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Another Fantastic Voyage on Now Is the Time
We travel far and wide on Now Is the Time, Sunday, September 8th at 10 pm, starting with Another Fantastic Voyage, a piano concerto by Dmitri Tymoczko. With tongue in cheek, Tymoczko skillfully...
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Some Jazz at the End of Summer on Now Is the Time
It’s good-bye to summer with a little—and more than a little—jazz on Now Is the Time, Sunday, September 15th at 10 pm. Quartet San Francisco starts off the program with Jeremy Cohen’s summery Tango...
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A Wind of Fall on Now Is the Time
It’s a piquant greeting to autumn on Now Is the Time, Sunday, September 22nd at 10 pm. Adolphus Hailstork’s Romance No. 2, “Amoroso” from his CD As Falling Leaves features viola, while Colors Fall by...
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Sound Moves Blues on Now Is the Time
We move beyond autumnal blues, should we have them, on Now Is the Time, Sunday, September 29th at 10 pm. Saxophone, clarinet, and piano turn up the heat in Robert Aldridge’s Sound Moves Blues, while...
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Minneapolis Guitar Quartet: Thrum
My latest CD review for WRTI; you can hear the podcast with musical examples below. All my CD reviews are here. Download: 201309thrumcd.mp3 Minneapolis Guitar Quartet: Thrum (Innova 858) Daniel...
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Turn Me Loose on Now Is the Time
Terry Riley There’s the unlikeliest motion on Now Is the Time, Sunday, October 6th at 10 pm. Kristjan Järvi conducts a live, rip-snortin’ Roadrunner, a movement from the Chamber Symphony of John Adams....
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Rumors on Now Is the Time
Nazca drawing in Peru There are journeys and rumors of journeys on Now Is the Time, Sunday, October 13th at 10 pm. Harold Meltzer’s Rumors is for one flutist and four flutes: piccolo, C flute, alto,...
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Inspired by Bach on Now Is the Time
J. S. Bach continues to illuminate us, on Now Is the Time, Sunday, October 20th at 10 pm. Mark Hagerty’s Cello Suite 2 does not ape the suites of the great master, but rather is lit from within by the...
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Around Halloween on Now Is the Time
The spirit of Halloween hovers over Now Is the Time, Sunday, October 27th at 10 pm. Strings, bells, melodicas softly accompany waning desert sunlight: such is Drift of Rainbows by Dan Visconti. William...
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Now Is the Time moves to Saturday night at 9!
Starting tomorrow, Saturday, November 2nd, things go bump in the night on WRTI-HD2. The biggest move is for Now Is the Time, the contemporary American music show I host, which moves from its Sunday...
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Of Nature on Now Is the Time, now on Saturday night!
It’s the world and how we live in it on Now Is the Time, Saturday, November 2nd at 9 pm. Starting today, things go bump in the night as the schedule shifts on WRTI-HD2. The biggest move is for Now Is...
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The Edge of the Infinite on Now Is the Time
We see from surprising paths on Now Is the Time, Saturday, November 9th at 9 pm—our new time, every Saturday night at 9 on WRTI-HD2. Solo flute entices, with electronics, in Flutepaths by Lawrence...
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Double Dance on Now Is the Time
We connect through dance on Now Is the Time, Saturday, November 16th at 9 pm—our new time, every Saturday night at 9 on WRTI-HD2. Easley Blackwood sets the stage with a Rondo Caprice for Flute and...
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A Kennedy Portrait on Now Is the Time
It’s an elegiac walk among portraits, surrounding the remembrance of JFK on Now Is the Time, Saturday, November 23rd at 9 pm—our new time, every Saturday night at 9 on WRTI-HD2 and the all-classical...
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How She Danced, on Now Is the Time
Mischievous, menacing, or minuetting, it’s dancing on Now Is the Time, Saturday, December 7th at 9 pm—our new time, every Saturday night at 9 on WRTI-HD2 and the all-classical stream at wrti.org. From...
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Now Is the Time Turns 200!
It’s our two-hundredth show and we’re celebrating on Now Is the Time, Saturday, December 14th at 9 pm! Judith Lang Zaimont starts us off in a poignant mood as we look back with Reflective Rag. The two...
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Winter Spirits on Now Is the Time
We are on the cusp of winter on Now Is the Time, Saturday, December 21st at 9 pm—our new time, every Saturday night at 9 on WRTI-HD2 and the all-classical stream at wrti.org. The Philadelphia new-music...
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Christmas Daybreak on Now Is the Time
It’s faith of all kinds in the midst of Christmas on Now Is the Time, Saturday, December 28th at 9 pm—our new time, every Saturday night at 9 on WRTI-HD2 and the all-classical stream at wrti.org. Daron...
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Time with the Family on Now Is the Time
It’s fathers and sons, mothers, sisters, and a child on Now Is the Time, Saturday, January 11th at 9 pm Eastern on the all-classical stream at wrti.org and WRTI-HD2. Jeremy Beck’s String Quartet No. 2...
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Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr. on Now Is the Time
We reflect on a legacy of greatness on Now Is the Time, Saturday, January 18th at 9 pm Eastern on the all-classical stream at wrti.org and WRTI-HD2. Yehudi Menuhin said this: “I look to music to bind...
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