Tune in to is Raag Aur Tal this Sunday, March 29th from 7pm to 9pm where we will premiering selections from the new release from the Brooklyn Raga Massive. Next, we will be joined by special guests vocalist Anurag Harsh and raga pianist Utsav Lal who will be performing at Carnegie Hall the following weekend. Hosted by David Ellenbogen.
Tune in Saturday for WKCR's guest, Robert Parks, who will present a selection of recordings related to the 150th anniversary of the premiere of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde -- comparing landmark performances, including the Liebestod in Italian and French; looking at possible influences on Wagner, some passages in Liszt piano music and songs and the very long-phrased finale to Bellini’s Norma, which Wagner conducted when he was a young man; and noting its influence on other composers, including Liszt’s piano transcription of
Tune in this Wednesday at 11pm on Som do Brasil to listen to a live set and interview with Joanna Nova York, winner of the 2015 Brazilian Press Awards.
Tune in Wednesday evening from 6-9 PM to hear this week's edition of the Musician's Show, where we will be joined by guitarist, composer, educator, and theorist Miles Okazaki. Okazaki grew up in Port Townsend, Washington, and at a young age, developed an interest in music and, in particular, playing guitar. He was first exposed to recordings of Charlie Christian at age 12, and was inspired to learn to improvise.
Tune in this Wednesday at 11pm on Som do Brasil to listen to a live set and interview with Estrela Leminski and Téo Ruiz, who will be performing songs from their new album "São Sons."
Columbia Baseball returns to our online streams this weekend! Tune in as the two-time defending Ivy League champions begin league play in 2015. The Lions face Dartmouth in an ILCS rematch on Saturday and Harvard on Sunday. Coverage of both doubleheaders will begin a few minutes before noon.
Tuesday, April 7th, marks the 100th birthday anniversary of the one and only Billie Holiday. We'll be celebrating this milestone with a weeklong centennial broadcast in Lady Day’s honor, featuring her entire 1933-1959 discography, as well as on-air interviews with musicians and scholars. WKCR has a precedent of commemorating Holiday and her incredibly important contributions to vocal jazz, jazz as a whole, and Black music in our annual birthday broadcast schedule and in a special 360-hour Billie Holiday Festival that aired in 2005.
Revolutionary French composer and conductor Pierre Boulez turns 90 years old on March 26th, 2015. In celebration of Boulez's 90th birthday, WKCR will be dedicating all Classical Department programming on Wednesday, March 25th and Thursday, March 26th to this renowned musician's compositions and performances.
Though largely overshadowed by Henry Purcell, John Blow was one of England's most important composers of the Baroque era. The choirmaster of St. Paul's Cathedral, Blow is perhaps best known for his masque Venus & Adonis, a landmark work that greatly influenced Purcell's own Dido & Aeneas.
Tune in Wednesday evening from 6-9 PM to hear this week's edition of the Musician's Show, where we will be joined by Rudresh Mahanthappa, an alto saxophonist and composer who masterfully and inventively fuses jazz with Carnatic music. He has been named saxophonist of the year multiple times in Downbeat’s International Critics Polls, Jazztimes’ Critics Polls and by the Jazz Journalists’ Association, and he is the recipient of a Doris Duke Performing Artist Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and two New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowships.
Sun Ra visits WKCR! Is he eating ice cream? Yogurt? Who knows?
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