Program Guide - June, 2023 |
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Broadcasting as a Community Service from
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In July, WWUH will celebrate 55 years on the air. We have some very special programming planned that I will fill you in on as the anniversary date approached.
A much more somber anniversary will also take place next month. July 6 is the anniversary of the Hartford Circus Fire tragedy and at noon on that date we will commemorate the event by rebroadcasting the amazing documentary on the disaster produced by WWUH volunteer Brandon Kampe.
John Ramsey
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In Central CT and Western MA, WWUH can be heard
at 91.3 on the FM dial.
Our programs are also carried on:
WDJW, 89.7, Somers, CT
smart device.
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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New Permanent Host for Friday AM Jazz
"Bach Jock" Ron Horn has taken over the mic on Fridays at 9AM.
Ron has been the go to fill in for all the jazz programs for the past few years and brings his enthusiasm and ability to mix it up to give the listeners a wide range of jazz subgenres from traditional forms to newer jazz . Please join him at 9AM Fridays.
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Check Out Our Newest Program
New Show of Great Big Band Music
Please join Bob Lazar on Saturday nights from 7 to 8:30 for a trip back in time to the era of the Big Bands on Swing and Other Things.
Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Glen Miller, Glen Grey, Woody Herman Erskine Hawkins, to name a few. These are the bands that entertained millions and had people dancing in the aisles of performance halls such as the Paramount in Brooklyn or the Casa Loma hotel in Toronto.
This was feel good music and it’s almost impossible to sit and listen without moving your feet to the great arrangements of this wonderful music.
Saturday nights 7 to 8:30 on WWUH.
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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.
June 4th
Part 2: The Greatest Showman on Earth - PT Barnum
In this final episode on the life of PT Barnum, more seldom heard stories about his incredible exploits – including his American Museum in New York City and his Barnum & Bailey Circus – are shared by Bethel Town Historian Pat Wild (where Barnum was born) and Danbury Museum and Historical Society Executive Director Brigid Guertin (where Barnum spent much of his early years). You’ll hear about the way devastating fires impacted him time and time again, the rare story behind his major attraction Jumbo the elephant, and the touching final visit this iconic showman paid from his later hometown of Bridgeport to his native birthplace of Bethel, not long before his death.
June 11th
Part 1: Redding’s Favorite Son - Mark Twain
Mark Twain died exactly 112 years ago, to the very day, of the publication of this podcast episode (April 21, 1910). This first in a two-part series takes a look at Samuel Clemens’ last two years of life, spent in Redding, Connecticut, in his famed mansion Stormfield. Redding historian Brent Colley (who is also the First Selectman of Sharon, CT) shares rarely heard and incredibly insightful stories about Clemens and some of his closest friends (including Helen Keller, Hartford Congregational Minister Joseph Twitchell and his biographer Art Bigelow Paine). Also, you’ll learn fascinating details about the Stormfield house itself.
June 18th
Part 2: Redding’s Favorite Son - Mark Twain
Considering that Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) only spent the final two years of his life in Redding, CT, there were an inordinate number of incredible stories that filled those years to the brim, culminating in his death in his mansion. Redding historian Brent Colley recounts both the wonderful and painfully sad moments he spent with his two remaining daughters, the legendary fallout with his business manager and personal secretary, and the final months leading up to the day when Clemens passed away in his fabled Stormfield home.
June 25th
The Deadliest Fire in Federal Prison History: 7-7-77
It was anything buy “lucky 7’s” at Danbury’s Federal Prison on July 7, 1977. In fact, it marked the day of the deadliest fire at a federal prison in U.S. history. The inmates inside Dormitory G were trapped for a time inside the housing unit during a middle-of-the-night blaze that spewed toxic smoke into the confined area, causing nearly 100 casualties. Hear the harrowing story and the heroic actions that were taken that night from two persons who were on the scene, Medical Unit Physician Assistant Bob Young and former Danbury Police Lieutenant Bob Lovell, the first person on the scene.
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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!
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
June marks the halfway point in the calendar and what better way to enjoy the month by listening to Boomers Paradise every Monday from 1-4 PM at WWUH 91.3 FM and wwuh.org with your host, The Turtle Man.
As the custom for the show we start the month with a look back at albums released 50 years ago, June 1973 and there is quite a diverse group of artists. We also revisit the vaults of The Billboard Top 40 One-Hit Wonders and being late Spring and early summer we'll play songs with colors in the song titles.
We move on to the album catalogues of The Steve Miller Band and Steve Winwood and go back to the music in the years 1964-1966.
We'll return to a newer musical category, "Torch Songs" as well as tunes defined by their musical riffs.
Since June is a popular month for road trips we'll end the month with a songs that have street, road, avenue and in the like in the song title and "Power Ballads" that you can listen to and sing along while travelling down the roads and highways in the good old old USA.
Tune in each week and tell your friends and family about all the great programming on WWUH.
All of this can be heard each Monday from 1-4 PM on Boomers Paradise with your host, The Turtle Man on WWUH 91.3 FM and wwuh.org where music is your friend."
Tune in on the radio (91.3 FM) or streaming online at wwuh.org.
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WWUH Classical Programming
June 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)
Thursday 1st
From STEM to Staccato: Józef Elsner: Piano Quartet, Op. 15; Muffat: Concerto No. 12 in G Major ‘Propitia Sydera’; Fiorillo: Sinfonia Concertante in F Major; Malling: Piano Concerto in c minor Op. 43; Glinka: Ruslan & Lyudmila Overture, Spanish Overture No. 2 'Summer Night in Madrid'; Seidel: Zur ehre gottes; Paer: Sargino, ossia L'allievo dell'amore: Overture; Whitlock: Wessex Suite
Friday 2d
Frederic Devreese’ “Gemini”: One work, two way
Sunday 4th
Lully, Alceste
Monday 5th
Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in C RV191; Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F; Rachmaninoff: Piano Sonata No. 2; Hans Rott: Suite in E major; Haydn: String Quartet Op. 77 No. 1; Krauss: Viola & Cello Concerto in G
Tuesday 6th
Debussy: Etudes for Piano #1-6; Beach: Suite for Two Pianos Founded Upon Old Irish Melodies, Op. 104; Mennin: Symphony #5; Schoenberg: String Quartet #1 in D Minor, Op. 7
Drake’s Village Brass Band United States Marine Band Selections From Monuments and Serenade
Wednesday 7th
Praetorius: Terpsichore (selections); Francois Chauvon: Cinquiéme Suitte in D minor from "Tibiades"; Telemann: Flute Sonata, TWV 41:D9, Essercizii Musici, Solo No. 2 and Trio Sonata, TWV 42:G6, Essercizii Musici, Trio No. 2; J. S. Bach: Chorale Cantata for Trinity Sunday, "Gelobet sei der Herr, mein Gott", BWV 129; Reicha: Wind Quintet No. 23 in A minor, Op. 100, No. 5; Johann Strauss I: Die vier Temperamente, Walzer, Op. 59; Nielsen: Symphony No. 2, Op.16 / FS 29 "De Fire Temperamenter" (The Four Temperaments); Hindemith: Theme and Variations, "The 4 Temperaments"; Robert Simpson: The Four Temperaments
Thursday 8th
From STEM to Staccato: Milton Babbitt: Danci; Albinoni: Oboe Concerto in d minor, Op. 9 No. 2; Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B Flat Major, Op. 38 'Spring'; Kleinknecht: Sonata da camera in D Major, Op. 1 No. 3; Dalayrac: String Quartet in D Major, Op. 7 No. 3; Schulhoff: Ogelala Suite
Friday 9th
In memory of Luigi Nono
Sunday 11th
Cherubini, Les Abencerages
Monday 12th
Seixas: Music for organ; Christian Forster: Horn Concerto; Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2; Hans Rott: Symphony; Ginastera: Estancia
Tuesday 13th
Tovey: Dream Song; Mahler: Symphony #7
Drake’s Village Brass Band- Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Brass: Brass Too
Wednesday 14th
Salieri: Les Horaces: Overture; Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 3, No. 1; Ernestine: Scena: Ernestine, que vas-tu faire?... O Clemangis, lis dans mon ame; Cherubini: Lodoiska: Overture; Mozart: Symphony No. 31 in D Major, K. 297 “Paris”; Saverio Mercadante: Emma d'Antiochia: Overture; Saverio Mercadante: Il giuramento, Act I: La dea di tutti i cor Il giuramento, Act I: Ah! Si … Mie care … Or la sull'onda; Notturno in E-Flat Major; Les Soirees Italiennes: L'asilo al Pellegrino; Les Soirees Italiennes: Il galop; La poesia, Melodia per quattro violoncelli; Virginia, Act I: Icilio io l'amo; Virginia, Act I: Paventa insano gli sdegni miei; Felix Mendelssohn: Six Preludes and Fugues, Op. 35: Prelude No. 3 in B Minor, MWV U131 & Fugue No. 3 in B Minor, MWV U91; Clara Schumann: 3 Romanzen, Op. 22 (arr. for oboe and piano); Liszt: 3 Sonetti di Petrarca, S270/1/R578a (1st Version); Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 88; Menotti: Amelia al Ballo: Florence Beatrice Price: Piano Concerto in D Minor; Wolf-Ferrari: Il campiello (Three Orchestral Excerpts); Sibelius: Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Op. 105
Thursday 15th
From STEM to Staccato: Conlon Nancarrow: Study for Player Piano No. 6; Vogler: Sinfonia in C Major; Altenburg: Concerto in C Major for 7 trumpets and timpani; Bennett: Suite of Old American Dances; Gilson: The Sea; Chaplin: Modern Times: Smile; Danzi: Wind Quintet in F Major Op. 68 No. 2; Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1; Ropartz: Andante et Allegro; Luening: Symphonic Fantasia
Friday 16th
J Otto Luening and your engineer have something in common
Sunday 18th
Mahler,Das Lied von der Erde
Monday 19th
Jean Baur: Cello Sonata; L. Scharwenka: Piano Concerto No. 3; Haydn: Symphony No. 36; Saint-Saens: Phaeton; Roberto Sierra: Sinfonietta
Tuesday 20th
Etudes for Piano # 7-12; Schoenberg: String Quartet #2; Diaghilev 150 - Schumann: Carnaval and Prokofiev: The Prodigal Son
Drake’s Village Brass Band Tine Thing - Seraph Music for Trumpet and Orchestra by Ewezan, Macmillan and Arutiunian
Wednesday 21st
In celebration of the first day of summer, an array of favorite releases from my personal collection. It might be safe to say you are in for a treat!
Thursday 22d
From STEM to Staccato: Farwell: Navajo War Dance No. 2., Pawnee Horses; Tomasini: Baryton Trio in D Major; Leigh: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream incidental music, Op. 61; Leschetizky: Suite, Op. 40, "A la Campagne"; Mehul: Symphony No. 1 in g minor; Manfredini: Concerto Grosso in D Major Op. 3 No. 6; Bruna: Tiento
Josef Kraus: Viola Concerto in E flat; Haydn: Symphony No. 34; Moscheles: Piano Concerto No. 7; Rubbra: Symphony No. 5; Brahms: Horn Trio in E flat
Friday 23d
Music of Elizabeth Vercoe
Sunday 25th
Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan, Walton, Facade
Monday 26th
Host’s Choice
Tuesday 27th
Tuesday Night at the Movies - Williams: The Fabelmans; Hermann: On Dangerous Ground; Mahler - Gudnadottir - Elgar - Music From and Inspired by the Motion Picture Tár
Drake’s Village Brass Band Mark Davidson Trombone- À la manière
Wednesday 28th
Praetorius: Terpsichore (selections); Francois Chauvon: Neuviéme Suitte in E minor from "Tibiades"; Telemann: Viola da Gamba Sonata, TWV 41:a6, Essercizii Musici, Solo No. 3, and Trio Sonata, TWV 42:g5, Essercizii Musici, Trio No. 3; J. S. Bach: Cantata for the 3rd Sunday after Trinity, "Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis", BWV 21; Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Ein Sommernachtstraum (A Midsummer Night's Dream): Overture, Op. 21, and incidental music, Op. 61; Howells: Summer Idyls; Prokofiev: Summer Night Suite; Barber: Knoxville, Summer of 1915, Op. 24.
Thursday 29th
From STEM to Staccato: César Cui: Suite No. 4 Op. 40 "A Argenteau"; August Klengel: Swiss Air with variations in B-Flat Major, Op. 32; Labor: Quintet in D major for clarinet, violin, viola, cello, and piano Op. 11; Loesser: The Most Happy Fella Overture; Aarre Merikanto: Scherzo; Boyle: Piano Concerto in d minor; Anderson: Light Music; Herrmann: Psycho (A Narrative for Orchestra); Moncayo: Huapango.
Friday 30th
Host's Choice
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SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT THE OPERA
your "lyric theater" program
with Keith Brown
Programming for the month of June 2023
SUNDAY JUNE 4TH Lully, Alceste It could safely be said that Jean Baptiste Lully, an Italian by birth, invented French opera in 1673 with Cadmus et Hermione, his first tragedie en musique. As recorded recently at the Chateau de Versailles Lully's, Cadmus went over the air on this program on Sunday, June 12, 2022. Alceste, staged in 1674, was the second collaboration between composer Lully and librettist Philippe Quinault. Their partnership brought forth a dozen more French lyric tragedies, the sequence broken only by Lully's unexpected death in 1687. In Alceste Lully and Quinault built upon the success of Cadmus and expanded upon their concept with a winning combination of airs, recitatives, choruses, dance sequences and spectacular stage effects. The distinguished French playwright Racine and his cabal tried to distract the public with their criticisms in an attempt to ruin the premiere performance, but Parisian theatergoers and especially the Sun King Louis XIV and his court won out. The king praised the new opera and it drew full houses. By royal command it was performed in the courtyard at Versailles. Lully's Alceste held the stage on-and-off for nigh on a century until Gluck's Alceste finally rendered it obsolete. I last broadcast a historically-informed recording of Alceste way back on Sunday, February 10, 1985. Jean-Claude Malgoire , a pioneer in baroque performance practice, led his own Grande Ecurie ensemble. A younger generation of "period" performers have given us a new rendition of Alceste for the French Aparte record label. Christophe Rousset directs the period instrument players of Les Talens Lyriques and the Chamber Chorus of Namur. This new Alceste was released in 2017 on two compact discs in special limited edition.
SUNDAY JUNE 11TH Cherubini, Les Abencerages So much of the history of French opera has been presented to the public on disc courtesy of the Palazzetto Bru Zane record label. The latest in the Bru Zane series of CD releases in 2022 is Cherubini's Les Abencerages (1813). Like Lully before him , Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842) was Italian by birth. He loomed large in the musical life of Paris for half a century. He was appointed director of the Paris Conservatoire. Beethoven and Berlioz admired his compositions. His lyric tragedy Medee (1797) or Medea was heard on this program in an Italian language translation of its libretto on Sunday, February 3, 1985 (London LP's/ Gardelli/Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome). Cherubini's heroic "rescue opera" Lodoiska (1791) established an operatic subgenre that would include as its best known example Beethoven's Fidelio. The world premiere recording of Lodoiska I featured on three occasions- Sundays in 1992, 2006 and 2016 (Sony Classical CD's/ Muti/ La Scala, Milan). The world premiere recording of Les Abencerages ou L'Etendard de Grenade was made in Budapest in the Bela Bartok Concert Hall with the resources of the period instrument Orfeo Orchestra and the Purcell Choir, Gyorgi Vashegyi conducting. The operatic proceedings are played out in 15th century Moorish Spain. In the fabulous Alhambra Palace in Granada there is a storied "Hall of the Abencerrages," referring to the historic Muslim clan who ruled over the Iberian peninsula for generations. In Cherubini's opera there's a chivalric love interest and a noble knight bearing a celebrated banner.
SUNDAY JUNE 18TH Mahler, Das Lied von der Erde Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) was more famous in his own time as an opera conductor rather than as a composer of symphonies. He composed no operas, but his nine symphonies are largely operatic, with solo singing parts and choral writing, making them into gigantic symphonic cantatas. Also cantata-like is Mahler's orchestrated song cycle Das Lied von der Erde (1909), a setting of six Chinese poems in German language translation. Mahler's settings of these lyrics express an inextinguishable hope wrung from his despair over the loss of his young daughter. This song cycle was his last gift to the world. He didn't live long enough to conduct at its premiere. There are differing versions of Das Lied von der Erde for two different voices. Arnold Schoenberg reorchestrated the entire score. Also, there are many recorded interpretations of the music which I have presented over the years. Today you'll hear a historic recording with the great Bruno Walter (1876-1962) on the podium. He knew Mahler personally and conducted the posthumous premiere of Das Lied von der Erde in Vienna. In 1952 Walter recorded it along with the three orchestrated Ruckert-Lieder (1901-02) in monaural sound in Decca's London studios. He leads the Vienna Philharmonic with the English contralto Kathleen Ferrier and the native Viennese tenor Julius Patzak. The Japanese Opus Kura label issued "The Song of the Earth" and the Ruckert songs in digitally processed sonics in 2007. The two-CD package offers Decca's vocally focused take, which I have chosen for broadcast over a second studio variant that's orchestrally focused.
SUNDAY JUNE 25TH Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan, Walton, Facade I have designated the last Sunday in June as "Stonewall Sunday" after the Stonewall Rebellion of June, 1969, which marked the beginning of the modern LGBTQ rights movement here in the United States and across the world. On Stonewall Sunday I like to present an opera by a gay male or lesbian composer, or on some gay-related theme, or perhaps performed by openly lesbigay singers. Spoken word presentations have long been part of the mix of my lyric theater programming- the recorded plays of Shakespeare, for instance. On Stonewall Sunday of 2023 I turn to one of the iconic figures in our gay cultural heritage, Oscar Wilde (1854-1900). I have often broadcast the interview scene from Wilde's comedy of manners The Importance of Being Earnest (1895) in a recording made in 1939 and starring the legendary and reputedly gay British actor Sir John Gielgud as John Worthing and Dame Edith Evans as Lady Bracknell. The complete 1939 recording of the play I presented on Sunday, May 17, 1992. Wilde's first play Lady Windermere's Fan has remained popular ever since its initial 1892 production. This play's witty dialog contains many of Wilde's most frequently quoted aphorisms, and it shows us a satirical picture of Victorian high society in all its hypocritical prudery. Yet it is also a melodrama about the merciful reconciliation of a mother who is technically a "fallen woman" with her respectable daughter. Lady Windermere's Fan was issued through Naxos AudioBooks on a pair of compact discs in 1997.
What is there in British music to compare with the witticism of the plays of Oscar Wilde? There's time remaining this afternoon for your audition of another Naxos compact disc release from 2022 of the complete music by Sir William Walton for Dame Edith Sitwell's highbrow entertainment Facade (1922), which is her sendup of Late Victorian culture as she remembered it from her childhood. Waltron himself was a mere youth of twenty years when he collaborated with the mature Sitwell in providing instrumental accompaniment for the recitation of her poems. Three contrasting voices trade off with each other in this new recording of Facade, backed by the Virginia Arts Festival Players, directed by JoAnn Falletta.
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
Haydn, Brahms and More – a Morning of Chamber Music
On Thursday, June 15, 2023, The Musical Club of Hartford will present its final concert of the 2022-2023 season. Musical Club members and guests will perform music spanning centuries and forms, including a Haydn piano trio, a Brahms clarinet sonata, a set of songs by Brahms for soprano voice and piano, a commissioned trio by contemporary composer Moshe Kroll for clarinet, viola and piano, and – to start out the program – a medley of tunes for hammered dulcimer with flute and tin whistle. This daytime concert will take place in the spacious sanctuary of Westminster Presbyterian Church, located at 2080 Boulevard, West Hartford, CT. The program will begin at 10:00 a.m. and will run about 90 minutes without intermission.
Program Details:
Ami Monstream (hammered dulcimer) and Mark Silk (flute and tin whistle) will perform:
Three Airs; The Ash Grove – Traditional Welsh; Julia Delaney – Irish; Da Slockit Light (‘the light has gone out’) – Tom Anderson; Three Marches; Jamie Allen; Napoleon Crossing the Rhine; March of St. Timothy – Judi Morningstar; “Vacation for Two” – Chris Lussier
Lisa Kugelman (violin), Karen Benjamin (cello) and Stacy Cahoon (piano) will perform the Piano Trio in E-flat Major, Hoboken XV:10 by Franz Joseph Haydn:
Jonathan Hammond (clarinet) and Michael Yachanin (piano) will perform the Clarinet Sonata Opus 1, No. 1 in F minor by Johannes Brahms:
Carrie Hammond (soprano) and Michael Yachanin (piano) will perform Three Songs by Johannes Brahms:
The Noteworthy Ensemble -- Susanne A. Shrader (viola), Gwendolyn Winkel (clarinet) and Alan Lurie (piano) -- will perform Trio elegiaque: In Memoriam, David Diamond (1915 – 2005) by Moshe S. Knoll. Commissioned by ArtsAhimsa for The Noteworthy Ensemble, this piece premiered on April 22, 2023, in a performance by the Noteworthy Ensemble at The Goodrich in Simsbury, CT
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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.
Coming Up
Sunday, June 4 4:00 PM
Santo Fragilio Performing Arts Center, Middletown
Connecticut Virtuosi - We the People, immigrant stories, part 5: Music of Passions
New Britain Museum of American Arts: June 11, 2023, 3 pm
Haydn: Symphony No. 49 (‘La Passione’),
Javier Farias: El Vuelo de tu Alma,
Ernesto Ferreri: Verlangen, Op.28
With Alturas Duo (Scott Hill, guitar and Carlos Boltes, viola & charango)
Sending rhythmic vibrations straight to the heart of audience members with their groundbreaking performances, Alturas Duo—the only group of its kind—has been recognized as one of the most entertaining and engaging ensembles performing in the chamber music world today. With its unusual combination of viola, charango, and guitar; Alturas Duo creates spirited and passionate programs that move with ease between the Baroque of Bach, South American melodies and rhythms learned through the oral tradition and newly commissioned repertoire. Their performances oscillate from beautiful and serene to strong and pulsating, taking audiences on a journey to new musical heights and earning Alturas Duo numerous awards from First Prize at the New England International Chamber Music Competition, a CMA/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming, and the 2020 World Folk Vision popular vote award and jury selection for best Latin Music Band.
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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!
Coming Up
“FVSO Lawn Concert - "Hands Across the Sea"
Saturday, June 3, 6 pm, Grounds of First Church, Farmington
"Hands Across the Sea" will be the theme of the Farmington Valley Symphony Orchestra's annual Lawn Concert, Saturday, June 3, 6:00 p.m. on the grounds of First Church, 75 Main St., Farmington.
Favorite hornpipes, marches and ballads from British and American composers, including Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 by Elgar and marches galore by John Philip Sousa.
Festivities will begin with picnicking at 5:00. Bring lawn chairs or a blanket and picnic supplies. Parking is available on Church Street at the Barney Library, adjacent to the church.
Tickets can be purchased in advance at: http://www.fvso.org. Further information is available at the web site or by calling 800-975-FVSO.
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South Windsor Cultural Arts
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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Celebrating 54 Years of Public Alternative Radio |
Our programming can also be heard on:
WDJW - Somers, 89.7 Mhz
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