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Transformed into Singing Voices

July 24, 2013 - 11:11am

In July 1825 Franz Schubert was traveling through Upper Austria, enjoying mountain scenery and the company of friends. From the picturesque city of Steyr he wrote to his parents: In Steyreck we stayed with Countess Wiessenwolf, who is a great admirer of my humble self, owns everything I have written,...

Desperate Departure

July 23, 2013 - 11:00am

Sir Henry Wood was one of England’s most distinguished conductors of the early twentieth century. In 1888, though, he was a nineteen-year-old student whose departure from the Royal Academy of Music was anything but dignified. He told the story in his 1938 autobiography. During the Handel Festival at the Crystal...

The Accused

July 22, 2013 - 11:56am

At the end of World War II in Europe solid facts were almost as hard to come by as solid food. In Allied-occupied Vienna the distinguished Hungarian composer Ernst von Dohnányi suddenly found his career threatened by a rumor. During the war Dohnányi had done what little he could to...

Simply Folk show on 07/21/2013

July 21, 2013 - 5:00pm

It's music festival season, and this evening, Stephanie highlights songs by some of the performers gracing the stages around the state. There's also quite a bit of bluegrass on the playlist, and some traditional folk and Americana music.

Communication Failure

July 21, 2013 - 11:34am

The Liverpool Philharmonic Society had suffered from a shaky performance of Mendelssohn’s incidental music to Athalie, and when a blistering review prompted the infirm conductor to resign, the Society invited German composer Max Bruch to take over the helm. Bruch accepted the job. An oversight would make him regret the...

Monster

July 19, 2013 - 11:39am

American bandleader Patrick Gilmore came to England to recruit performers for a giant concert to be part of a World Peace Jubilee. Gilmore had in mind an ensemble of 20,000 that would “whip creation” in size and sound. Not everyone was thrilled by the so-called “monster concerts” that swept through...

Spectrum West for July 18, 2013

July 18, 2013 - 10:00am

Nikki Nelson, program director at Hunt Hill Audubon Sanctuary, Sarona, WI;
Jim Mandelert on the documentary film about Cray Research;
Jill Olm, abstract artist and UWEC art professor;
Babatunde Lea, percussionist and mentor at the Phipps Center drum camps.

South Beach Chamber Ensemble

July 18, 2013 - 10:00am

We welcome the Miami-based South Beach Chamber Ensemble for an hour of live music and conversation. Wausau native, cellist and ensemble leader Michael Andrews, bassist Cindy Blandino, violinists Sarah Schreffler and Oscar Soler, and violist Kenneth Martinson will perform selections from this year's South Beach Up North tour in our Wausau studios

The Elusive Muse

July 17, 2013 - 11:28am

Although he was one of the world’s great composers, Giacomo Puccini sometimes despaired as he searched for the subject of his next opera. Two years after the success of his 1910 masterpiece La Fanciulla del West, he considered basing an opera on another American subject, Washington Irving’s Rip Van Winkle...

The Children

July 16, 2013 - 11:30am

It was to be a combination of youthful innocence and Celtic grief. When the London Sinfonietta commissioned a work from John Tavener, the composer found his atmosphere in the brooding landscape of Ireland, his structure in the traditional requiem, and poignant symbolism in children’s games. Tavener built his work around...

I Am Sure to Die Here

July 15, 2013 - 11:03am

Inspired by the musical experiments of his teacher, Arnold Schoenberg, Anton Webern was starting to write works that broke new ground. But being an avant garde composer didn’t earn Webern a living, and so he did his best to support himself as an opera conductor. A spring holiday in 1909...

Simply Folk show on 07/14/2013

July 14, 2013 - 5:00pm

It's the monthly request program, including some mountain dulcimer and Norwegian fiddle music, a song by Stan Rogers, and something from the Kingston Trio.

The Ironical Genius

July 14, 2013 - 11:12am

On July 14, 1836, Felix Mendelssohn wrote from Frankfurt to his mother and his sister Rebecca in Berlin about the cultural and geographical landscape: Early yesterday I went to see Ferdinand Hiller, and sitting there I found none other than Rossini. Big, fat, and in a sunny mood. I know...

Concert Review: Dylan, Wilco, My Morning Jacket Offer Music History Lesson

July 13, 2013 - 12:30pm

At a tour stop in Chicago on Friday night, a troupe of all-star performers including Bob Dylan, Wilco and My Morning Jacket captured much of that old folkie spirit of hootenanny collaboration and musical joie de vivre to an arena of fans. And rarely has such a six-hour musical lecture...

Imperfect Harmony

July 12, 2013 - 6:00pm

Do you sing in a choir or group? Guest host, Cynthia Schuster, explores "the incredible, irresistible, joyous, life-affirming power of singing with other people."

Imperfect Harmony

July 12, 2013 - 9:00am

Do you sing in a choir or group? Guest host Cynthia Schuster explores "the incredible, irresistible, joyous, life-affirming power of singing with other people."

Sid Kyler Dixieland Jazz Band

July 11, 2013 - 10:00am

Legendary band leader and trumpet player Sid Kyler will perform live in our Wisconsin Public Radio studios with saxophonist Duane Askew, clarinetist Louis Pradt, bassist Roger Pickering, and Route 51 host Glen Moberg on guitar. We'll talk about the influence of American jazz music and preview the Sid Kyler River Valley Jazz Festival, which happens July 19th and 20th at the Bull Falls Brewery in Wausau. This will be the first Route 51 show at its new time slot of 10 a.m. Thursday mornings.

Spectrum West for July 11, 2013

July 11, 2013 - 10:00am

Host Al Ross welcomes Don Brewer from Grand Funk Railroad. Mike Malone former University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire musician turned drummer for The World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra. Rusty Volk will give us a backstage pass to the Northern Wisconsin State Fair. Special correspondent Jim Oliver interviews baseball legend Glenn St. Arnault about his book of recollections "Play Ball." Tune in to 88.3 WHWC-FM/ Menomonie-Eau Claire or 88.7 WRFW-FM/ River Falls.

Simply Folk show on 07/07/2013

July 7, 2013 - 5:00pm

They live in a remodeled bus and travel the world. Mom, dad, daughter, and son make great music together as The Hollands. Plus, some new releases, and songs for Independence Day.

Counterpoint

July 7, 2013 - 4:00pm

It's one of the most difficult components of classical music to master . . . and one of the most fundamental. UW professor of music theory Leslie Blasius gives us some notable examples of "counterpoint."

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Transformed into Singing Voices

Desperate Departure

The Accused

Simply Folk show on 07/21/2013

Communication Failure

Monster

Spectrum West for July 18, 2013

South Beach Chamber Ensemble

The Elusive Muse

The Children

I Am Sure to Die Here

Simply Folk show on 07/14/2013

The Ironical Genius

Concert Review: Dylan, Wilco, My Morning Jacket Offer Music History Lesson

Imperfect Harmony

Imperfect Harmony

Sid Kyler Dixieland Jazz Band

Spectrum West for July 11, 2013

Simply Folk show on 07/07/2013

Counterpoint

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