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Our Spring Drive will be wrapping up on April 2nd and as I write this on March 31st it looks like we may come up a bit short of our $50,000 goal.
Hundreds of people have already donated (thanks!) and I encourage you to donate as well if you haven't done so already. A successful drive means we can keep this unique experiment in FM broadcasting going strong as we approach our 55th year.
Everyone you hear on the air on 91.3 is a volunteer and you can be sure that all of the money we receive from our listeners goes directly back into the operation of the station.
There are a variety of "thank you" premiums available which you can find out about either by calling us at 860 768-4008 or by going on line to our secure website wwuh.org
John Ramsey
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In Central CT and Western MA, WWUH can be heard
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Our programs are also carried on:
WDJW, 89.7, Somers, CT
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We also recommend that you download the free app TuneIn to your mobile device.
You can also access on demand any WWUH program which has aired in the last two weeks using our newly improved Program Archive.
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Real Alternative News
For over 54 years WWUH has aired a variety of unique community affairs programs.
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Here is our current schedule:
Tuesday: Noon–12:30 p.m. 51 Percent
Wednesday: Noon–12:30 p.m. Perspective
8:30 p.m.–9:00 p.m. Gay Spirit
Sunday: 4:30 p.m.–5 p.m. Amazing Tales From Off and On CT's Beaten Path
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Never Miss Your Favorite WWUH Programs Again! |
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The WWUH Archive!
We are very excited to announce that our archive has been completely upgraded so that it is usable on most if not all devices. The archive allows you to listen to any WWUH program aired in the last two weeks on-demand using the "Program Archive" link on our home page.
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Do you have an idea for a radio program? |
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If you have an idea for a radio program and are available to volunteer late at night, please let us know.
We may have some midnight and/or 3am slots available later this year. Email station manager John Ramsey to find out more about this unique and exciting opportunity for the right person.
Qualified candidates will have access to the full WWUH programmer orientation program so no experience is necessary. He/she will also need to attend the monthly WWUH staff meetings (held on Tuesday or Sunday evenings) and do behind the scenes volunteer work from time to time. This is a volunteer position.
After completing this process, we will review the candidate's assets and accomplishments and they will be considered for any open slots in our schedule.
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Staff Spotlight
Peter Rost(a.k.a. River City Slim)
River City Slim, the long-time host of 'The Pine Grove Blues' on Thursday mornings from 6 - 9 AM was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Connecticut Blues Society (CTBS) on Sunday March 12. Since its inception in 1993, the CTBS has only bestowed this honor on three others, so it is not something awarded lightly.
River City Slim (aka Peter Rost) has been an important part of the Blues scene here in CT for over 30 years. Slim has been a performing Blues musician for many years, leading and playing in a number of bands including the Mighty Soul Drivers.
Slim was a founding member of the CTBS in 1993, and for many years has served on the board of directors and then as president from 2020 - 2023. Slim has also maintained the CTBS Blues calendar for the last ten years, publishing a weekly CT Blues-related event calendar as an email service for CTBS members as well as posting it online for non-members (and sharing highlights from it on the air every Thursday).
Listeners of WWUH will know Slim as the host of 'The Pine Grove Blues' for the last twenty-five years and host of an all-night show 'Rock Slim also occasionally fills-in on Jazz shows, showcasing another facet of the musical knowledge he likes to share with listeners.
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New Program!
Amazing Tales From Off and On Connecticut's Beaten Path
We encourage you to tune in to our newest program, Amazing Tales from Off and On Connecticut’s Beaten Path which airs Sunday afternoons at 4:30 right after the Opera.
Amazing Tales uses a story-telling format to focus on historically significant people, places, and events from Connecticut’s past. Host Mike Allen interviews subject matter experts on a variety of historical topics.
Host Mike Allen specializes in bringing local history to life, by using his journalism and story-telling skills with podcasting and public speaking. For 15 years, Mike worked as a radio journalist, both at NPR’s Boston affiliate WBUR and as News Director at i-95 (WRKI-FM) in western Connecticut. He subsequently worked in government and corporate before retiring and starting his podcast. As a resident of Connecticut for more than 50 years, Mike also makes public appearances throughout the state, speaking on topics of local history
AMAZING TALES WWUH SCHEDULE
Sundays, 4:30pm.
4/2/23
The First Mass Murder in the U.S. (in the 1700s) was in western Connecticut
The first mass murder in U.S. history occurred in 1780 in Washington, Connecticut. Barnett Davenport brutally murdered five people in a farmhouse in this rural community. His confession gave us insight into the first such incident in the country's history. Just as grisly as the murders was the way that justice was served in those days. Hear the story from local history expert Peter Vermilyea, who has studied this case extensively.
4/9/23
The Hubble Telescope: Uncovering the Secrets of the Universe
NASA has called the Hubble Space Telescope the single most important contribution to outer space knowledge since Galileo himself. Hubble was the first telescope sent into outer space to “see” beyond the “waviness” caused by the Earth’s visually distorting atmosphere, giving us clear insights deep into the recesses of the vast universe. Incredible new technical developments were required to achieve success – many of them considered top-secret while the telescope was being built in Danbury, Connecticut. Listen as Sankaran “Gowri” Gowrinithan, one of the engineers who actually built the telescope, and Brigid Guertin, Danbury Museum and Historical Society Executive Director, share their insights and memories of an absolutely incredible piece of scientific history.
4/16/23
In the Presence of Greatness: Danbury’s Marian Anderson
Marian Anderson was an international opera superstar, whose name is mentioned in the same breath as Martin Luther King, Jr., because of the way she overcame rampant racism. She lived in Danbury, CT for half-a-century. The famed contralto used her dignified presence to persevere personally and professionally, while attaining the highest honors possible. She’s perhaps best known for her 1939 performance on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, a concert arranged by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt after Anderson had been barred from singing at Constitution Hall because of the color of her skin. This episode includes interviews featuring rarely heard accounts of her many decades as a Connecticut resident from people who knew her and her background.
4/23/23
The Odd Notch Along Connecticut’s Northern Border
The border between Massachusetts and Connecticut was supposed to be a straight line. So said the King of England, when he granted the Massachusetts Bay Colony their charter in 1642. So why do we, today, have the Southwick Jog – a small notch of land that juts down into Connecticut? Hear about the 160-years of “back-and-forth” history behind this disputed, one-square-mile of territory – as well as the many logistical issues it has caused – from the Treasurer of the Southwick Historical Society, Patricia Odiorne.
4/30/23
Connecticut’s Only Pro Football Team
Most people react in disbelief when you tell them about Connecticut’s professional football team – a team that actually belonged to the National Football League. It’s true. The Hartford Blues even played the venerable “Big Blue” New York Giants. Hear the intriguing story behind this franchise from Bridgeport author Andy Piascik.
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The WWUH Scholarship Fund |
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In 2003 WWUH alums Steve Berian, Charles Horwitz and Clark Smidt helped create the WWUH Scholarship Fund to provide an annual grant to a UH student who is either on the station's volunteer Executive Committee or who is in a similar leadership position at the station. The grant amount each year will be one half of the revenue of the preceding year.
To make a tax deductible donation
either send a check to:
WWUH Scholarship Fund
c/o John Ramsey
Univ. of Hartford
200 Bloomfield Ave.
W. Hartford, CT 06117
Or call John at 860.768.4703 to arrange for a one-time
or on-going donation via charge card.
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CT Blues Society
Founded in 1993, the Connecticut Blues Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion and preservation of Blues music in our state. CTBS is an affiliated member of The Blues Foundation, a worldwide network of 185 affiliates with an international membership in 12 countries.
Coming Up!
Sunday 4/2 | CTBS Blues Jam | CTBS All-Stars w/featured guest Chris 'Stovall' Brown | 1 - 5 PM | The Pine Loft, 1474 Berlin Tpke, Berlin CT
Thursday 5/4 | CTBS Blues Jam | CTBS All-Stars w/featured guest Chris Vitarello | 6 - 9:30 PM | The Chicken Shack, 86 E Hampton Rd, Marlborough CT
Thursday 6/1 | CTBS Blues Jam | CTBS All-Stars w/featured guest Tim McDonald | 6 - 9:30 PM | The Chicken Shack, 86 E Hampton Rd, Marlborough CT
CTBS Band Challenge 2023 | 1 - 5 PM | Black Eyed Sally's, Asylum St, Hartford CT
Preliminaries: Sundays 6/4, 6/11, 6/18
Finals: 6/25
Winner of the challenge to represent CT at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis TN January 2024
Here is a link to CT Blues Society with events and venues.
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Hartford Jazz Society
The longest continuously operating jazz society in the country
Founded in 1960, this all-volunteer organization produces jazz concerts featuring internationally acclaimed artists as well as up and coming jazz musicians. Our mission is to cultivate a wider audience of jazz enthusiasts by offering concerts, workshops and educational programs to the Greater Hartford region. The area’s most complete and up-to-date calendar of Jazz concerts and events.
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Boomer's Paradise
Monday's 1-4 PM with your host, The Turtle Man
April gives way to more than spring rain showers, there is a shower of music to cleanse your soul on Boomers Paradise every Monday from 1-4 PM with your host, The Turtle Man.
As is the custom the month kicks off with a look back 50 years to hear what music was released this time in April 1973. We'll also dabble again in sitar tinged songs, another edition of Billboard's Top 40 One Hit Wonders and the six degrees of The Byrds.
Spring is the time of colors so we'll delve in to songs with colors in the song titles and another look back at what was on the radio song charts from 1964-1966.
From there we'll once again play music from the great catalogue of the Steve Miller Band and Steve Winwood and head back to the musical riff factory.
We'll end the month on a traveling theme of sorts with song titles about roads, streets and the like.
Tune in each week here on WWUH 91.3 FM and wwuh.org where the music reigns.
You can hear all of this each March Monday from 1-4PM on Boomers Paradise with your host, The Turtle Man on WWUH 91.3 FM and wwuh.org.
Tune in on the radio (91.3 FM) or streaming online at wwuh.org.
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WWUH Classical Programming
April 2023
Sunday Afternoon at the Opera… Sundays 1:00 – 4:30 pm
Evening Classics… Weekdays 4:00 to 7:00/ 8:00 pm
Drake’s Village Brass Band… Mondays 7:00-8:00 pm
(Opera Highlights Below)
Sunday 2d
Bach, St. Matthew Passion
Monday 3d
Mennin: Symphony #4 “The Cycle”; Bruckner: Symphony #9 with Reconstructed Finale
Drake’s Village Brass Band Altissima, Works for High Baroque Trumpet, Josh Cohen
Tuesday 4th
Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in D, RV222; Witt: Symphony No. 9; Price: Violin Concerto; Bloch: Suite for Violin & Orchestra
Wednesday 5th
Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre (1665-1729): Le Passage de la mer rouge; Telemann (1681-1767): Der für die Sünden der Welt gemarterte und sterbende Jesus, TWV 5:1 (Brockes Passion); Boccherini (1743-1805): Stabat Mater, G. 532, for soprano and string quintet; Sholom Secunda: Music for Passover
Thursday 6th
From STEM to Staccato: Alexander Borodin: String Quartet No. 2 in D; Kuhnau: Keyboard Sonatas; Destouches: Les Eléments; Volkmann: Cello Concerto in a minor, Op. 33; Brown: NY Light Guards Quickstep; Salzedo: Chanson dans la nuit, Scintillation Op. 31; Tate: London Fields; Imbrie: Waltz; Denisov: 5 Caprices of Paganini – No. 24; Previn: Four Outings for Brass
Friday 7th
Classical guitar – music of a teacher and his student : Francisco Tárrega & Emilo Pujol
Sunday 9th
Handel, La Resurezzione
Monday 10th
Diaghilev 150 – Balakirev: Tamara; Boston Symphony Chamber Players Play Copland, Fine, Carter and Hindemith
Drake’s Village Brass Band New Music for Brass Band -Foden’s Richardson Band, Bramwell Tovey
Tuesday 11th
Corelli: Concerto Grosso Op 6 No. 3; Walton: Symphony No. 2; Korngold: String Quartet No. 2; R. Strauss: Macbeth; J. Raff: Macbeth
Wedneday 12th
Rossini: La scala di seta (The Silken Ladder) - Overture; Krommer: Concerto for Two Clarinets in E-Flat Major; Zingarelli: Pirro, re d'Epiro (Pyrrhus, king of Epirus) - Chi mi da consiglio, aita; John Field: Nocturne No. 16 in F Major, H. 62a; Myslivecek: Symphony in B-Flat Major; Manuel Garcia: La figlia dell'aria - E non lo vedo … Son regina;
Thursday 13th
From STEM to Staccato: Atterberg: Symphony No. 4 in g minor, Op. 14 'Sinfonia piccola'; David: Piano Trio No. 1 in E Flat; Sterndale Bennett: Piano Sonata No. 2 in A Flat Major, Op. 46, "The Maid of Orleans"; McEwen: Scottish Rhapsody, "Prince Charlie"; Alexandrov: Bless the Lord O My Soul, From My Youth; Jensen: Kong Baldvines Armring Suite; Rzewski: Four North American Ballads: Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues
Friday 14th
Host’s choice as Tax Season comes to a close
Sunday 16th
Bjork, Vespertine, Smyth, Mass in D
Monday 17th
Diaghilev 150 – Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun; Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe; Foss: String Quartet #1; Bergsma: String Quartet #3
Drake’s Village Brass Band Heartland Journeys – United States Air Force Heartland of America Band
Tuesday 18th
Schmitt: Symphony in D; Krauss: Symphony in c minor; Mozart: Bassoon Concerto; Rimsky Korsakoff: Symphony No. 2; Glazunov: Piano Concerto No. 1
Wedneday 19th
Spotlight on the DACAPO label out of Denmark, with primary focus on some of its most prominent composers and ensembles. (Previously scheduled for mid-March but not aired due to weather issues.)
Thursday 20th
From STEM to Staccato: Walter Piston: Symphony No. 4; Miaskovsky: Sinfonietta No. 1 in b minor, Op. 32/2; New Additions to the WWUH Library
Friday 21st
Minimalism – as little music as possible
Sunday 23d
Prokofiev, War and Peace
Monday 24th
A Program for Earth Day Stuckey: Silent Spring; Sowerby: From the Northland; Shaw: Evergreen; Glass: Life: A Journey Through Time
Drake’s Village Brass Band: Pickard: Symphony #4 “Gaia Symphony”
Tuesday 25th
Zappa: Symphony in D; Paisiello: Piano Concerto No. 5; Prokofiev: Sarcasms; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4; Ravel: Daphnis & Chloe Suite No. 1; F. Gernstein: Cello Concerto
Wednesday 26th
Johann Sigismond Kusser (1660-1727): 6 Overture Suites "Festin des muses", ; Orchestral Suite No. 6 in A minor; Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre (1665-1729): Trio Sonata No. 3 in D major; François Chauvon (fl. 1710-1740): Deuxieme Suitte from "Tibiades" in C minor; Pierre de Manchicourt (1510-1564): Motets; J. S. Bach: Cantata for Jubilate [3rd Sunday after Easter], "Ihr werdet weinen und heulen", BWV 103; Johann Adolph Hasse (1699-1783): Opera Arias transcribed for lute; Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.17 in D minor, Op.31 No.2 "The Tempest"; Reicha: Wind Quintet No. 21 in E-flat major, Op. 100, No. 3; Nielsen: Symphony No. 4, Op. 29 "The Inextinguishable"; Chaminade: 6 Pièces romantiques, Op. 55 (for piano 4 hands).
Thursday 27th
From STEM to Staccato: Edward German: Nell Gwyn: Suite; Romberg: String Quartet No. 1; Jadin: Keyboard Sonata No. 3 in F Major; Flotow: Martha: M’Appari; Catoire: Violin Sonata, Op. 20 'Poeme'; Slonimsky: Cello Suite
Friday 28th
Host’s choice again! Would you believe it, a Friday afternoon wedding
Sunday 30th
Boughton, The Immortal Hour
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SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT THE OPERA
your "lyric theater" program
with Keith Brown
Programming for the month of April 2023
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SUNDAY APRIL 2ND Bach, St. Matthew Passion Palm Sunday comes at the beginning of Holy Week in the traditional Christian calendar. Throughout Western Christendom, whether in Protestant or Catholic lands, during Holy Week the story of Christ's Passion, as recounted in one or another of the four canonical Gospels, was presented in some sung setting to the assembled Faithful. J. S. Bach's setting of the Passion according to the Gospel of Saint Matthew from 1727 is the Lutheran Protestant benchmark Passion derived from the verses of Holy Scripture, as opposed to the related genre of the Passion-oratorio, which tells the story in poetical adaptation by latter-day librettists. I have presented recordings of Bach's St. Matthew Passion at Holy Week of 2002, 2014 and 2017, and my colleague Steve Petke broadcast a recording of it ,too,substituting for me in this timeslot on Sunday, March13, 2022. Then there's the recording of a St. Matthew Passion from 1746 by Bach's contemporary Georg Philipp Telemann that went over the air on Sunday, April 11,2004. There's a huge discography of this Bach masterwork. Listen for one of the best authentic baroque interpretations of the immortal music to appear on disc in the entire catalog, as originally released in 1998 through French Harmonia Mundi. The Belgian baroque expert Philippe Herreweghe leads the Chorus and Orchestra of his own Collegium Vocale,Ghent. Tenor Ian Bostridge is heard as The Evangelist. The voice of Jesus is bass Franz-Josef Selig.
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SUNDAY APRIL 9TH Handel, La Resurrezione George Frideric Handel's career as a composer really took off in the period in his youth spent sojourning in Italy (1706-08). His patrons in Rome recognized his genius and gave him the breaks he needed to make a name for himself. It was for one of these Roman aristocrats that Handel wrote his first two oratorios, the second of which La Resurrezione, was given in Rome in concert performance on Easter Sunday of 1708, with a female opera singer as Mary Magdalen, despite the Pope's objection to her participation in a sacred musical drama. The libretto of this Resurrection oratorio is in the vernacular Italian, not Church Latin. The music is practically identical with the Italian baroque opera seria, only without the staging. There's nothing of the grand choral sound that typifies Handel's later English oratorios. The way La Resurrezione portrays Christ's return on the Third Day is intensely dramatic, also intensely operatic. Handel's early masterwork was first recorded in 1981 for Decca/L'Oiseau Lyre. Christopher Hogwood's Academy of Ancient Music accurately reproduces the original instrumentation called for at the premiere performance. This recording in its CD reissue last went over the air on this program on Easter Sunday of 1994. Listen again to the voices of five British singing greats of the later twentieth century: Emma Kirkby, Patrizia Kwella, Carolyn Watkinson, Ian Partridge and David Thomas. I must thank the Allen Memorial Library of the Hartt School for the second-time loan of this recording for broadcast.
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SUNDAY APRIL 16TH Bjork, Vespertine, Smyth,Mass in D International Earth Day comes later this week, so with pressing environmental issues in mind I present Bjork's Vespertine, a "A Pop Album as An Opera" (2018), based on the Icelandic singer/songwriter's Vespertine album from 2001 in a musical stage adaptation and arrangement, with additional music from the "Himmelfahrt Scores." Vespertine the opera is a twenty first century handling of the Gaia myth, the story of Gaia the Earth Mother handed down to us from the ancient Greek poet Hesiod. The Earth dies, and a solitary scientist researches the future of life on Earth in a lifeless landscape of stones. Is it really the end of the world as we used to know it? This environmental apocalypse of a lyric theaterwork was first staged by the Nationaltheater Mannheim (NTM) in Germany, who co-produced this work with the Danish Hotel Pro Forma artist group. The NTM production has four vocal soloists. The NTM Children's Choir portrays the stones. The NTM Women's Choir portrays the landscape, all the singers backed by the NTM Orchestra. For Bjork Gudmundsdottir (b. 1965) her Vespertine opera marks her transition from goth rock/electronica musician to full-fledged classical composer.
To fill out the afternoon's program I include the magnum opus of an eminent female composer of
an earlier period, Dame Ethel Smyth (1858-1944). She was also a passionate feminist, famous in her time as the composer of The March of the Women, which became the battle hymn of the British suffragist movement. She even went to jail for the cause! She wrote several operas, but her monumental Mass in D (1891) is really what she should be remembered for in music history. It's modelled along the lines of Beethoven's Missa Solemnis. Despite the patronizing attitude of male music critics towards her as a "lady composer" in Victorian England, her work stands today very much on its own merits. Dame Ethel Smyth's Mass in D got the recording it richly deserved from the Plymouth Festival Chorus and Orchestra of Minneapolis under the direction of Philip Brunelle. A Virgin Classics CD release I last broadcast on Sunday, September 15,1991. Bjork's Vespertine was released on an Oehms Classics CD in 2019.
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SUNDAY APRIL 23RD Prokofiev, War and Peace This will be the fourth time over more than four decades of lyric theater broadcasting that I have presented a recording of Sergei Prokofiev's operatic treatment of Leo Tolstoy's epic novel. Prokofiev's Voina i Mir ("War and Peace," 1941-43) sets forth a panorama of Russian history in thirteen tableaux. Prokofiev composed the opera during one of the darkest moments in that history, as Hitler's invading forces were being beaten back on Russian soil by the Red Army, with obvious parallels found in Napoleon's unsuccessful invasion of 1812. The Soviet authorities permitted public performance of select scenes from the opera in Moscow in June of 1945 following the Red Army's victory over Germany. Prokofiev continued to revise this work up to his death in 1953. He never got to hear it in its entirety in his lifetime. The entire work was recorded for the Soviet state record label Melodiya with the cast, chorus and orchestra of Moscow's famed Bolshoi Theatre, conducted by Alexander Melik-Pashayev. The recording was picked up for issue in the US by Columbia Masterworks in 1974 on four stereo LP's. That's the full version of the opera I aired way back on Sunday, January 22, 1984, and again on Sunday, November 12, 2006. In between those dates came a Fidelio CD release of W & P in a production by the Sofia National Opera of Bulgaria (Sunday, May 25,1997). The Columbia LP's reside in our station's classical music record library, which also holds a three LP set in monaural sound under the MGM Heliodor label. This vintage recording from 1956 gives the ten scene/four act earlier version. I have ignored this shorter version for way too long, perhaps because I thought a Viennese production would be unworthy of consideration in the case of a very ethnic Russian lyric stagework. So is it broadcast worthy? Judge for yourself as you listen to the cast, chamber chorus and orchestra of the Vienna Opera, as conducted by Werner Janssen.
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SUNDAY APRIL 30TH Boughton, The Immortal Hour Now comes the juncture in the old pagan Celtic calendar called Beltane or "May Night." The Germanic people know it as Walpurgisnacht, the witches' sabbath. The Eve of May Day is like Halloween in reverse. May Day is still celebrated in Europe with events like the crowning of a youthful "Queen of the May" with flowers, or socialist parades in the streets. The American Labor Day is definitely not that kind of red holiday. In operatic terms you need to think of the folkloric content of Rimsky-Korsakov's May Night (1880), which I have also broadcast at this time of year. I have presented Rutland Boughton's The Immortal Hour (1914) three times before at Halloweentide, but its pagan Celtic content makes it appropriate at Beltane. The Immortal Hour ran for a thousand performances in London between 1922-25. That's the longest run of any "serious" opera in operatic history! The opera continued to be revived continually up to 1932. Then it disappeared for half a century. The composer (b. 1878), who wrote a pentology of operas on the legend of King Arthur, died in obscurity in 1960. Perhaps the magic of fairyland can explain the extraordinary popularity (for a while) of what ought to be regarded as a classic of English opera. The Immortal Hour is steeped in Irish fairy mythology. Those interested in wiccancraft are sure to like it. It is an iconic example of the artwork of the "Celtic Twilight," also exemplified in the poetry of Boughton's Irish contemporary William Butler Yeats. In the world premiere recording of The Immortal Hour Alan Melville conducts the English Chamber Orchestra and Geoffrey Mitchell Choir. Recorded in 1983, the Hyperion label of the UK issued it first on LP in 1984 and subsequently on compact disc. It's the CD reissue I draw upon today for broadcast.
Keith Brown
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The Connecticut Valley Symphony Orchestra is a non-profit Community Orchestra. They present four concerts each season in the Greater Hartford area, performing works from all periods in a wide range of musical styles. The members of Hartford’s only community orchestra are serious amateurs who come from a broad spectrum of occupations.
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The West Hartford Symphony Orchestra
In collaboration with the WWUH Classical Programming we are pleased to partner with the West Hartford Symphony Orchestra to present their announcements and schedule to enhance our commitment to being part of the Greater Hartford Community.
Richard Chiarappa, Music Director 860.521.4362
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The Musical Club of Hartford
The Musical Club of Hartford is a non-profit organization founded in 1891. Membership is open to performers or to those who simply enjoy classical music, providing a network for musicians from the Greater Hartford area. Club events take place normally on selected Thursday mornings at 10:00 a.m, Fall through Spring. The usual location is the sanctuary at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 2080 Boulevard, West Hartford, CT (between Ridgewood and Mountain Avenues). Information on time and location is given at the bottom of each event description.
Coming Up
Exploring Beethoven’s “Tempest” Sonata: A Concert/Lecture
On Thursday, April 20, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. at the Westminster Presbyterian Church in West Hartford, the Musical Club of Hartford presents award-winning pianist Lois Shapiro in an exploration and performance of Beethoven’s enigmatic Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Opus 31, No. 2, known as “The Tempest.” The church is located at 2080 Boulevard, West Hartford, CT, and offers ample off-street parking and is wheelchair/walk accessible.
About the artist: Lois Shapiro is a New York Concert Artists Guild Award winner and highly sought-after soloist and collaborative pianist, who has given numerous masterclasses and lectures on subjects such as the nature of musicianship, late-Beethoven piano sonatas, and Robert Schumann’s music in cultural context. She received her musical training at the Peabody Institute, Yale University, and the New England Conservatory, and is currently on the faculty of Wellesley College.
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Connecticut Lyric Opera
Connecticut Lyric Opera is the state’s leading opera company, performing to thousands in Hartford, Middletown, New Britain, and New London. We have earned the reputation as an innovative company that is renowned for our world-class singers, phenomenal concert-quality orchestra and programming choices that go beyond the well-loved standards of the repertoire to include lesser-performed yet equally compelling works.
https://ctlyricopera.org/
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Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra
The Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra is the state’s premier professional chamber orchestra dedicated to presenting both traditional and contemporary classical chamber works to the public. The Orchestra, led by Founder and Artistic Director Adrian Sylveen, continues to grow in size and repertoire, presenting approximately 35 times a year in many major performing arts centers throughout Connecticut and New York.
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The Hartford Choral
The Hartford Choralehttp://www.hartfordchorale.org/The Hartford Chorale is a volunteer not-for-profit organization that presents, on a symphonic scale, masterpieces of great choral art throughout southern New England and beyond, serving as the primary symphonic chorus for the Greater Hartford community. Through its concerts and collaborations with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra and other organizations, the Hartford Chorale engages the widest possible audiences with exceptional performances of a broad range of choral literature, providing talented singers with the opportunity to study and perform at a professional level.
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Manchester Symphony Orchestra and Chorale
Bringing Music to our Community for 60 Years! The Manchester Symphony Orchestra and Chorale is a nonprofit volunteer organization that brings quality orchestral and choral music to the community, provides performance opportunities for its members, and provides education and performance opportunities for young musicians in partnership with Manchester schools and other Connecticut schools and colleges.
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Beth El Temple Music & Art
WHERE ELSE COULD MUSIC BE THIS HEAVENLY? Music at Beth El Temple in West Hartford is under the direction of The Beth El Music & Arts Committee (BEMA). With the leadership of Cantor Joseph Ness, it educates and entertains the community through music. The BEMA committee helps conceive and produce musical performances of all genres, while supporting the commemoration of Jewish celebrations and prayer services.
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Voce
Founded in 2006 by Mark Singleton, Artistic Director, and Tom Cooke, President, Voce has grown to become New England’s premier chamber choral ensemble. With a mission to Serve Harmony, Voce is best known for its unique sound; for bringing new works to a wide range of audiences; and for collaborating with middle school, high school and collegiate ensembles to instill the values of living and singing in harmony, further developing the next generation of choral artists.
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Farmington Valley Symphony Orchestra
Farmington Valley Symphony Orchestra is one of Connecticut’s premier community orchestras dedicated to promoting musical excellence. We believe that classical music provides a magical experience that inspires, delights, and brings our community together.
Founded in 1981, the Farmington Valley Symphony Orchestra performs 6-7 concerts each season with a variety of classical, romantic and popular holiday favorites. The orchestra serves Farmington, Canton, Avon, Simsbury, Burlington, Bloomfield, West Hartford & Hartford, as well as Greater Hartford and the Connecticut River Valley. We are your local, civic orchestra and look forward to seeing you at one of our concerts!
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South Windsor Cultural Arts
Coming Up
South Windsor Cultural Arts presents Cellist Jacqueline Choi in Concert
On Sunday, April 2, 2023, South Windsor Cultural Arts will feature cellist Jacqueline Choi in concert.
The program will include Beethoven’s “7 Variations on “Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen” from Mozart's Die Zauberflöte in E-flat major, WoO 46; Franz Liszt’s “"O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst", S. 298, “Enfant, si j'étais roi”, S. 283, and “Oh! quand je dors”, S. 282; Debussy’s “Sonate pour violoncelle et piano”, L. 135; and Rachmaninoff’s “Sonata in G minor for Cello and Piano”, Op. 19.
The concert starts at 2:00pm at Evergreen Crossings Retirement Community 900 Hemlock Ave, South Windsor, CT. Seating begins at 1:30 and is on a first-come, first-served basis. The concert is FREE and donations are welcomed. A reception with the artist will follow the concert hosted by Evergreen Crossings Retirement Community.
For information, call (860)-416-6920
SWCA Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/SouthWindsorCulturalArts
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The New Britain Symphony Orchestra
The 73 year old New Britain Symphony Orchestra is a professional orchestra which presents several concerts each season in the Greater New Britain area, performing works from all periods in a wide range of musical styles. In addition to its full orchestra concerts under the direction of Music Director and Conductor, Toshiyuki Shimada, including a free concert for children, members of the orchestra perform in various free chamber music concerts
during the concert season.
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