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V. Selvaganesh on Raag Aur Taal

In a very special appearance. the master percussionist V. Selvaganesh will be joining us live on Raag Aur Taal. Sunday April Born in Chennai to Grammy-winning musician Vikku Vinayakram, a former member of the original Shakti, he is the grandson of T. R. Harihara Sarma, who founded the Sri Jaya Ganesh Tala Vadya Vidyalaya (Sri JGTV school) in Chenna

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Sat, 2 Apr 2016, 7:00pm to 9:00pm

V. Selvaganesh on Raag Aur Taal

In a very special appearance. the master percussionist V. Selvaganesh will be joining us live on Raag Aur Taal. Sunday April Born in Chennai to Grammy-winning musician Vikku Vinayakram, a former member of the original Shakti, he is the grandson of T. R. Harihara Sarma, who founded the Sri Jaya Ganesh Tala Vadya Vidyalaya (Sri JGTV school) in Chenna

Date: 
Thu, 2 Apr 2015, 7:00pm to 9:00pm

William Hooker on Afternoon New Music

Tune in to Afternoon New Music at 3 pm on Wednesday, March 30 for an exclusive in-studio interview with William Hooker. The program will contain a 1-hour interview focusing on EVIDENCE: The Baldwin Suite, his multimedia tribute to novelist and activist James Baldwin. EVIDENCE: The Baldwin Suite will be at Roulette on Friday, April 1st at 8:00 pm.

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Wed, 30 Mar 2016, 3:00pm to 6:00pm

Phife Dawg Memorial Broadcast

Malik Izaak Taylor, better known as Phife Dawg, the Five Foot Assassin, and Dynomutt, born November 20, 1970, passed away this Tuesday. He was a founding member of A Tribe Called Quest with his high school friends Q-Tip and Ali Shaheed Mohammed. Acclaimed as one of the greatest and most influential hip hop acts of all time, A Tribe Called Quest, along with other members of the Native Tongues collective, pushed the art of sampling towards a greater eclecticism, with a more pronounced jazz influence, while advancing a positive, Afrocentric lyrical philosophy.

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Sat, 26 Mar 2016, 2:00pm to 6:00pm

Special Broadcast of Wagner's Parsifal on Saturday Night At The Opera

For over thirty years, mezzo-soprano Waltraud Meier has taken the opera world by storm with the role of the mysterious Kundry in Richard Wagner's Parsifal. It is a role that she has arguably owned like no other singer to this day. This week, she sings her final performances of the role in Berlin, and, to mark the occasion, this year's annual Parsifal broadcast over Easter weekend will be a live 2005 performance from Vienna.

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Sat, 26 Mar 2016, 9:00pm to Sun, 27 Mar 2016, 2:00am

Hannah Levinson on Afternoon New Music

Tune in to Afternoon New Music today at 5 pm for an exclusive interview with violist Hannah Levinson of violin/viola duo andPlay. andPlay will be performing at Roulette on Tuesday, March 22nd at 8:00 pm to kick off the String Orchestra of Brooklyn's String Theories festival. andPlay will be performing works by Robert Honstein, Nicholas DeMaison, Fjola Evans, Peter Kramer, and Kristopher Svensson.

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Mon, 21 Mar 2016, 5:00pm to 6:00pm

An Exploration of James MacMillan's Seven Last Words from the Cross on Wednesday 3/16 Cereal Music

Benjamin Sheen (Acting Director of Music at St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue) and countertenor Patrick Fennig stop by Wednesday, March 16th's Cereal Music program at 11:00 AM to discuss their upcoming performance of the New York Premiere of Seven Last Words from the Cross by James MacMillan. A masterful compilation of the traditional text based on all four gospels, this work is a sequential presentation of the last seven sentences uttered by Christ. On Friday, March 18th at 7:30 PM David Hill conducts the Saint Thomas Choir of Men & Boys and Orchestra of St.

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Wed, 16 Mar 2016, 9:30am to 12:00pm

Nikolaus Harnoncourt Memorial Broadcast

Renowned conductor and pioneer of historically informed performance practice, Nikolaus Harnoncourt passed away on March 5th 2016 at the age of 86. WKCR Classical will be pre-empting all regular WKCR programming for a full 24 hours on Friday March 11th (12:00 AM to 11:59 PM) to devote our airwaves exclusively to a memorial broadcast in honor of Nikolaus Harnoncourt. The memorial broadcast will feature recordings of Harnoncourt as a conductor and cellist, interviews with Harnoncourt himself as well as with his colleagues.

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Fri, 11 Mar 2016, 12:00am to 11:59pm

Luca Pisaroni on Saturday Night at the Opera

Italian bass-baritone Luca Pisaroni has quickly established himself as one of the greatest Mozart singers of our time. At the Metropolitan Opera, he has become an audience favorite through his performances as Leporello, Figaro, and even the monstrous Caliban in The Enchanted Island. This month, Pisaroni returns to the Metropolitan Opera in Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro, this time as the lascivious Count Almaviva.

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Sat, 12 Mar 2016, 9:00pm to Sun, 13 Mar 2016, 1:00am

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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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