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Cadenza- Bob Chilcott, composer

By • Jul 19, 2018

Picture Perfect - July 20: Lands That Time Forgot

By • Jul 19, 2018

Prepare to get “lost.”  It’s an hour of music from fantasy films set in lost worlds, including “King Kong” (Max Steiner), “Journey to the Center of the Earth” (Bernard Herrmann), “One Million Years B.C.” (Mario Nascimbene), and “Jurassic Park” (John Williams).  The music will be larger than life, this Friday at 6 pm.

All English Music on Friday's Distant Mirror

By • Jul 19, 2018

It's an all English Distant Mirror this Friday nightt, highlighted by countertenor Russell Oberlin's performance of the 12th century St. Godric songs, the earliest English music that we know of.  Then 14th Century English music, both sacred and secular, is performed by the Hilliard Ensemble.  The Tallis Scholars are next with Thomas Tallis' Spem in Alium.  The program concludes with William Byrd's 9th Pavan and Galliard Passing Measures  with Davitt Moroney on the harpsichaord.  Join Allan Kelly at 10.

Half Past: July 15 - Peter Maxwell Davies 2nd Symphony

By • Jul 15, 2018

This Sunday (7-15) evening at 11 on Half Past we'll hear Peter Maxwell Davies conduct his 2nd Symphony, commisioned for the 100th anniversary of the Boston Symphony. 

The Lost Chord: July 15 - Kipling Coupling

By Ross Amico • Jul 15, 2018

It’s a Kipling double-bill!  Tune in for the symphonic poem “The Law of the Jungle,” by Charles Koechlin, inspired by “The Jungle Book,” and the ballet “The Butterfly that Stamped,” by Bohuslav Martinu, after one of the “Just So Stories.”  Get ready to go wild, this Sunday at 10 pm. 

The Lyric Stage: July 15 - Andre Gretry's L'epreuve villageoise

By Mike Harrah • Jul 15, 2018

The Lyric Stage presents Andre Gretry's one act L'epreuve Villageoise this Sunday night (7-15) at 8 pm. This work is an example of what Gretry did best, which was write comic operas. It's a comedy of young love, old love, and jealousy that of course ends happily. Gretry lived from 1741 until 1813 during a time of tumult in France - a long period of tensions leading to revolution and finally dictatorship. 

Distant Mirror: July 13 - Jordi Savall plays music of Marais

By & Allan Kelly • Jul 13, 2018

Jordi Savall visits Distant Mirror Friday night with the music of French baroque composer Marin Marais. Hear his Suite in E Minor, which he wrote as an homage to his musical inspiration Saint-Colombe.  Jordi Savall plays bass viol, ( as did both Marais and Saint-Colombe). Rolf Lilevand and Xavier Diaz-Latorre are featured on guitars,  Philippe Pierlot on  viol and Pierre Hatai on harpsichord.  Also on the program, chansons by Johannes Ockeghem with the Orlando Consort.  Join Allan Kelly at 10. 

Picture Perfect: July 13 - Tall Ships Recommissioned

By Ross Amico • Jul 13, 2018

Go down to the sea in ships, with music from “Captain Horatio Hornblower” (Robert Farnon), “Botany Bay” (Franz Waxman), “Mutiny on the Bounty” (Bronislau Kaper), and “Windjammer” (Morton Gould).  Get ready to “taste the cat” and prepare to be keelhauled, this Friday at 6 pm.

Cadenza- Lalo Schifrin, composer

By • Jul 12, 2018

Curtis Calls: July 11 - Prokofiev & Mendelssohn on Curtis Calls

By • Jul 11, 2018

This Wednesday, 7-11 at noon on Curtis Calls we present Prokofiev's Flute Sonata and Mendelssohn's 2nd Piano Trio.  Performances from student recitals at the Curtis Institute of Music, Wednesdays at noon and Monday evening at 10. 

Half Past: July 8 - Gorecki's Symphony of Sorrowful Songs

By • Jul 8, 2018

Sunday, 7-8  at 11 PM on Half Past we'll hear Henryk Gorecki's Symphony No. 3, the Symphony of Sorrowful Songs.  Music from the past half-century on Half Past. 

The Lyric Stage: July 8 - "Der Freischutz" highlights

By Mike Harrah • Jul 8, 2018

Carl Maria von Weber's Der Freischutz premiered in 1821. Critics today describe it as a "pivotal opera", and the "first important German romantic opera", and Weber's influence on Richard Wagner and others is clearly unmistakeable.

The Dress Circle: The Lesser-Known Gershwins

By & • Jul 8, 2018

The Dress Circle is celebrating the life of George Gershwin this week (7/8  7:00 p.m.) as we approach the 81st anniversary of his untimely death on July 11, 1937 with a program of his lesser-known works with his brother Ira as well as with other lyricists.  Included will be songs from shows like 1925’s “Tip-Toes,” “Sweet Little Devil” from 1924, and “Primrose” written expressly for the London stage in 1924.  Although they were all well received, they have been forgotten.  

Kids on Keys 1st Anniversary Show, July 7

By Jed Distler • Jul 7, 2018

Kids on Keys celebrates its first anniversary this Saturday July 7th with a program showcasing memorable performances presented over the past year by some of the best young piano talent in The Classical Network’s immediate broadcast area of Central and Southern New Jersey.

Produced and hosted by The Classical Network’s Artist-in-Residence Jed Distler, Kids on Keys airs on the first Saturday of each month at 1:00 PM on WWFM.ORG

Well-Tempered Baroque: July 6

By • Jul 6, 2018

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