The Ides of March on Now Is the Time

Julius Caesar had better watch his back on Now Is the Time, Saturday, March 15th at 9 pm at wrti.org and WRTI-HD2. Brutus doesn’t show up, but look out for the Silver Dagger of Stacy Garrop, an Appalachian somebody-done-somebody-wrong song. Eric Moe channels comic-book philosophy of “they said it couldn’t be done” in Dead Elf Tugboat, and Andy Teirstein throws a bright light on fate with the narrated drama The Shooting of Dan McGrew.

Michael Daugherty’s Dead Elvis romps through one corner of pop culture, and Dan Visconti’s Lawless Airs through another, with a violin accompanied by a harp sounding like a broken guitar played by a cowboy. The percussion quartet ensemble, et al. cautions with No Matter How Fast You Run Today, you will Never Catch up to Tomorrow, Joshua Rosenblum offers a tonic to the Ides with Forward March, and Mark Zuckerman clears the air of fate with the canon, Grant Us Peace.

from ensemble, et al.: No Matter How Fast You Run Today, you will Never Catch up to Tomorrow 

PROGRAM:
Stacy Garrop: Silver Dagger
Eric Moe: Dead Elf Tugboat
Andy Teirstein: The Shooting of Dan McGrew
Michael Daugherty: Dead Elvis
Dan Visconti: Lawless Airs
ensemble, et al.: No Matter How Fast You Run Today, you will Never Catch up to Tomorrow
Joshua Rosenblum: Forward March
Mark Zuckerman: Grant Us Peace

Every Saturday night at 9 Eastern, Kile Smith brings you Now Is the Time, all styles of contemporary concert music by living American composers on WRTI’s all-classical stream. Just go to wrti.org and click on the Listen: Classical button at the top of any page. Here are the recording details and complete schedule. In the Philadelphia area with an HD radio? Dial us up at 90.1 FM-HD2, or find all the frequencies here, from the Jersey Shore to the Poconos to Harrisburg to Delaware. Thanks for supporting American contemporary music on WRTI!