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In this issue: AT&T PAC turns 1, Bach to Bachendorf’s, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center at SMU, WRR airs Anna Bolena live, Spanish Brass at the LCC
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October 2010
A Stradivarius Tale on WRR’s Classic Café
Michael Shih, Concertmaster of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, joined WRR’s Tempie Lindsey Monday, Oct. 4, for the Classic Cafe and discussed the legendary 1710 Davis Stradivarius violin. This priceless instrument was crafted by famed violin maker Antonio Stradivari three centuries ago and since 1981 has been with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra through the generosity Mr. and Mrs. William S. Davis. In October, to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the instrument, FWSO Concertmaster Michael Shih will take the stage to perform the beautiful Mendelssohn Violin Concerto – the same piece performed at the inaugural concert of the Davis Stradivarius in Fort Worth in 1981. Universally regarded as the finest violins ever made, the instruments crafted by Italian violin maker Antonio Stradivari are treasured for the elegance of their sound. Stradivari had a
Booker T: The Next Generation
Guests of WRR’s Labor Day Picnic at NorthPark were treated to the Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts R&B Ensemble led by Roger Boykin. These talented young musicians are among the 700 students enrolled at DISD’s arts magnet high school honing their artistic skills and fulfilling their academic work. They are the rising stars of stage, dance and the visual arts, following in the footsteps of some very distinguished alumni (Erykah Badu, Roy Hargrove, Nora Jones, Sandra St. Victor, Edie Brickell…). Essential to the artistic development of these young artists is presenting their work to the public. With the recently-completed expansion and renovation of the school, the Booker T. students have professional-grade performing and exhibition spaces on the school’s campus in the Dallas Arts District. The 2010-11 academic year is mirrored by a multi-disciplinary season of dance recitals, music concerts, plays and exhibitions. Booker T. theater students will join more than 10 North Texas theater companies for the 2011 Horton Foote Festival, staging three one-act plays A Young Lady of Property, The Dancers and Courtship in April, while the music students will perform Beethoven’s 9th Symphony (WRR’s Top 40 Classical winner!) in December. Seniors in the dance program will perform solo work in the Portraits Dance Concert in November, while visual arts students showcase their mastery of multiple media in monthly exhibitions like Scrap Can Be Beautiful, to be held In January. These are just a few of the performances and events that will take place at the Montgomery Arts Theater or the Hudson Gallery at Booker T. during the year, giving us a glimpse of the exciting future of the arts in North Texas. For more information about Booker T. Washington High School and their performing and visual arts programs, please visit dallasisd.org/btw.
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very long career, making instruments from the 1680s well into the 1730s, but his “golden period” is the years from 1700 to 1720. The 1710 Davis Stradivarius was crafted during this time period. No one truly knows exactly why the sound of the Stradivarius violin is so wonderful, but there are many theories as to what makes a violin a good violin. The quality of the wood is a definite factor, as well as the shape of the instrument, the thickness of the wooden plates that are placed in the belly and the back of the instrument, and the varnish on the wood. Of the more than 1,100 instruments Stradivari made, only 650 are known to survive today. The concerts take place October 8-10 at Bass Performance Hall. Visit fwsymphony.org or 817-665-6000 for ticket details. WRR will air this performance Nov. 3 at 8 p.m. during The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra presents broadcasts.
Mourners grace Dallas Museum of Art By guest columnist Charles Dee Mitchell
Forty mourners are currently at the Dallas Museum of Art. Each is about fifteen inches tall, and they once surrounded the tomb of the Burgundian prince, John the Fearless. The master sculptors who created these figures worked the soft alabaster to create each mourner as an individual character. There are clerics, choirboys, and laymen, each showing his grief in his own fashion. I saw The Mourners last spring at the Metropolitan Museum in New York City, their first stop on a seven-city U.S. tour. I noticed the two rows of little men, remembered that they were headed to Dallas, and thought I should take a look when I passed back by. Perhaps these moments are always best when lest expected, but within a minute of looking more closely at the works, I knew this would be one of the most moving experiences I had ever had in a museum. Despite their realism, the alabaster figures are not portraits, and although we admire them now as significant works of late Medieval art, they are a secondary element to the actual tomb. The focus would have been on the figure of John himself, lying in state, eyes open to heaven, arms clasped in prayer, and attended by angels. But modern viewers will be attracted to the lively variety of the solemn figures. Printed with permission by Arts+Culture magazine. See the full story on The Mourners: Medieval Tomb Sculptures from the Court of Burgundy Oct. 3- Jan. 2, 2011 in the October 2010 issue, distributed throughout Dallas-Fort Worth monthly. Find out where you can pick up your copy at artsandculturedfw.com or wrr101.com
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B A Year in the Life: AT&T Performing Arts Center Turns 1! Seems like it was just yesterday… but the AT&T Performing Arts Center is already celebrating its first anniversary! Joining in the celebration is the entire Dallas Arts District with a month worth of events. The schedule promises something for everyone, including a spotlight on the newest addition to the AT&T PAC, the Annette Strauss Artist Square. See the insert later in Overture for a full list of events. We’ve been reminiscing on the many memorable moments in the Dallas Arts District over the years. We challenged the WRR announcers to tell us their fondest memory of this first year of the AT&T PAC: Amy Bishop, Morning Show- “I still remember that crisp October morning when I hosted the Morning Show with guests Quin Mathews and Sharon Benge live from One Arts Plaza during the opening ceremonies of the AT&T PAC.” Ed Blaylock, Evening Concert- “Where else in this country do you have such an expansive venue of great performance halls, such as our Winspear Opera House where I was fortunate enough to see the world premiere of Jake Heggie’s opera Moby Dick?” Tempie Lindsey, Midday Music- “My first official appearance as the new host of Midday Music on WRR was to introduce David Sanborn on an outdoor stage between the Wyly and the Winspear! The weather was perfect, the crowd was excited, and we all knew that the “vision” of the Arts District was coming alive!”
This exhibition was organized by the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA, and has been made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Additional support is provided by ECHO (Education through Cultural and Historical Organizations). The exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities. Incense burner with a deity with aquatic elements (detail), 700–750, Palenque, Mexico. Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes–– Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Museo de Sitio de la Zona Arqueológia de Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico. Courtesy Peabody Essex Museum, Photograph © 2009 Jorge Pérez de Lara Promotional support is provided by:
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Kevin Pytcher, Going Home Show- “The memory of pianist Gabriela Montero performing live for the Classic Café at One Arts Plaza is still with me. I was blown away how she took modern sounding tunes and wove them together into a compelling Bachian improvisation. Her now legendary talent was on display and I was there to hear it first-hand.”
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Kurt Rongey, Classical Weekend Evening- “There have been many great performances, but the image that sticks with me the most is probably the awesome sight of a full size four-story house on the stage of the Winspear for August: Osage County.”
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Barry Samsula, Classical Weekend Daytime- “The thing I remember most about the opening of the AT&T PAC was witnessing the Dallas Opera’s world-premiere of Moby Dick. The combination of brand new music set to an established piece of literature with high-tech video and staging added up to quite an experience.”
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Spotlight sounds for October Here are some of the new classical releases you’ll be hearing in the month of October on WRR. Hilary Hahn: Higdon and Tchaikovsky Violin Concertos (Deutsche Grammophon B0014698) - The Liverpool recording of Jennifer Higdon’s Pulitzer Prize work is finally available. Hahn plays it with a precision and passion that borders seemingly at the edge of the impossible as witnessed during its Texas premiere last spring at the Meyerson. The Tchaikovsky makes a delightful companion. Schumann: The Piano Trios (Ars Musici 232281, a 2-CD set) - WRR’s salute to the composer during his bicentennial year continues with probing interpretations of the three works for violin, cello and piano. Also included on the recording is new music composed by Wolfgang Rihm, born in 1952. William Hayes: The Passions (Glossa 922501) Fans of Handel’s oratorios like Messiah and Judas Maccabeus will relish this extravagant Ode to Music written in 1750 by Oxford music professor Hayes. Baroque authority Anthony Rooley expertly directs this jubilant raft of great choruses and colorful orchestrations. Julia Fischer: Paganini 24 Caprices for Solo Violin (Decca B0014658) - The award-winning virtuoso presents her reading of the “Mount Everest” of the solo violin repertory. Critics hail her playing as more “than a fiery technique, she expresses musical truths.”
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Bach to Bachendorf’s The Dallas Bach Society returns to Bachendorf’s Jewelry at the Plaza at Preston Center Saturday, Oct. 9 from 1-3 p.m. Join WRR’s Classical Weekend host Kurt Rongey and members of the Dallas Bach Society as we look at the upcoming season, hear about some of the highlights (including a few exclusive concerts available only to season subscribers) and maybe even get a live performance or two! We’ll talk about the upcoming concert at the Dallas Museum of Art, SubtilitasMusic for the Dukes of Burgundy, Sunday Oct. 10. The music in this concert was chosen to compliment the art of the new exhibition Mourners: Medieval Tomb Sculptures, featured elsewhere in Overture. The Dallas Bach Society’s 2010-2011, The Brandenburg Season features guest artists like Hopkinson Smith, performances in a variety of Dallas’ most sacred churches, several House Concerts, as well as several family and holiday favorites. Visit wrr101.com and dallasbach.org for more details.
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Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center comes to SMU Join WRR and Dallas Chamber Music in welcoming the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Great Quintets Monday, Oct. 18 at 8 p.m. This is the debut of Lincoln Center’s Great Quintets ensemble since the appointments of Artistic Directors, David Finckel and Wu Han. The concert opens the Dallas Chamber Music’s 66th season featuring a remarkable line-up of musicians including violinists Ani and Ida Kavafian with Mark Holloway and Paul Neubauer, cellist Nicholas Canellakis, and clarinetist David Shifrin. The all-quintet program features three outstanding examples of the genre: Mozart’s Viola Quintet in E-flat Major, K. 614; Mendelssohn’s Viola Quintet in A Major, Op. 18, and Brahms’s sublime Clarinet Quintet, Op. 115. Visit wrr101.com or dallaschambermusic.org for more details.
Join the Visiting Nurse Association for Its Annual Holiday Gift Wrap!
Volunteers and donations are needed for the Visiting Nurse Association’s Holiday Gift Wrap
The holidays are just around the corner! Please join the Visiting Nurse Association for its annual Holiday Gift Wrap on November 30 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., December 1 from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. and December 2 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Center at 1440 W. Mockingbird Lane in Dallas. Volunteers of all ages are needed to wrap presents and assemble gift bags that will be delivered during the Christmas season to VNA’s Meals on Wheels recipients and hospice patients. Nearly 4000 gift bags will help make the holidays brighter for frail, elderly, sick and disabled residents of Dallas County. Lend a hand and meet WRR “Classic Café” host Tempie Lindsey at the Holiday Gift Wrap from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on December 1! Donations of toothpaste, toothbrushes, shampoo, and similar personal care items are also needed for the gift bags. Schools, churches, civic organizations, and other groups are welcome to help with drives to collect these items, too. For additional information about the Visiting Nurse Association’s Holiday Gift Wrap, contact Nancy Jellinek, manager of VNA’s Eldercare Friends program, at 214-689-2209 or jellinekn@vnatexas.org.
WRR airs Anna Bolena live The Dallas Opera’s second season at the Winspear Opera House is close at hand. WRR is anticipating it with a big helping of on-air festivities. Listen in on Saturday, Oct. 9 at noon as Suzanne Calvin gets the latest from Moby Dick creators Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer on “Inside the Dallas Opera.” Our Encore Performance schedule wraps up with Puccini’s Madame Butterfly Oct. 5 and Moby Dick Oct. 12 at 8 p.m.. WRR broadcasts the third installment in Donizetti’s “Tudor Trilogy” of Anna Bolena live Oct. 29 starting at 7:30 p.m. Witness the last days of the woman whose ambitions altered the course of European History. Soprano Hasmik Papian, mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves, tenor Stephen Costello and bass Oren Gradus lead a superb international cast. See wrr101.com and thedallasopera.org for more details.
Spanish Brass blows in to the Latino Cultural Center Spanish Brass, a quintet from Valencia, Spain, makes their Dallas debut at the Latino Cultural Center on Sunday, October 10 at 3 p.m. in the Oak Farms Dairy Performance Hall. One of the world’s top brass quintets, these five musicians bring their special take on great works from Bach and Ellington to Latin-American and Spanish favorites from d’Rivera and Albéniz. Spanish Brass has given hundreds of concerts at prestigious venues around the world in a career spanning 20 years. “The Latino Cultural Center is thrilled to be able to bring this international group to Dallas,” notes Maria MunozBlanco, Dallas Director of Cultural Affairs and Acting General Manager of the Latino Cultural Center. “The LCC theater is a great space for music and we can’t wait to hear the lively sounds of Spanish Brass!” Listen to the Classic Café with Tempie Lindsey Friday, Oct. 8 as she talks with Munoz-Blanco about the performance and what else the Latino Cultural Center has planned this season. For tickets or to learn more about Spanish Brass, visit dallasculture.org/latinoculturalcenter/
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CELEBRATING THE DALLAS ARTS DISTRICT calendar of events 1 Friday 7:30p 7:30 8
DTC, Henry IV; Wyly Quilters; FUMC TBT, Cinderella; Winspear
SPOTLIGHT DAY – OPENING CELEBRATION 10a-6:30p Opening: Sightings: Alyson Shotz; Nasher Opening: Tibet: The Land Closest to the Sky, Photographs by Marc Riboud; Crow Collection 10a *FREE Dallas Arts District Tour; Meet at ceremonial entrance of DMA 10 FREE admission, Target First Saturday; Nasher 10 FREE AdventureAsia, Family Day; Crow Collection 10 FREE [we]ekends at the DMA 10:30 FREE Lecture, Mark Melson; Meyerson 11 FREE Mary Preston Organ Recital; Meyerson 12p FREE Sneak Peek of The Mourners exhibit; DMA 2 DTC, Pay-What-You-Can Henry IV; Wyly 2 TBT, Cinderella; Winspear 3 FREE curator-led tour of The Mourners exhibit; DMA 4 *FREE Dallas Arts District Tour; Meet at ceremonial entrance of DMA Quilters; FUMC DTC, Henry IV; Wyly DSO, Holst: The Planets; Meyerson TBT, Cinderella; Winspear
3 Sunday Opening: The Mourners: Medieval Tomb Sculptures from the Court of Burgundy; DMA 10a FREE Tibetan Monks Creating a Sand Mandala; Crow Collection 11 [we]ekends at the DMA 2p DTC, Henry IV; Wyly 2 TBT, Cinderella; Winspear 2:30 DSO, Holst: The Planets; Meyerson
FREE Tibetan Monks Creating a Sand Mandala; Crow Collection FREE admission, First Tuesday; DMA FREE Meditation with Maria Kannon; Crow Collection DTC, Henry IV; Wyly
6 Wednesday 10a 12:15p 7 7:30 8
Jazz in the Atrium; DMA FREE Patio Sessions; Sammons Park Crow Collection, Silk Road Lounge; BTWHS The First Breeze of Summer; BTWHS DTC, Henry IV; Wyly
SPOTLIGHT DAY – MUSEUM BLOCK PARTY all museums open til midnight
10a 7:30p 8 8
FREE Tibetan Monks Creating a Sand Mandala; Crow Collection Quilters; FUMC DSO, Liza Minelli; Meyerson DTC, Henry IV; Wyly
FREE Tibetan Monks Creating a Sand Mandala; Crow Collection Gallery Talk; DMA The First Breeze of Summer; BTWHS DTC, Henry IV; Wyly Samar Under the Stars; Samar by Stephan Pyles
7 Thursday Opening: AIA Dallas Design Awards Exhibition; Dallas Center for Architecture 10a FREE Tibetan Monks Creating a Sand Mandala; Crow Collection 5p Thursday Night Live; DMA
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Late Nights at the DMA FREE Crow Collection After Dark til Midnight at the Nasher FREE Crow Collection & DFS, Godzilla; Flora Street
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TDO, Amici di Opera, Season Launch Party ; Winspear The First Breeze of Summer; BTWHS DSO, Brahms: A German Requiem (Jaap van Zweden); Meyerson
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SPOTLIGHT DAY – DANCEAFRICA
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[we]ekends at the DMA DTC, Henry IV; Wyly DTC, Henry IV; Wyly DSO, Liza Minnelli
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10 Sunday SPOTLIGHT DAY – DALLAS ARTS DISTRICT MEMBER & SUBSCRIBER DAY visit www.TheDallasArtsDistrict.org/ArtInOctober for more info 11a
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Fiesta Latinoamericana; Flora Street, between Pearl & Routh [we]ekends at the DMA TDO 2010-2011 Dangerous Desires Season Preview Day; Winspear DTC, Henry IV; Wyly DADA 25th Anniversary Film Screening; DMA Dallas Bach Society, SUBTILITAS: Music for the Dukes of Burgundy; DMA DSO, Savion Glover at the Meyerson
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Gallery Talk; DMA Samar Under the Stars; Samar by Stephan Pyles
SPOTLIGHT DAY – DALLAS OPERA OPENING NIGHT 7:30p
TDO, Don Giovanni; Winspear
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DSO, Magical Mendelssohn (Jaap van Zweden); Meyerson
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Uptown Run; Starts and ends at Sammons Park [we]ekends at the DMA TDO, Don Giovanni; Winspear DSO, Magical Mendelssohn (Jaap van Zweden); Meyerson
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Kirk Franklin, Benefiting Central Dallas Ministries; Meyerson
26 Tuesday 5p 6:15 8
*Dallas Arts District Tour: Sacred Spaces of the District; FUMC, SPUMC, Cathedral FREE Meditation with Maria Kannon; Crow Collection DSO, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields with Jonathan Biss; Meyerson
27 Wednesday 12:15p 7:30 8
Gallery Talk; DMA TDO, Don Giovanni; Winspear Samar Under the Stars; Samar by Stephan Pyles
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Thursday Night Live; DMA Jazz in the Atrium; DMA FREE Patio Sessions; Sammons Park Brettell Lecture: Rodin, His Collectors, and The Gates of Hell, DMA
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TDO, Anna Bolena; Winspear DSO, Psycho; Meyerson
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[we]ekends at the DMA Undermain Theater Group, Play Reading: The Golem; DMA TDO, Don Giovanni; Winspear DSO, Psycho; Meyerson
31 Sunday SPOTLIGHT DAY – CLOSING CELEBRATION 11a-5p
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Thursday Night Live; DMA FREE Patio Sessions; Sammons Park Jazz in the Atrium; DMA The First Breeze of Summer; BTWHS State of the Arts with Kevin Moriarty and Anne Pasternak; DMA DSO, Brahms: A German Requiem (Jaap van Zweden); Meyerson
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Opening: Black Current: Mexican Responses to Japanese Art, 17th - 19th Centuries; Crow Collection 5p Thursday Night Live; DMA 6 Jazz in the Atrium; DMA 5:30 FREE Patio Sessions; Sammons Park 8 DSO, Magical Mendelssohn (Jaap van Zweden); Meyerson
Gallery Talk; DMA Pecha Kucha, Vol. 4; Wyly The First Breeze of Summer; BTWHS Architecture Film Series: Metropolis; Dallas Center for Architecture Samar Under the Stars; Samar by Stephan Pyles
DSO, Magical Mendelssohn (Jaap van Zweden); Meyerson
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FREE Meditation with Maria Kannon; Crow Collection Arts & Letters Live, Sara Gruen; DMA
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28 Thursday FREE Meditation with Maria Kannon; Crow Collection Arts & Letters Live, Steven Johnson; DMA DWS, Star Wars; Meyerson
20 Wednesday
14 Thursday 5p 5:30 6 7 7:30 8
[we]ekends at the DMA TDO, Opera Insights: Anna Bolena; DMA DSO, Ravi Shankar; Meyerson
18 Monday
13 Wednesday 12:15p 6 7 7:30 8
*Dallas Arts District Tour; Meet at ceremonial entrance of DMA [we]ekends at the DMA DSO, Brahms: A German Requiem (Jaap van Zweden); Meyerson
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[we]ekends at the DMA 360: Artists, Curators & Critics with Michael Corris; Nasher Fine Arts Chamber Players, Bancroft Family Concert; DMA
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FREE admission, Family Celebration; DMA FREE admission; Nasher FREE admission; Crow Collection FREE Fall Block Party; One Arts Plaza *FREE Dallas Arts District Tour; Meet at ceremonial entrance of DMA FREE Pre-Concert Activities; Meyerson TDO, Anna Bolena; Winspear DSO, Symphonic Spook-Tacular; Meyerson DBDT African Masks Performance; DMA *FREE Dallas Arts District Tour; Meet at ceremonial entrance of DMA
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Station Program Schedule DAY PART
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Music All Night with Peter Van de Graaff
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Methodist Church Richardson Christ Church Plano (Anglican)
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The Morning Show with Amy Bishop Featuring: Arts Update at 6:52 a.m. Road Rage Remedy at 7:20 a.m. and March of the Day at 7:35 a.m. Arts Update at 8:52 a.m.
Christian Science Sentinel Wilshire Baptist Church
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Classical Saturday with Barry Samsula
University Park Methodist
Pastoral Reflections
Preston Hollow Presbyterian
Midday Music With Tempie Lindsey Featuring The Classic Cafe at noon
NOON 1 PM 2 PM
Classical Saturday with Barry Samsula
Classical Sunday with Barry Samsula
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Arts Spotlight *
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Featuring Arts Update at 4:52 p.m. Road Rage Remedy at 5:20 p.m. and The Wine Experience at 6:20 p.m.
Classical Sunday with Kurt Rongey
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Dallas Symphony Orchestra*
The Dallas Opera Broadcast
Fort Worth Symphony
New York Philharmonic
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Command Performance
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The Morning Show with Amy Bishop
A Night on the Town with George Harter
The Going Home Show with Kevin Pytcher
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Music All Night with Peter Van de Graaff
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Religious programming: 7 a.m. until noon - Sundays - WRR airs religious services by churches of many denominations and faiths Sunday mornings. See Sunday listings for details.
Pipedreams: 10 p.m. Sundays - The king of instruments, the pipe organ, is the focus of this 90-minute program that spans the globe in its search for great music. Dallas Summer Musicals Spotlight: 5 p.m. some Sundays - An in depth look at the behind the scenes people involved in bringing the Dallas Summer Musicals to Fair Park. Performance Today: 9 p.m. weekends - Live concerts by famous artists in concert halls around the globe as well as interviews, news and features. Audiences, on any given day, may hear from performances in the great concert halls of New York, Prague, London, Berlin and Paris.
The Evening Concert with Ed Blaylock
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From the Top:9 a.m. Saturdays - Some of the nation’s most gifted young musicians take the stage for this inspiring and funny program.
Art Matters: 5:30 p.m. Sundays and 6:30 p.m. Thursdays - Quin Mathews and Sharon Benge co-host this in-depth look at the arts in North Texas. This is the place to hear insightful interviews with some of the area’s arts luminaries as well as distinguished visitors.
Exploring Music With Bill McGlaughlin
Pipedreams
10 PM
Classical Saturday with Kurt Rongey
Art Matters
Symphony Cast Performance
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra: 8 p.m. WednesdaysMiguel Harth-Bedoya conducts the orchestra in complete broadcasts from the Symphonic Series.
A Night on the Town: 10 p.m. Saturdays - From Richard Rodgers to Andrew Lloyd Webber, George Harter brings you the best of the American musical stage.
The Going Home Show with Kevin Pytcher
Art Matters 6 PM
Dallas Symphony Orchestra: 8 p.m., some Mondays. Complete concert performances of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra from the Meyerson Symphony Center.
Inside the Dallas Opera: Noon Saturdays, once a month - A behind-the-scenes look at the Dallas Opera including past performances, interviews with staff and artists plus upcoming engagements. Times vary.
3 PM Classical Sunday with Kurt Rongey
The Wine Experience: 6:20 p.m. weekdays - Presents topics relating to choosing and enjoying wine such as matching wine with different foods, virtual walks through vineyards and shopping tips.
New York Philharmonic this Week: 8 p.m. Thursdays - America’s musical ambassadors perform from Avery Fisher Hall.
St. Andrews Episcopal
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March of the Day: 7:35 a.m. weekdays - Having trouble getting around in the morning? WRR will get you in step with some of the world’s most upbeat music -- Marches! Sponsored by Dougherty’s Pharmacy.
Arts Calendar: 5:30 p.m. Thursdays - An extended arts event listing covering the upcoming week, presented by Kevin Pytcher.
Lovers Lane United Methodist
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Arts Update: 6:52 a.m., 8:52 a.m. and 4:52 p.m. weekdays - Your source for arts listings covering the evening’s events as well as those a couple days ahead. Road Rage Remedy: 7:20 a.m. and 5:20 p.m. weekdays - WRR will calm your rush hour commute with music to soothe the nerves. Relax and enjoy the ride!
First United
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Symphony Cast 7 p.m. Saturdays - A weekly classical music radio program hosted by Brian Newhouse and featuring full-length concerts by national and international symphony orchestras.
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October Programming Highlights
Why support the Friends? Music enriches all of our lives. We at the Friends of WRR are committed to providing programming that enhances classical music education and benefits the local community, its artists, and arts groups.
It’s a great month for Beethoven fans!
Support from individuals and organizations alike enables the Friends to continue responding to artistic needs within the community.
• Monday, Oct. 4, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s broadcasts begin. Beethoven’s 3rd and 5th Symphonies will be played under the baton of the man who this generation is looking to as a leading Beethoven interpreter, Jaap van Zweden. • Wednesday night, Oct. 6, Cliburn Competition finalist and audience darling Di Wu performs Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra in a broadcast concert. Miguel Harth-Bedoya will conduct Peter Boyer’s Celebration Overture and a suite of Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet music as well. • Then the evening of Oct. 11, it’s back to the Meyerson for Lang Lang’s one-night only concert with the DSO. He’ll play Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto. Classic Café at One Arts Plaza for Oct. 4-8 will present some wonderful musical guests playing live on the air. Monday, Oct. 4, Fort Worth Symphony Concertmaster Michael Shih will be visiting during the noon hour. He’s celebrating the 300th birthday of the 1710 Davis Stradivarius violin. On Friday the 8th, piano maestro Joseph Banowetz will perform on the Steinway Hall One Arts Piano. There are several birthdays to note in October. Yo Yo Ma turns 55 on Oct. 7. On the 9th, Carnival of the Animals composer Camille Saint-Saens is 175. October 26, early keyboard virtuoso Domenico Scarlatti is 325. And with a bittersweet tear for one of music’s great souls, we remember Luciano Pavarotti’s 75th birthday Oct. 12.
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Oct. 2
NorthPark Celebrates ARTsPARK and The Dallas Arts District’s celebrates its first anniversary with Art in October
Oct. 4-8
The Classic Cafe broadcasts Live from One Arts Plaza 11 a.m.- 1 p.m.
Oct. 9
Bachendorf’s Jewelry welcomes The Dallas Bach Society and WRR for a live broadcast from 1-3 p.m.
Oct. 16
WRR joins the Dallas International Film Festival for the first public event at Annette Strauss Artist Square in the AT&T Performing Arts Center for a screening of Casablanca
Oct. 17
WRR broadcasts live from the Kimbell Art Museum from 1-3 p.m.
Nov. 1-5
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Overture
WRR Classical 101.1 FM
Dallas / Fort Worth • wrr101.com
Overture • October 2010
October 2010
A monthly publication for friends of WRR
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