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The Fleisher Collection’s New Curator
Joaquín Turina (1882-1949): Danzas fantásticas (1919) John Weinzweig (1913-2006): Divertimento No. 1 for Flute and Orchestra Edward Burlingame Hill (1872-1960): Concertino No. 1 Gary Galván, curator of...
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A Quiet Alleluia, Famous for 75 Years
[First published in WRTI’s Arts Desk…] In this week in July of 1940, one of the most-loved and most-sung choral works, written by a composer living in Philadelphia, was premiered in western...
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The Rite of Spring
[First published in WRTI Arts Desk, June 8, 2015.] In June of 1912, Igor Stravinsky premiered the piano version of his daring new work The Rite of Spring, a year before its orchestral unveiling. His...
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Capriccio on Now Is the Time
A caprice may be deeper than we think on Now Is the Time, Saturday, July 18th at 9 pm. Jeremy Gill’s just-released Capriccio with the Parker String Quartet is, at first glance, a series of technical...
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A Symphony Bigger Than the World
[First published in WRTI’s Arts Desk, 27 Jul 2015.] Gustav Mahler, etching by Emil Orlik, 1902 Mahler once told Sibelius how big a symphony needs to be, but Mahler’s own second symphony, called the...
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The Symphonic Randall Thompson
On Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection, Saturday, August 1st, 5-6 pm. Randall Thompson (1899–1984). Symphony No. 1, movements 1, 3 (1930) Thompson. Symphony No. 2 (1931) Alleluia is by far Randall...
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Virgil Thomson: Creating the Sound of American Music
On Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection, Saturday, September 5th, 5 to 6 pm Virgil Thomson (1896-1989): The Plow That Broke the Plains (1936) Thomson: Filling Station (1937) Thomson: Symphony on a...
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Catching Light on Now Is the Time
Koeln-Hohe Domkirche St Peter und Maria-Zentrum des Chorobergadens mit Koenigsfenstern, by Mylius. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons As the seasons change we look for light on Now Is the Time,...
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The Prayer of Kol Nidre by Max Bruch
https://kilesmith.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/ad2-bruch-kol-nidre-091415.mp3 A concert piece for cello and orchestra uses sacred music from the center of Jewish tradition. Consider the Kol Nidre of Max...
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Concert di Gaudí on Now Is the Time
Crypt of the unfinished chapel of Antoni Gaudí in the Colònia Güell in Santa Coloma de Cervelló (Catalonia). Creative Commons ShareAlike, Till F. Teenck We look up and out on Now Is the Time, Saturday,...
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Walter Piston, Rising above Fashion
On Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection, Saturday, October 3rd, 5 to 6 pm Walter Piston (1894-1976): Suite for Orchestra (1929) Piston: Three New England Sketches (1959) Piston: Symphony No. 7...
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Melancholy Moon on Now Is the Time
This week’s blood-red super-moon eclipse informs Now Is the Time, Saturday, October 3rd at 9 pm. Blake Wilkins’s Compendium, from the University of Oklahoma Percussion Ensemble’s CD Twilight Offering...
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John Coltrane, Johnny Hartman, and a Song for the Ages
[First published in WRTI’s Arts Desk 5 Oct 2015] https://kilesmith.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/ad2coltranehartman100515.mp3 Two Englishmen, Guy Wood and Robert Mellin, slipped it into the Great...
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Two Pianos on Now Is the Time
detail from Lowell Liebermann: Complete Works for Two Pianos It’s two pianos, four hands, and more on Now Is the Time, Saturday, November 7th at 9 pm. Lowell Liebermann has two works on the program,...
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Aaron Copland’s Birthday on Fleisher Discoveries
On Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection, Saturday, November 14th, 5 to 6 pm (2nd Saturday this month!) Aaron Copland (1900-1990). Fanfare for the Common Man (1942) Copland. Dance Symphony (1925)...
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The Spirit of Copland
The spirit of Copland looks over Now Is the Time, Saturday, November 14th at 9 pm. It would be the 115th birthday of the son of Lithuanian immigrants, the son of Brooklyn, who, more than any other...
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The Acceptance of Samuel Barber
On Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection, Saturday, December 5th, 5 to 6 pm Samuel Barber (1910-1981). Toccata Festiva (1960) Barber. Fadograph of a Yestern Scene (1971) Barber. Capricorn Concerto...
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Meeting Places on Now Is the Time
David Amram [After a broadcast glitch last week, we’re loading this up again for this week!] Call it post-Thanksgiving thoughts on Now Is the Time, Saturday, December 12th at 9 pm. The recent feasts...
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Bristow and the Beginning of American Orchestral Music
George Frederick Bristow (1825–1898). Rip Van Winkle, Overture (1855) Bristow. Symphony No. 2. “Jullien” (1853) George Frederick Bristow (1825–1898) On Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection,...
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A New Year on Now Is the Time
New is the word of the day on Now Is the Time, Saturday, January 9th at 9 pm. David Ludwig set The New Colossus, the famous words by Emma Lazarus on the Statue of Liberty, after 9/11, and its timeless...
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