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Songs with and without Words on Now Is the Time
Singing can be vocal or instrumental on Now Is the Time, Saturday, June 7th at 9 pm at wrti.org and WRTI-HD2. A tribute to a family, carved in cemetery marble, is the choral Notturno in Weiss (Nocturne...
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Miniatures on Now Is the Time
Miniatures are big on Now Is the Time, Saturday, June 14th at 9 pm at wrti.org and WRTI-HD2. The Pastiche of John Biggs is a riot of tunes you already know, skillfully arranged, while Miniatures are...
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A Summer’s Day on Now Is the Time
Claude Monet: Rouen Cathedral, Facade (Sunset) Celebrate the solstice on Now Is the Time, Saturday, June 21st at 9 pm at wrti.org and WRTI-HD2. Into Light is Marilyn Shrude’s orchestral paean to youth...
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This Floating World on Now Is the Time
Elena Ruehr’s CD, including The Law of Floating Objects Islands and dances and flutes seem to float on Now Is the Time, Saturday, July 19th at 9 pm at wrti.org and WRTI-HD2. Haiku of Basho inspire Edie...
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Voices from the Heartland on Now Is the Time
New music hears old tunes on Now Is the Time, Saturday, July 26th at 9 pm at wrti.org and WRTI-HD2. George Crumb has a way—like no one else—of investing the simplest gesture with mystery and grandeur....
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Electronic Fantasy on Now Is the Time
It’s sound, brand-new and fantastical, on Now Is the Time, Saturday, August 2nd at 9 pm at wrti.org and WRTI-HD2. Mason Bates intersects electronica pop rhythm with indigenous percussion in Stereo Is...
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Secondary Impressions on Now Is the Time
They come in twos on Now Is the Time, Saturday, August 9th at 9 pm at wrti.org and WRTI-HD2. Joan Tower responded to Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man with numerous Fanfares for the Uncommon Woman;...
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Dead Man Walking on Now Is the Time
Masks are worn and removed on Now Is the Time, Saturday, September 13th at 9 pm at wrti.org and WRTI-HD2. The flutist and composer Katherine Hoover has greatly expanded the literature for her...
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Dancing Loops on Now Is the Time
Two versions of the same piece encircle Now Is the Time, Saturday, September 20th at 9 pm at wrti.org and WRTI-HD2. Mathew Rosenblum wrote Möbius Loop for saxophone quartet and for saxophone quartet...
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Voices of Autumn on Now Is the Time
Say hello to fall on Now Is the Time, Saturday, September 27th at 9 pm at wrti.org and WRTI-HD2. Jonathan Miller conducts Chicago a cappella in his setting of The Fall, a little poem about a boy,...
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Uncovered on Now Is the Time
Classical covers pop on Now Is the Time, Saturday, October 4th at 9 pm at wrti.org and WRTI-HD2. Cellist Maya Beiser’s new CD Uncovered ranges over the landscape of hits with aggressive yet nuanced...
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Soliloquy on Now Is the Time
It’s one voice among all on Now Is the Time, Saturday, October 11th at 9 pm at wrti.org and WRTI-HD2. Two concertos—the ultimate one vs. many format—bookend a lone flute on this week’s program....
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Pre-Halloween Suites on Now Is the Time
Let’s have suites before Halloween on Now Is the Time, Saturday, October 25th at 9 pm at wrti.org and WRTI-HD2. A Prelude, Sarabande, Burlesca, and Gigue make up the Partita (just another name for...
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Into the Brightening Air on Now Is the Time
A string quartet and a solo cello breathe on Now Is the Time, Saturday, November 8th at 9 pm at wrti.org and WRTI-HD2. Michael Hersch wrote the Sonata No. 1 for Unaccompanied Cello when he was all of...
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Post-modern Homages on Now Is the Time
Composers praise composers on Now Is the Time, Saturday, November 15th at 9 pm at wrti.org and WRTI-HD2. Randall Woolf re-forms, with a string quartet, the phrasings of another century in Franz...
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Textures on Now Is the Time
Different quartets evoke different textures on Now Is the Time, Saturday, November 22nd at 9 pm at wrti.org and WRTI-HD2. Geology dominates Paul Lansky’s Textures. It’s for two pianists and two...
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Giving Thanks on Now Is the Time
We’re thankful on Now Is the Time, Saturday, November 29th at 9 pm at wrti.org and WRTI-HD2. Film composer Victor Young (Shane, Around the World in Eighty Days) was a benefactor of the music department...
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The Piano’s 12 Sides
Maybe Thanksgiving is making us burst at the seams on Now Is the Time, Saturday, December 6th at 9 pm, but we’re chock-full of music on this program. There’s not even enough time to play all of Carter...
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El Niño
It’s John Adams’s Nativity oratorio El Niño on Now Is the Time, Saturday, December 13th at 9 pm. We’ll fit in as much as we can, since the concert-length work is too long for our one-hour show. Adams...
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Less Than a Week Before Christmas
from Nativity, Domenico Ghirlandaio, c.1480 We’re counting down the days on Now Is the Time, Saturday, December 20th at 9 pm. Less Than a Week Before Christmas is David Golub’s work for chorus and...
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