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Third Coast Percussion on Afternoon New Music

Tune in to Afternoon New music at 3 pm today, Wednesday, February 10th for an exclusive interview with David Skidmore of Third Coast Percussion. The interview will feature Skidmore commenting on TCP's latest projects, including their latest album, Third Coast Percussion | Steve Reich, and their performance of Reich's Sextet and the NY premiere of Donnacha Dennehy's Surface Tension at the Metropolitan Museum at 7:30 pm on Wednesday, February 10th.

Date: 
Wed, 10 Feb 2016, 3:00pm to 6:00pm

Anja Brezavscek on Afternoon New Music

Tune in to Afternoon New Music at 3 pm this Monday, February 8 for an exclusive live interview with flautist Anja Brezavšček. Anja Brezavšček will be playing alongside Haize Lizarazu and Kevin Austin in the collective aaaviary on Saturday, February 13th, at 7pm at Muchmore's in Brooklyn: 2 Havemeyer St, New York, 11211.

Date: 
Mon, 8 Feb 2016, 3:00pm to 6:00pm

Jeremy Carlstedt on Live Constructions

Tune in to Live Constructions tomorrow evening from 10:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. to hear a live interview with New York City based drummer, songwriter, and vocalist Jeremy Carlstedt. The interview will feature Carlstedt on the making of his new album, Stars Are Far, his time playing with the late Chico Hamilton’s Euphoria group, his ongoing tour, and more along with select tracks from Stars Are Far.

Date: 
Sun, 7 Feb 2016, 10:00pm to 11:00pm

Gluck's Alceste on Saturday Night At The Opera 2/6

Kirsten Flagstad is thought by many to be the definitive Wagnerian soprano. In the Norwegian soprano's two decades at the Metropolitan Opera, she only sang two non-Wagnerian roles. One of those was Gluck's Alceste, with which she made her farewell to the Met. Tune in to Saturday Night At The Opera on February 6th to hear her in this role in what would be one of her final opera recordings. In this 1957 radio broadcast from Copenhagen, she sings the title role in her native Norwegian, while the other cast members sing Danish.

Date: 
Sat, 6 Feb 2016, 9:00pm to Sun, 7 Feb 2016, 1:00am

Peter Evans on Afternoon New Music

Tune in to Afternoon New Music this Wednesday, February 3 at 3 pm for an exclusive in-studio interview with trumpet player Peter Evans. The program will last 2.5 hours, featuring an exclusive interview as well as recordings from the Peter Evans Quintet, its members, and more.


The Peter Evans Quintet will be performing live at Roulette this Friday, February 5 at 8 pm. The quintet will play a partially improvised set of all new music and will feature guest saxophonists Ingrid Laubrock and Aaron Burnett.

Date: 
Wed, 3 Feb 2016, 3:00pm to 6:00pm

Roy Eldridge Birthday Broadcast

Join us at WKCR this Saturday, January 30th as we celebrate the 105th birthday anniversary of one of the foundational figures of the Swing Era, jazz trumpeter Roy “Little Jazz” Eldridge. Known for his signature boldness in rhythm and sound, Eldridge is often accredited for his role in bridging the musical styles and approaches of Louis Armstrong and Dizzy Gillespie. Born in 1911 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Eldridge spent the early years of his career touring with a number of dance bands.

Date: 
Sat, 30 Jan 2016, 12:00am to 11:59am

Interview with Nadia Sirota on Thursday Afternoon Classical 1/28

Please join us and tune in to Afternoon Classical on Thursday, January 28th at 3:00 PM for an exclusive in-studio interview with American violist and WQXR Q2Music radio host, Nadia Sirota. During Thursday's Afternoon Classical program, Sirota will discuss her upcoming residency at Symphony Space with artists including Liam Byrne, yMusic, and Richard Reed Parry.

Date: 
Thu, 28 Jan 2016, 3:00pm to 6:00pm

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Emmet Cohen on Out to Lunch

Join us Tuesday, January 17 during our Out to Lunch programming from 1-2:30 pm EST for an interview with New York-based jazz pianist Emmet Cohen regarding his most recent project "Masters Legacy Series featuring Jimmy Cobb." Cohen began Suzuki method piano instruction at age three, and his playing quickly became a mature melding of musicality, technique, and concept. He placed first in both the American Jazz Pianists competition (2014) and the Phillips Piano Competition at the University of West Florida (2011).

Date: 
Tuesday, January 17, 2017 - 1:00pm to 2:30pm
Related Program: 
Out to Lunch
Related Department: 
Jazz

Aspen Matis on Studio A

Tune in to Studio A this Sunday, January 15, from 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM EST for an interview with internationally-bestselling memoirist Aspen Matis. Her book, Girl in the Woods, tells the story of her sexual assault and her flight from college, which led to a journey of self-discovery as she set out to hike the entire Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada.

A brief account of her experiences appeared first in The New York Times' Modern Love column, and that subsequentally led to her inspiring and heart-wrenching memoir.

Date: 
Sunday, January 15, 2017 - 9:00pm to 10:00pm
Related Program: 
Studio A
Related Department: 
Arts

George Wallington Celebration on Jazz Profiles

Sid Gribetz presents a five hour radio program celebrating the pianist and composer George Wallington on Jazz Profiles this Sunday, January 15 from 2:00 PM - 7:00 PM EST.
George Wallington was one of the legendary pianists of the bebop era but never achieved great fame. With his early retirement from a musical career, he remains a more obscure figure in jazz history and lore.
Date: 
Sunday, January 15, 2017 - 2:00pm to 7:00pm
Related Program: 
Jazz Profiles
Related Department: 
Jazz

Streaming WKCR during Bach Festival Announcement

We, the WKCR Board, wanted to address any of the inconveniences experienced in using our stream. Unfortunately, our online stream regularly approaches maximum capacity during the Bach Festival. As we try to accommodate for more listeners, we implore anyone tuning in within our radio broadcasting range to tune in with a radio receiver.

Date: 
Thursday, December 25, 2014 - 12:00pm to Wednesday, December 31, 2014 - 11:59pm

Gustav Leonhardt Memorial Broadcast

This Friday, January 20th, WKCR will be devoting over eleven hours of programming to the music of Gustav Leonhardt (5/30/1928-1/16/2012). As a harpsichordist, organist, and conductor, Leonhardt was on the forefront of the movement in early music to revive period styles and practices. While best known for his recordings of J.S. Bach, Leonhardt made spectacular recordings of many different early music and Baroque composers. Tune in from 9:30am-9:00pm to hear WKCR's tribute to this legendary musician.
Date: 
Friday, January 20, 2012 - 9:30am to 9:00pm
Related Department: 
Classical
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