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If you would like to volunteer to answer phones during the Classical Marathon Fund Drive, scan the schedule below and see if there are any announcers you would like to assist. If so, email wtju@virginia.edu or call Chuck at 434-924-0885 and include your requested times.

Sun, Dec 7th | Mon, Dec 8th | Tue, Dec 9th | Wed, Dec 10th
Thu, Dec 11th | Fri, Dec 12th | Sat, Dec 13rd | Sun, Dec 14th

SUNDAY DEC 7


6-10 AM Classical Sunrise: Glenn Gould
Colin Campbell

Canadian pianist Glenn Gould was one of the world's finest. On a special
edition of Classical Sunrise, we'll present four hours of his music, spanning a
range of composers including Strauss, Byrd, and JS Bach. He made over 60
recordings over his career; we'll sample the full range. Tune in as we begin the 2003 Classical Music Celebration and show your support for a legend.

10AM-12N The Last Tango in Paris: French dance music
Andrew Pratt

12N-6PM Opera: Richard Wagner's Lohengrin
Ann Shaffer

6-8PM King of Instruments: Organ Classics
Michael Latsko

Featuring works written for organ by the masters of symphonic music (Bruckner, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Mozart, and others). Michael will feature music for organ by composers normally not associated with the organ.

8-11PM Just a Few Friends: a Celebration of Classical Chamber Music
Greg Adams and Winston Barham

For this special occasion your hosts bypassed the Himalayan peaks of the chamber music repertoire and searched the archives for lighter fare both off-beat and familiar. Tune in and you’ll enjoy a varied selection of small-ensemble works from the Middle Ages to the modern age, our favorites and your favorites.

11PM-1AM End Games: Music composed during the twilight years of composers lives
Colin Bird

MONDAY DEC 8

6-10AM Dawns Early Light: Vladimir Horowitz
Tim Snider



10AM-12N Sergei Prokofiev
Freddy Freeroamer


12N-12:10PM Natural History Note
Bess

A Special Fund Drive version of our popular public affairs show!
 

12:10PM-2PM Philip Glass and Minimalists
Mare Hunter


2-4PM George Whitefield Chadwick
John Mitchell


4-5PM BBC Newshour
Live Feed
Call in your support of the BBC Newshour, the only purchased program on 91.1 WTJU. Call 434-924-0885.
 
5-7PM Early Music: The Italian Renaissance
Sandy Snyder

Some might say that the word "Italian" here is redundant. Italy was the heart of the Renaissance movement in art and music.  Tune in for the musical equivalent of the Mona Lisa, including Palestrina, Gabrieli (Giovanni and Andrea), Monteverdi, and others, as well as northern visitors such as Dufay, Josquin, and Willaert.  Experience the heart of the Renaissance.

7-8PM Zephyrus with Paul Walker LIVE!



8-8:10 PM Natural History Note
Bess


A Special Fund Drive version of our popular public affairs show!


8:10-11PM The Five-Star Edition: Scandinavian Music
The Contessa



11PM-1AM Zbigniew Preisner
Ilona



TUESDAY DEC 9

 
6-10AM La Belle Musique: Favorites of 2003
Elizabeth Benzinger and Catherine Wray



10AM-12N Franco Corelli

Ann Porotti


12N-2PM Appalachia Waltz
Larry Minnick and Fred Boyce



2-4PM English Pastoralists
Adam Soroka



4-5PM BBC Newshour
Live Feed

Call in your support of the BBC Newshour, the only purchased program on 91.1 WTJU. Call 434-924-0885.

 
5-7PM Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlottesville
Andrew Pratt


Andrew will feature gentle music to lull you into a frighteningly serene state.
 

7-10PM A Time for Singing: Verdi

Ann Shaffer and Tim Snider
 

10PM-1AM Viola Sola
Jay Kardan

Host Jay Kardan explores repertoire that puts this stepchild of the string
family in the spotlight.  Music for viola alone, for viola with piano, for
viola with orchestra…


WEDNESDAY DEC 10


6-10AM Gamut: Miniatures

Ralph Graves


10AM-12N Spanish Piano
Jay Kardan

Solo piano music from Spanish composers of the late 19th and 20th centuries, with a special tribute to its greatest living interpreter, Alicia
DeLarrocha, in this season of her retirement from the concert stage.


12N-2PM The Strauss Family
Bob Taibbi






2-4PM LIVE!
Elizabeth Benzinger




4-5PM BBC Newshour
Live Feed

Call in your support of the BBC Newshour, the only purchased program on 91.1 WTJU. Call 434-924-0885.
 

5-7PM Portrait of the Artist: My Favorite Fiddlers
Jay Kardan

Jay Kardan broadcasts recordings by his personal favorites among the
greatest violinists of the 20th century, including Thibaud, Kreisler, Elman,
Heifetz, Grumiaux, Milstein, Menuhin, and Rosand.



7-10PM Mitchell with Music: Gottschalk and Friends
John Mitchell


10PM-1AM J.S. Bachs St. John Passion
Catherine Wray




THURSDAY DEC 11



6-10AM For Your Love
Susan Hayes

Classical works written for composer's loved ones.


10AM-12N German Music of the 17th Century
Jenny Wyss-Jones

Germany of the 17th century saw a wealth of musical influences composers like Heinrich Schuetz brought expertise in Italian composition techniques, with an emphasis on the expression of the German language; Samuel Scheidt learned from Flemish masters and created an organ tradition of Germanys own; and Johann Hermann Schein arranged popular, traditional German dances for printing and distribution throughout Europe.  Emerging from the devastation of the Thirty Years-War, many German composers turned inward and created sacred songs and choral works to soothe the soul.  You can hear a sampling of these musical riches on German Music of the 17th Century.



12N-2PM Medieval Music
Colin Bird


2PM-4PM Ragtime with Scott DeVeaux LIVE!
Elizabeth Benzinger


4-5PM BBC Newshour
Live Feed

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5-7PM Left Hand Piano
Winston Barham



7-8PM Charlottesville High School Orchestra String Player LIVE!
Colin Campbell


Colin Campbell hosts string players from the Charlottesville High School Orchestra. Since 1987, the CHS Orchestra has one numerous accolades not only in central Virginia, but throughout the world. Under the direction of Laura Thomas, the orchestra has won competitions throughout the US as well as abroad in cities such as Prague and Austria. They have recorded several CDs, and their music has been featured in Southern Living Magazine and on National Public Radio. Tune in as we talk with Thomas and her students and listen to a performance from one of the orchestra program's student-directed quartets.

 
8-10PM Mostly Mozart
John Mitchell


10PM-1AM J.S. Bach's Christmas Oratorio
Deborah Murray




FRIDAY DEC 12


6-10AM Classical Comfort: Music from Hungary
Ilona


10AM-12N A Millennium of  Magnificats
Sandy Snyder

Arguably the bible text most often set to music, we'll explore nearly 1000 years of Magnificat settings.  Ranging from Hildegard to Hovhaness, from the chant of a single voice to rousing orchestra and chorus, from just a few minutes long to others lasting the better part of an hour, you'll be amazed at the variety of ways the same text can be set, all beautiful reflections of the mystical idea of the joining of spirit and body.         


12N-2PM Patter Songs
The Contessa



2PM-4PM And God Created Woman
Susan Hayes

From Clara Schumann to Wanda Landowska...the best of feminine genius.

 
4-5PM BBC Newshour
Live Feed

Call in your support of the BBC Newshour, the only purchased program on 91.1 WTJU. Call 434-924-0885.
5-6PM St. Anne's Belfield Students LIVE!
Susan Hayes
 

6-8PM Elegiac Music
Andrew Pratt


8-10PM Bigwigs of the Baroque
Jay Kardan

For two hours, at least, forget the rest and listen to the best: Bach,
Handel, Corelli, Vivaldi.  Top-hole compositions from four masters who defined a style and an era.

 
10PM-1AM Aaron Copland: American Master
Colin Campbell

Aaron Copland's music captured the spirit of the American west, among other regions he visited over his lifetime. Although his most well-known works have a distinctive sound, the virtuosic composer also experimented with jazz in classical music at a time when audiences had little appreciation for the fusion which made George Gershwin successful. Tune in as Colin brings you three hours of his music, from his popular masterpieces like Appalachian Spring to his many lesser-known gems.

 

SATURDAY DEC 13



 
6-10 AM Teachers' Pets
John Delehanty


 
10-10:10AM Natural History Note
Bess


A Special Fund Drive version of our popular public affairs show!



10:10AM-2PM English Anthem
Michael Latsko


2-4PM Children's Corner
Greg Adams

Tis the season when kids rule. You and your children are invited to tune in for four hours of music composed for, by, or about children; music performed by children; childlike, mischievous music; music written just for fun. Remember: its something you play.



4-6PM The Show Show: Forbidden Broadway
Eric Mark


6-8 PM P.D.Q. Bach
Sandy Snyder and Catherine Wray


8-10PM 20th Century Americans
Ethelbert Nevin


10PM-1AM Classical Night Music
Derek Furr


SUNDAY DEC 14

 
6-10AM Classical Sunrise: Christmas Music
Deborah Murray


10AM-12N In the Spirit: African American Spirituals
Ethelbert Nevin
 

12N-6PM Opera: Maria Callas sings Tosca
Tim Snider

 
6PM-9PM Messiah
Francesca da Rimini and Ralph Graves


 


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