on this program, Thomas Wilkins conducts Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s romantic and lush Ballade and Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story. (Part of the WFMT Orchestra Series)
Enjoy great music programming all weekend long: From the Top Saturdays at noon, Classical Guitar Alive Saturdays at 5 pm, With Heart and Voice Sundays at 1 pm, and Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Sundays at 9 pm.
Robert Aubry Davis explores the sources and mainstreams of European music for the thousand years before the birth of Bach. Enjoy an encore broadcast Mondays at noon.
Upcoming and Noteworthy - For Your Listening Pleasure This Weekend
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The Princeton-based ensemble's retelling of the Christmas story airs Saturday (12/21) at 2 pm and Tuesday (12/24) at 6 pm. -
Our annual holiday episode devoted to Scarlatti's keyboard sonatas this Friday (12/20, rebroadcast Saturday 12/21)
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A Tempo this Saturday (12/21 at 7 pm) features a conversation with Terry D. Loftis, who was named the next President and CEO of the New Jersey Symphony. -
Sounds Choral this Sunday (12/22 at 2 pm) features a variety of music for the holidays, from medieval to jazz.
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The Sunday Opera: Heggie's "It's a Wonderful Life" and Gordon's "The House Without a Christmas Tree"We’ve got two contemporary operas for Christmas on this week’s Sunday Opera (12/22 3:00 p.m.) as we begin with Jake Heggie’s 2016 version of “It’s a Wonderful Life” and continue with Ricky Ian Gordon’s setting of Gail Rock’s beloved novel, “The House Without a Christmas Tree.” -
It’s time again for the ghosts to visit, and this year, we’re being visited by some Programs of Christmas Past on this week’s Dress Circle (12/22 7:00 p.m.) as we look at some listener favorites from past programs featuring songs from stage and screen musicals. -
Sancho Panza takes over the island of Barataria this Sunday (12/22) on The Lyric Stage. It was not a good idea...
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