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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

Elliott Sharp, Jenny Lin, John Richards on Afternoon New Music

Tune in to Afternoon New Music at 3 pm on Wednesday, Jan. 27 for an exclusive in-studio interview and live set with Elliott Sharp, Jenny Lin, and John Richards (of JACK Quartet), all about Elliott Sharp's new release The Boreal. The two-hour program will feature interviews with Jenny Lin, John Richards and Elliott Sharp, followed by a WKCR-exclusive solo guitar performance by Elliott Sharp of his piece The Hidden Variable. The entirety of The Boreal will also be played throughout the program.

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Wed, 27 Jan 2016, 3:00pm to 6:00pm

Daniel Wohl on Afternoon New Music

Tune in to Afternoon New Music at 3 pm on Tuesday, January 19th for an exclusive in-studio interview with composer Daniel Wohl. The show will feature a 45-minute interview with Wohl, as well as tracks from his upcoming new album Holographic. The world premiere performances of Holographic will take place at the Baryshnikov Arts Center on Thursday and Friday, January 21 and 22, 2016.

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Tue, 19 Jan 2016, 3:00pm to 6:00pm

Weasel Walter / Daniel Carter on Afternoon New Music

Tune in to Afternoon New Music at 3 pm on Monday, January 18th for an exclusive in-studio set with Weasel Walter and Daniel Carter. The show will feature a 70-minute free improv set with Weasel Walter on drums and Daniel Carter on saxophone, trumpet, clarinet and flute.

Weasel Walter is a multi-instrumentalist, composer and improviser. He founded The Flying Luttenbachers in Chicago in 1991, and has collaborated with Evan Parker, Elliott Sharp, John Butcher, Marshall Allen, Peter Evans, Mary Halvorson, among many others.

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Mon, 18 Jan 2016, 3:00pm to 6:00pm

Mozart's Mitridate on Saturday Night at the Opera

Mozart's operas are performed with the frequency of almost no other opera composer, yet nearly all his popular operas today premiered in the last ten years of his life. Tune in to Saturday Night at the Opera on January 16th to hear his fifth opera Mitridate, re di Ponto. Composed when Mozart was just fourteen, Mitridate pits a royal family against each other in a fight for the crown.

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Sat, 16 Jan 2016, 9:00pm to Sun, 17 Jan 2016, 1:00am

Pierre Boulez's Das Rheingold on Saturday Night at the Opera

While Pierre Boulez was famous for his incendiary call to blow up the opera house, several of his greatest recordings are, in fact, his live opera recordings at the Bayreuth Festival. In 1976, he collaborated with French director Patrice Chéreau on the Centennial production of Der Ring Des Nibelungen. Chéreau's interpretation of the mythic opera as a biting commentary on capitalism and the Industrial Revolution polarized audiences, yet Boulez's conducting of the Ring Cycle was equally daring.

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Sat, 9 Jan 2016, 9:00pm to 11:59pm

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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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