WCPE's Programming: Winter Highlights

 

The Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera begins its live radio broadcasts on Saturday, December 3, at 12:30 p.m. with George Frideric Handel’s Rodelinda.

Beethovenfest
December 14–16
There exists an apocryphal story about Wolfgang Mozart’s .rst meeting with Ludwig von Beethoven. During this meeting, the 16-year-old Beethoven played for Mozart. After he finished playing, Mozart turned to Emperor Joseph II and remarked, “Pay attention to him: he will make a noise in the world some day or other.” And “make noise” he did! WCPE presents three days of Beethoven’s memorable music.

Chanukah (Hanukkah)
Sundown December 20–Sundown December 28
The Festival of Lights is an eight-day holiday commemorating the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem. The rededication occurred in 165 BCE after the Jewish resistance drove out the Syrian-Greek army. Music for the liturgy of Chanukah will air at 6:00 p.m. ET on December 20.

Feast of the Nativity
Sundown December 24– Sundown January 5
The Feast of the Nativity is a twelve-day celebration of the birth of Jesus. Music for the Feast of the Nativity will be heard throughout December 24 and 25, including George Frideric Handel’s Messiah at approximately 3:05 p.m. ET (immediately following the Metropolitan Opera broadcast) on December 24.

Saturday Evening Request Program for the holidays
December 24 and December 31
Send in your request for your favorite Classical music for Christmas or Chanukah. You may mail your request to the station or use the link at our web site (“Music Request” link in the right-hand side at theclassicalstation. org). All requests for December 24 must be received by December 21, and requests for New Year’s Eve must be received by Wednesday, December 28.

Russian Romantics Weekend
January 14–15
Power and splendor are two words that come to mind when thinking about compositions by Russian composers. Two days will only tap the surface of the great music brought to us by composers who mined the rich history of Russia and its folk tunes and stories.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day
January 16
Music for this day will celebrate the birth and life of Dr. King—who, through nonviolence, fought to hold America accountable for its promises to all people.

Mozart Madness
January 25–27
Born Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on January 27, 1756, he alternately called himself Wolfgang Amadé or Wolfgang Gottlieb. Of the seven children to whom his mother gave birth, Mozart and his beloved sister, Anna Maria, were the only two that survived. That Wolfgang was a genius in the creation of western Classical music is beyond dispute. For three days, you’ll hear music from the pen of this musical virtuoso. You can request your favorite composition by Mozart on the Saturday. Evening Request Program on January 27.

Valentine’s Day
February 14 (by advance request)
Requests in honor of the one you love must be received by February 7 by either e-mail or the U.S. Postal Service.

Simply Strings Weekend
February 18–19
Violin, viola, cello, double bass, harp, guitar— stringed instruments all (and myriad others) that draw us in with emotions that words can’t describe. String instruments create such a wide variety of sounds, all of which will be on display for the Simply Strings Weekend.

Presidents Day
Monday, February 20
Music to celebrate our nation’s forty-four chief executives!

— Kenneth Bradshaw

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