Sayaka Shoji takes on Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1, a work that revels in dusky enchantments, diabolical dances, and frisky folk tunes. The program also includes Brahms’s fourth and final symphony, conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen. (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 8 pm.
Robert Aubry Davis explores the sources and mainstreams of European music for the thousand years before the birth of Bach. Tune in Fridays at 10 pm and Mondays at noon.
Upcoming and Noteworthy - For Your Listening Pleasure This Weekend
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Revisiting the artistry of a neglected Russian pianist, this Friday (7/10, rebroadcast Saturday 7/11)
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This week’s Sunday Opera (7/12 3:00 p.m.) heads off to the Paris Opera for one of the world’s favorite operas, “Aida” by Giuseppe Verdi. With a libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni, it was initially commissioned by the Khedivial Opera House in Cairo for an 1871 premiere. Quickly becoming an audience favorite, the opera has played around the world and has even played over 1,100 performances at the Metropolitan Opera since its debut in 1886. -
On this week’s Dress Circle (7/12 7:00 p.m.), we’re going to look at an important aspect of a musical: the “I want” song. An “I Want” song appears in many musicals and is usually within the first 20 minutes or so. It lets the audience know the inner-workings of a character, usually the lead, and generally establishes the reasons for why that character does what he or she does throughout the evening.
Join George Marriner Maull, Artistic Director of The Discovery Orchestra, for a delightful exploration into the musical details of a new selection on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of every month at 7:30 pm. This week: I Regret Having Written this Music - The Music of Claude Debussy.
All this month - performances from the Raritan River Music Festival.
The Piano Matters with David Dubal - Encore Broadcast Sunday at Noon
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