Program Guide March 2026

GM Report

Our spring Marathon fund drive kicks off at 6pm on Sunday, March 22nd. Our goal of $60,000 is based on the amount of money we need to finish our fiscal year in June in the black. Right now we are a bit behind in fund raising so we really need you to make a donation during the drive to help keep us on the air.

Thinking back to the first time I did a Marathon show on WWUH. . . it was way back in 1978 when I was doing two Gothic Blimp Works shows each week. The T shirts we had as premiums back them were going for $6 each(!) and the goal of the week-long drive was $15,000, about what it cost to operate the station that year. I can recall pitching for about 10 minutes on the air before the first listener pledge call came in . . . boy was it exciting to hear the phone ring after talking for what seemed like an hour.

But I don't want you to donate to bring joy to the heart of the person on the air when you call (consider that a bonus). I want you to call (or pledge on line) because you value the unique, alternative programming you hear on 91.3/ 24/7. We don't get any money from the government and rely on listener donations for over 90% of our budget so every pledge counts.

We'll have several different premiums, a new UHart Radio T-shirt, the ever-popular WWUH cap and jacket, Jazz CDs and perhaps a surprise premium or two. But your real premium will be another 6 months of some of the best radio programming around, programming that was recognized last fall by the Connecticut Broadcasters Association as "The Best College Programming in Connecticut"!



John Ramsey

WWUH HISTORY

The Making of

"The Sounds of Hartford"

In the fall of 1993, the junior class of Leadership Greater Hartford (LGH) approached the station for help. They were planning a concert to feature the incredibly diverse music of Hartford’s various neighborhoods as their Senior Project the following year. They came to us for advice since they knew that we had produced large, outside concerts in the past. It wasn’t long before we realized that this was the perfect opportunity for WWUH to present a concert of local music that represented the diversity we aired each week on the station. It was something we had wanted to do for a long time.

We made a proposal: WWUH would co-sponsor the concert, host the event on campus and record it for release on CD! The folks at LGH immediately realized the benefits of our proposal, which was received enthusiastically. These benefits included: the perfect no-cost venue for the concert - the UHart campus; the creation of a CD of the event that would promote both the musicians and showcase LGH and WWUH; station volunteers would take care of the logistics, such as providing stage, sound and recording crews; the station would work with LGH to both scout out and select the artists to perform and WWUH would help promote the event. Thus, the “Sounds of Hartford” was born!  

The original idea was to accept demo tapes from traditional and ethnic groups exclusively from the city of Hartford, but it quickly became apparent that this was too limiting, so we changed the criteria to include tapes from groups in the greater Hartford area. The selected artist/group would perform three original compositions at a free concert to be held outside in front of the Harry Jack Gray Center. We suggested that format since it had worked so well for our Folk Next Door Series.

Over the next six months, the LGH folks secured funding to the tune of $13,000 donated by the Connecticut Mutual Foundation and Bank of Boston to cover the cost of staging, the sound system and the pressing of the CDs. To make sure the word got out that we were looking for demos, small groups of “talent scouts” made up of members of LGH and WWUH, went out into the community, visiting countless neighborhood clubs looking for appropriate acts.

We received dozens of tapes from area performers hoping to get a fifteen-minute slot on stage at the "Sounds of Hartford". The selection committee, made up of Rich Oettinger, Brian Grosjean, Kevin Lynch and Susan Mullis from WWUH met with their counterparts at LGH on Sunday, March 11, to listen to the audition tapes. A dozen entries were chosen at that time to perform at a free, outdoor concert to be held in front of the Gray Center on a Saturday afternoon. The show would be recorded by WWUH for release as a CD on the station’s UH OH record label. 

Over 800 people attended the free April 27, 1994 show which featured the following bands: Greater Hartford Academy Jazz Ensemble, Menko Orchestra, Valeriano Ramo, Jr, Island Riddims, Rozmarin, Temple Sinai Klezmer Band, Sanjeer Ramabhadran, Home Cookin’, Mestizo Manta, Nzinga’s Daughters, Full Circle Drum Society, Morrigu and People of Good Will.

Hartford Mayor Mike Peters and UH President Humphrey Tonkin were on hand, and the event received excellent press coverage, including segments on both Channel 3 and Channel 30 news the following day. 

Having these two organizations working so closely together was simply amazing.

Recording this event was a monumental task, which was undertaken by the WWUH engineering department, including Chuck Dube, Dave Gardiner and John Ramsey. Over three hundred feet of heavy multi-channel audio cable had to be run from the stage at the front of the building across the roof to the station’s recording studio where the music was recorded onto an eight track digital system.

Mark DeLorenzo was the stage manager, and Susan Mullis took care of all of the administrative duties. Other station volunteers included Larry Bilansky, Ann Carmody, Josh Lafayette, Scott Tuffish, Brian Grosjean, Kevin Lynch, Tony Magno and Mary Dowst. 

Volunteer Chuck Dube edited the six hours of live tapes into a 70-minute CD, which made its debut at a release party at the Charter Oak Cultural Center on Thursday, October 3.

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WWUH Classical Programming

March 2026

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… Tuesdays 7:00-8:00 pm

Sunday 1st

Handel, Joseph and His Brethren

Monday 2nd

Ludwig von Beethoven: Leonore Overture; Geoge Frederick Handel: The music of the Water; Fanny Mendelssohn: Piano Trio in D minor

Tuesday 3rd

Debussy/ Beamish: La Mer for Piano Trio; Villa-Lobos: String Quartet #7; Messiaen: Turangalila Symphonie

Drake’s Village Brass Band – Equale Brass -Bacchanales

Wednesday 4th

Host's Choice

Thursday 5th

Weyse: Symphony No. 1 in g minor; Hasselmans: Chanson de Mai Op. 40, La Source Op. 44; Foote: Serenade for Strings Op. 25; Villa-Lobos: Guitar Concerto; Stamp: Prayer and Jubilation; Hadley: One Morning in Spring.

Friday 6th

Music of Federico Moreno Torroba

Sunday 8th

De Fesch, Joseph

Monday 9th

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Magic Flute Overture, Frederic Chopin : Piano Concerto #2; John Field 12 Nocturnes; Clara Shuman: Piano Concert in A minor

Tuesday 10th

Shostakovich: Cello Concertos 1 & 2; Still: Songs of Separation; Boykin: 26 Ways of Looking at a Black Man; Bonds: Montgomery Variations;

Drake’s Village Brass Band John Wallace Trumpet – Virtuosi

Wednesday 11th

Franz Joseph Haydn: Armida, Hob.XXVIII:12: Overture; Antonio Salieri: Concerto for Flute and Oboe in C Major; Wolfgang Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492 (excerpts): Act IV: Aria: Deh vieni non tardar; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93; Gaetano Donizetti: Gemma di Vergy: Sinfonia; Gaetano Donizetti: Gemma di Vergy, Act I: Qui un pugnale! Ah! Nel cuor mi suona un grido … Un fatal presentiment;

Emile Paladilhe: Psyche (arr. Ş. Dikener for cello and piano); 

Reynaldo Hahn: Si mes vers avaient des ailes (arr. Ş. Dikener for cello and piano); Claude Debussy: Beau soir (arr. Ş. Dikener for cello and piano); Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana: Preludio e Intermezzo (arr. M. Mangani for wind ensemble); Richard Strauss: Rosenkavalier Suite, Op. 59, TrV 227; Charles Alkan: Premier recueil de chants, Op. 38: No. 1. Assez vivement; Michael William Balfe: Cantata - Sempre pensoso e torbido for soprano, horn & piano; David Harper (piano), Joachim Raff: 3 Duos on themes from Wagner's operas for Violin and Piano, Op. 63: No. 3; Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: Sinfonia da camera in B-Flat Major, Op. 8; 

Charles Lecocq: La fille de Madame Angot: Overture; Felix Blumenfeld: Allegro de concert in A Major, Op. 7; Giacomo Puccini: Scherzo in A Minor - Trio in F Major (orchestration completed by V. Bernardoni); and Edvard Grieg: Symphony in C Minor, EG 119

Thursday 12th

Othmayr: Non Argus largus, Non somnos requies, Quis Quis Requiem Quaeris; Guilmant: Symphony No. 2 for Organ and Orchestra Op. 91; Arne: Rule Britannia, Keyboard Concerto No. 3 in A Major, Symphony No. 4 in c minor; Haydn: Symphony No. 48 in C Major 'Maria Theresia'; Mozart: Serenade No. 11 in E-Flat Major K. 375.

Friday 13th

Music of Fred Lerdahl

Sunday 15th

Porpora, Il Gedeone

Monday 16th

Carl Maria von Weber: Overture; Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria, Beatrice Florence Price: Fantasy Negre and Mississippi, River Suite,

Tuesday 17th

Keltic Sonatas and Symphonies - Herbert: Irish Rhapsody; Macdowell: Piano Sonata #4 “Keltic”; Antheil: Fighting the Waves; Beach: “Gaelic” Symphony in E Minor, Op. 32; Denney: Land of Winter

Drake’s Village Brass Band The Wallace Collection – The Origin of the Species – Virtuoso Victorian Brass Music from Cyfartha Castle Wales

Wednesday 18th

Host's Choice

Thursday 19th

Verhulst: Symphony in e minor Op. 46; Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major K331 'Alla Turca'; Reger: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart Op. 132; Dimitrescu: Peasant Dance; Pacius: Maamme (Our Country); Sibelius: Finlandia Op 26 No. 7; Maconchy: Clarinet Concertino No. 2; Muczynski: Movements for Wind Quintet Op. 16.

Friday 20th

Verhulst: Symphony in e minor Op. 46; Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major K331 'Alla Turca'; Reger: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart Op. 132; Dimitrescu: Peasant Dance; Pacius: Maamme (Our Country); Sibelius: Finlandia Op 26 No. 7; Maconchy: Clarinet Concertino No. 2; Muczynski: Movements for Wind Quintet Op. 16.

Sunday 22d

Clothed in the Rays of the Sun: plainchant in Honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Hammerschmidt, Geistliche Vokalmusik

Monday 23d

Richard Wagner: Tannhauser Overture; Maurice Ravel: Bolero; Eric Satie:

Vacxations; Teresa Carreno: Klever Waltzer,

Tuesday 24th

Irish Rhapsodies and Symphonies E. Bernstein: The Field; Bax: In the Faery Hills; Sullivan: Irish Symphony; Cowell: Four Irish Tales for Piano and Orchestra; Stanford: Irish Rhapsody

Drake’s Village Brass Band The Wallace Collections plays Tippet, Carter, Lutoslawsi and Britten

Wednesday 25th

Host's Choice

Thursday 26th

Nedbal: Valse Triste; Sibelius: Valse Triste Op. 44 No. 1; Gliere: Valse Triste; Chopin: Waltz No. 7 in c sharp minor Op. 64 No. 2; Strauss: An der schönen, blauen Donau Op. 314; Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No. 1; Mozart: Symphony No. 36 in C Major K. 425 ‘Linz’; Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 13 in A Major D. 664; Vivaldi: Concerto for Two Horns in F Major RV 538.

Friday 27th

Music of Richard Rodney Bennett

Sunday 29th

 Homilius, St. Matthew Passion

Monday 30th

Pietro Mascgani: Cavalleria Rusticana prelude; Heitor Villa-Lobos:  Suite Populare Bresilliene for Guitar; Amy Beach: The Mass in E flat major and the Garlic Symphony,

Tuesday 31st

Ortiz: Yanga, Dzonot Cello Concerto; Sandsengen:     Tombeaux; León: Raices (Origins) Drake’s Village Brass Band – John Wallace – British Trumpet Concertos

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SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT THE OPERA

your "lyric theater" program

with Keith Brown



Programming for March 2026

SUNDAY MARCH 1ST Handel, Joseph and His Brethren  Lenten programming proceeds through the entire month of March with more of the genre of sacred oratorio. The opera houses in old Catholic Europe (and in Protestant lands,too) closed for the duration, although what was called "oratorio" was simply unstaged opera setting forth some story out of Biblical lore. George Frideric Handel came to London to write Italian opera, but when the public's tastes changed he took up writing oratorios, the most famous one being, of course, Messiah (1741). Many of these works were first performed during Lent. Handel didn't exactly create the genre of English oratorio, witness the Jephtha oratorio by the native English composer Maurice Greene. The world premiere recording of Greene's Jephtha (1737) went over the air on this program last Sunday, the first Sunday in Lent, February 22nd. Handel's Joseph and His Brethren (1744) is truly a forgotten masterwork. It was popular in Handel's lifetime, and the composer revived it regularly. It contained mostly original music. Handel didn't borrow much from previous works, as he did so often in writing his other oratorios. Prejudice against his Joseph oratorio seems to have arisen after Handel's death, perhaps because of the libretto by the Reverend James Miller, who was certainly no great poet. Miller's adaptation of the familiar Old Testament story may have been confusing to the English public in a later time. Moreover, the title role was intended for countertenor, a very high male falsetto voice type which would soon pass out of fashion. Handel was at the height of his creative powers when he crafted the score for Miller's "sacred drama." Chandos Records of the UK gave the world the first complete recording of Joseph and His Brethren in 1996. The now defunct Musical Heritage Society of the USA reissued the three-CD set stateside. Robert King directs the King's Consort period instrument orchestra and the Choir of the King's Consort, augmented by the voices of the Choir of New College, Oxford. Countertenor James Bowman sings in the title role. I last broadcast this MHS CD release on Sunday, March 4, 2001.

SUNDAY MARCH 11TH DeFesch, Joseph Following hard upon the success of Handel's Joseph and His Brethren in 1744, Willem de Fesch (1687-1761), a Dutch composer residing in London, decided to try his hand once again in the genre of oratorio. It was he who penned the second such oratorio ever performed in London: Judith, which was produced immediately after the premiere of Handel's first-ever oratorio Esther, in 1732. The score of Judith has been lost, but in his second work Joseph (1745) we can hear how fine a composer De Fesch really was, and how much his music to our ears today sounds like Handel. For a long time the score of Joseph went missing, too. It was found in 1980 in the archives of the British Royal Academy of Music. His Joseph compares favorably to the lesser known oratorios of Handel. In 2000 the Dutch NM record label issued the world premiere recording of the De Fesch Joseph on three silver discs. Jed Wentz directs Musica ad Rhenum, playing instruments of the period, the Viri Cantores adult choral group and the treble voices of the Nationaal Kinderkoor of the Netherlands. An American soprano Claron McFadden sings in the title role, which was originally intended for a female vocalist employed here in "breeches" capacity. The De Fesch Joseph last went over the air during Lent of the year 2003 (March 16th, to be exact). 

SUNDAY MARCH 15TH Porpora, Il Gedeone Oratorio as a musical genre is Italian in origin. One excellent specimen of the Italian baroque sacred oratorio is Il Gedeone by Nicola Porpora (1686-1768), which was commissioned for performance during Holy Week of 1737 before the imperial court of the Hapsbugs in Vienna. The oratorio tells the story of Gideon, the righteous judge and military hero of the Israelites. Porpora's musical handling of the libretto is as dramatic as it would be for any Italian opera seria. Il Gedeone was recorded in Vienna for release in 1999 through the German cpo record label. Martin Haselboeck directs the Wiener Akademie period instrument ensemble and the Vokalensemble Nova, with countertenor Kai Wessel featured as the Israelite prince Gideon. This cpo recording, too. had been previously scheduled for Lenten broadcast once before on Sunday, April 2, 2000.

SUNDAY MARCH 22ND Chants Clothed in the Rays of the Sun, Hammerschmidt, Geistliche Vokalmusik Plainchant lies at the foundations of Western classical music. It can be quite mesmerizing to hear when sung properly. Gregorian chant is the vocal music of Western Christendom going back more than a millenium. It was the first notated music in European history and was cultivated and taught in the singing schools of the Roman Catholic Church, especially by those in religious orders. As we look toward Easter Sunday I find it both instructive and inspiring to present Chants Clothed in the Rays of the Sun: Gregorian Chant in Honor of the Mother of God, a Vox Classics CD release from 1995. The praise of the Virgin Mary formed an important part of the Latin language liturgy of medieval Roman Catholicism. Listen on this fifth and last Sunday in Lent to the Mass of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the associated chants of the Holy Office of the BVM, as sung by the nuns and monks of St. Scholastica Priory and St. Mary's Monastery in Petersham, Massachusetts. They were recorded in 1989 in the Church of the Most Holy Rosary in nearby Gardner, Mass. The title of this CD release is derived from a verse in the New Testament Book of Revelation describing the vision of a shining woman who is identified with Mary. My broadcast of these plainchants is dedicated to the memory of Father Richard Cardarelli (1951-2012).

   At the end of the medieval period the Western Church underwent the Reformation, with its various Protestant national breakaway churches. Protestant and Catholic national groups in Central Europe fought amongst each other in the devastating Thirty Years War of the mid seventeenth century. It was a horrible time to be a composer of music in Germany. One of the best composers working in Lutheran Northern Germany was Andreas Hammerschmidt (1611-75). His biographical details are fragmentary, but he did leave a quantity of printed music. both vocal and instrumental. Some of his German language motets- devotional vocal compositions or Giestliche Vokalmusik, suitable for Lutheran services, were recorded in 2005 under the auspices of North German Radio Hannover. Jurg Breiding conducts the boy trebles of the Knabenchor Hannover and the adult vocalists of the Himmlische Cantorey, backed by the instrumentalists of the Johann Rosenmuller Ensemble. Verlieh Uns Frieden ("Grant Us Peace") is the title of this Rondeau compact disc release.

SUNDAY MARCH 29TH Homilius, St. Matthew Passion Holy Week begins this Sunday, familiarly known as Palm Sunday, when the Passion narrative begins in all four of the canonical Gospels. In the North German Protestant or Lutheran tradition there is a subgenre of the oratorio devoted to this narrative: the Passion, which is a musical rendering of one of the four scriptural accounts of Christ's suffering and crucifixion, although there are also baroque-era oratorios with non-scriptural, poetical librettos that reflect upon the Passion of Christ. The greatest of all baroque-era Passions is undoubtedly the 1727 Saint Matthew Passion of Johann Sebastian Bach. Gottfried August Homilius (1714-85) was one of Bach's most gifted pupils at Leipzig. Homilius went on to become cantor at Dresden. Homilius was called "one of the best composers of church music alive" in his own time. All his compositions, however, have long since faded into oblivion. Like his mentor Bach, Homilius wrote numerous church cantatas and several large-scale Passion-type works. A musically conservative but otherwise quite splendid Passion According to St. Matthew has been attributed to him. A late 18th century copy of this Passion has come down to us, but with no further documentary evidence about its authorship. The music, undeniably, is in Homilius' style circa 1750. In 1990 Leipzig witnessed the first modern performance of this work. Thereafter in 1993 this Matthauspassion of G. A. Homilius made its world premiere appearance on disc through Berlin Classics, as recorded in co-production with West German Radio of Cologne. Detlef Schoener prepared the score for its modern concert premiere. Christopf Schoener conducted the Capella Vocale of Leverkusen, with six vocal soloists, all the singers accompanied by the period instrumentalists of the Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin under the direction of Bernhard Forck. The Homilius Passion I last presented on this program way back on Palm Sunday, April 9, 1995. 

   This Palm Sunday is also the date when "Sunday Afternoon at the Opera" participates in Marathon 2026, our station's annual week of intensive on-air fundraising. During the course of my usual presentation I will be going on mike to urge you opera-loving listeners to donate your dollars to our fundraising effort.You faithful listeners have never failed to help us meet or even exceed our fundraising goals in Marathons past, so I thank you in advance for your generosity.        

keithsbrown1948@gmail.com

Boomer's Paradise

Monday's 1-4 PM with your host, The Turtle Man

March is a transitional month between winter and spring. In New England it's always a guessing game as to what weather we'll get. But here at Boomers Paradise with your host, The Turtle Man you'll always find great music to get you through the month no matter the weather.

As usual we start the month glancing back 50 years to hear tracks from albums released in March 1976. Great variety is the constant.

Then we turn our attention to Motown hit singles and a big box of blues.

After that it's song titles that reference the elements like earth, water, fire, ice and more. We then put on our walking shoes to hear song titles about streets, roads, highways and other avenues to get around.

We move on to songs whose titles reference "give" and "take" with variances as well as another listen of what I call Nordic Love Songs.

We end the month with song titles generally about children and another round of girls in the garage (rock).

Enjoyable variety is what you'll find each Monday from 1-4 PM on Boomers Paradise with your host, The Turtle Man on WWUH 91.3 FM/wwuh.org, 1-4PM. See you then.

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Tune in on the radio (91.3 FM) or streaming online at wwuh.org.

Here is our current schedule:

Monday: Noon–1 p.m. Democracy Now

8 p.m.–9 p.m. Radio Ecoshock

Tuesday: Noon–1 p,m, Democracy Now

8 p.m.–9 p.m. Alternative Radio

Wednesday: Noon–1 p,m, Democracy Now

8:00-8:30 p.m. Nutmeg Chatter

8:30-9 p.m. T.U.C. Radio

Thursday: Noon–1 p,m, Democracy Now

7:30-8 p.m. 51 Percent

8:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m. This Way Out

8:30 p.m.–9:00 p.m. Gay Spirit

Friday: Noon–1 p,m, Democracy Now

Friday: 7:00 to 7:30 p.m. Counterspin

Sunday: 4:30 p.m.–5 p.m. Amazing Tales About History

Alternative Radio you have an idea for a radio program?

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.

Leaving Your Legacy

Have you ever considered making a planned gift to UHart Radio? Those that do so provide vital support to ensure the future of WWUH while securing benefits for themselves and their loved ones now.

Some of the types of planned giving include:

Bequests - A gift made through your estate, which can provide estate tax and capital gains savings.

Charitable gift annuities - An irrevocable contract where an annual payment is received for life in exchange for a gift to the station. 

Charitable remainder trusts - A gift that allows you to maintain income while providing a tax deduction for the future IRAs or qualified plans. A charitable bequest funded with an IRA or retirement plan can be made with pre-tax dollars. 

Donor-advised funds (DAFs) - A DAF can be used to give now or later, or both, and can include a succession plan for members of your family. 

With a variety of options to choose from, your gift can offer the advantages of an income stream or tax savings. UHart has a team that is here to guide you through your options and can help tailor a plan to your interests and philanthropic goals. You can contact then today at founders@hartford.edu or by calling 860.768.2400.

CT Blues Society

CT Blues Society Update:

The Fall/Winter series of first Sunday CTBS Blues Jams kicked off on Sunday October 5 at The Pine Loft in Berlin CT. The CTBS All-Stars are the house band . Musicians bring your instruments and voices; amps, drums and keyboard are provided. Music starts at 1 PM.

For more information or to join the CTBS, visit the website at ctblues.org

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.

The mission of the Connecticut Symphony Orchestra is to provide opportunities for advanced musicians and emerging professionals to perform a high level of repertoire while engaging and collaborating with diverse communities in mutual growth through the joy

of making music.



https://connecticutsymphony.org

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/

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

Splendor of Italian Baroque

Thursday, March 5 @ 7:30 pm

First Presbyterian Church in Hartford 136 Capitol Ave, Hartford, CT

The Connecticut Virtuosi & the members of Orchestra “Il Contrapunto” from Empoli (Italy) in a performance of the most beautiful Italian baroque concertos.

Giuseppe Valentini: Concerto in A minor for 4 violins, Op.7 No.11

Giuseppe Tartini: Violin Concerto in A major, GT 1.A09

Antonio Vivaldi:

Concerto For Harpsichord, Strings and Continuo RV 780

Concerto for 4 Violins in E minor, RV 550 (from L’estro armonico, Op.3)

Violin Concerto in E major, RV 269 “The Spring”

http://thevirtuosi.org/

Manchester Symphony Orchestra and Chorale

Tickets can be purchased at the door. For further information, visit the MSOC Web site at www.msoc.org or the Manchester Symphony Orchestra and Chorale Facebook page.

Coming Up

Felix Mendelssohn: Elijah

Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 4 pm

Bailey Auditorium, Manchester High School

134 Middle Turnpike East, Manchester, CT

http://www.msoc.org

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

Classical Concert: Strauss & Tchaikovsky

Saturday, March 7, 2026 at 3pm

Hoffman Auditorium, University of Saint Joseph, West Hartford

Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1, with Oved Rico, horn

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3 in D major, “Polish”

https://fvso.org/

Further information is available at FVSO.org or by calling 800-975-FVSO.

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West Hartford Symphony Orchestra

Coming Up

The Spring Classical Favorites concert on Sunday, March 29, 2026, at 3 PM.

Northwest Catholic High School, 29 Wampanoag Dr, West Hartford, CT

Works by Hanson, Verdi, Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Sibelius

Learn more at WHSO.org

South Windsor Cultural Arts

SWCA Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/SouthWindsorCulturalArts

https://www.facebook.com/SouthWindsorCulturalArts