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Four Hands on Now Is the Time
It’s music for different duos on Now Is the Time, Saturday, January 25th at 9 pm Eastern on the all-classical stream at wrti.org and WRTI-HD2. Charles Knox’s Suite for Piano Four-Hands is puckish and...
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Ice Canyons on Now Is the Time
It’s ice and echoes on Now Is the Time, Saturday, February 1st at 9 pm Eastern on the all-classical stream at wrti.org and WRTI-HD2. Figure-skating and Stravinsky inspire Joan Tower’s gliding...
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Old Love Story, Old Computer on Now Is the Time
It’s a story as old as love, and a computer before there were computers, on Now Is the Time, Saturday, February 8th at 9 pm Eastern on the all-classical stream at wrti.org and WRTI-HD2. Philip Lasser’s...
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Valentines on Now Is the Time
We hope it’s not too late for Valentines on Now Is the Time, Saturday, February 15th at 9 pm Eastern on the all-classical stream at wrti.org and WRTI-HD2. We start with soprano and guitar, and with an...
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Extended Family on Now Is the Time
We’re all family on Now Is the Time, Saturday, February 22nd at 9 pm Eastern on the all-classical stream at wrti.org and WRTI-HD2. Excerpts from the third film in the Philip Glass “Qatsi” trilogy begin...
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String Circle on Now Is the Time
All kinds of strings are circling on Now Is the Time, Saturday, March 1st at 9 pm Eastern on the all-classical stream at wrti.org and WRTI-HD2. The Minneapolis Guitar Quartet starts off with Daniel...
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A Suite of Etudes on Now Is the Time
We study etudes, “studies,” on Now Is the Time, Saturday, March 8th at 9 pm at wrti.org and WRTI-HD2. No idea what Defensive Chili means, but this second etude for piano by Marc Mellits really sets the...
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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...
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First Leaves of Spring on Now Is the Time
It is spring, finally, we hope, we really do, on Now Is the Time, Saturday, March 22nd at 9 pm at wrti.org and WRTI-HD2. It engenders all sorts of good thoughts as we consider Circling Permutations, a...
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An Exaltation of Larks on Now Is the Time
Let the larks play! They sing us into spring on Now Is the Time, Saturday, March 29th at 9 pm at wrti.org and WRTI-HD2. Jennifer Higdon considered ”exaltation” not only to be a wonderful collective...
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Preludes on Now Is the Time
So done with March and feeling like a new start, we’ve got all preludes on Now Is the Time, Saturday, April 5th at 9 pm at wrti.org and WRTI-HD2. Stephen Paulus writes comfortably in every genre; we...
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Jazz Dance Suite on Now Is the Time
We arrive at the corner of Jazz and Classical on Now Is the Time, Saturday, April 12th at 9 pm at wrti.org and WRTI-HD2. Chicago a cappella scats with Pleasure the music of Malcolm Dalglish, and solo...
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Passage Through a Dream on Now Is the Time
We dream our lives and live our dreams on Now Is the Time, Saturday, April 19th at 9 pm at wrti.org and WRTI-HD2. Bright Sheng’s romantic orchestral work China Dreams includes movements called The...
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Images from a Closed Ward on Now Is the Time
We remember the living and the dying on Now Is the Time, Saturday, April 26th at 9 pm at wrti.org and WRTI-HD2. The music of Michael Hersch is always strong, always dark, and always provocative, but...
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Gardening at Gropius House on Now Is the Time
Two violin concertos breathe the air of outdoors on Now Is the Time, Saturday, May 3rd at 9 pm at wrti.org and WRTI-HD2. Neil Rolnick at Harvard was looking for extra work, and answered an ad for a...
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Guardian Angel on Now Is the Time
Somebody’s looking out for us on Now Is the Time, Saturday, May 10th at 9 pm at wrti.org and WRTI-HD2. Genius loci is the spirit of a place, guardian spirit, or guardian angel; Frank Brickle’s short...
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Reinvention on Now Is the Time
New things are created out of old on Now Is the Time, Saturday, May 17th at 9 pm at wrti.org and WRTI-HD2. David Gompper worked with Austrian violinist Wolfgang David on a new concerto before it was a...
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Matthew Levy: People’s Emergency Center
[CD review for WRTI; published 22 May 2014 and used here by permission.] Saxophonist and Prism Quartet founder Matthew Levy has spent his career getting other composers played; now the spotlight’s on...
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Vintage on Now Is the Time
It’s a blast from the past on Now Is the Time, Saturday, May 24th at 9 pm at wrti.org and WRTI-HD2. David Del Tredici threw over his cutting-edge training in 12-tone music for his aggressively tonal...
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Notes to Self on Now Is the Time
Reaching inside helps to explain what surrounds us on Now Is the Time, Saturday, May 31st at 9 pm at wrti.org and WRTI-HD2. The poet and resistance fighter Avrom Sutzkever wrote the powerful words...
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