Well, at least only one day later. Yesterday WFMT also reported La Scala‘s announcement that it will commission an operatic realization of Vice President Al Gore‘s award-winning documentary and book An Inconvenient Truth. Read More.
Archive for May, 2008
Composer of the Month – Tchaikovsky
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 by Peter Whorf
We’re well into May and so by now you’ve probably heard quite a bit from WFMT‘s co-composer of the month. We’ve also featured the insightful commentary of Dr. Marina-Frolova Walker of Cambridge University. Here are a few of her comments on Tchaikovsky that you may not have caught on 98.7 yet. Frolova-Walker discusses her recent more…
Happy Birthday Studs!
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 by Peter Whorf
Our annual May 16 celebration honors author, historian and WFMT free spirit Studs Terkel on his 96th birthday this Friday. We’ll be hearing from Studs and will listen to some of his favorite music throughout the day – we’ll also feature his 1975 interview with Luciano Pavarotti at 3 pm. Here’s some video of Pavarotti more…
“A Potent Combination”
Monday, May 12, 2008 by Peter Whorf
That’s what Chicago Tribune Classical Music writer John von Rhein is calling the CSO and new music director designate Riccardo Muti. You can read all about it in John’s Sunday Tribune article. Here’s more of what John has to say in part of an interview with me at WFMT this afternoon. [Audio clip: view full more…
Composer of the Month: Johannes Brahms
Monday, May 12, 2008 by Peter Whorf
Along with Tchaikovsky, Brahms is one of the highlights of May on WFMT. We’ll hear a great deal of his music throughout May, plus commentary from Jan Swafford, author of Johannes Brahms: A Biography. Producer Jon Tolansky gathered many interview segments and readings of Jan Swafford from his book. More later on Tchaikovsky. Here’s some more…
The Envelope, Please…
Tuesday, May 6, 2008 by Peter Whorf
If you just got back from Mars… it’s Muti. The CSO announced Riccardo Muti’s “unexpected marriage” with the orchestra on Monday morning. You’ll hear what I mean when you listen to this on-air conversation from yesterday with Andrew Patner and Lisa Flynn… [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
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