The Tabernacle Choir of Salt Lake City, perhaps the largest and certainly the best-known American choir, is celebrating the 5,000th broadcast of its radio program “Music and the Spoken Word.” Ruth Graham, writing for The New York Times, notes that the 30-minute show’s format “not only has endured since 1929, but almost as remarkably, has…

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29.07.2025

The potency of the ‘weaker’ hand – Letter V

In an article for The Guardian, Nicholas McCarthy, a pianist who was born without a right hand, explores music for piano left-hand, “often seen as a mysterious niche” of the classical repertory. Some of the best-known works in this genre were written for the Viennese pianist Paul Wittgenstein, brother of the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. After…

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01.08.2025

August calendar – Letter V

Classical performances in and around Richmond, with selected events elsewhere in Virginia and the Washington area. Program information, provided by presenters, is updated as details become available. Adult ticket prices are listed; senior, student/youth, military, group and other discounts may be offered. Prices do not include service fees. Aug. 1 (7 p.m.)Garth Newel Music Center,…

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02.08.2025

Letter V Classical Radio Aug. 3 – Letter V

7-10 p.m. EDT2300-0200 UTCWDCE, University of Richmond90.1 FMhttp://wdce.net Kodály: “Dances of Galanta”Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Charles Mackerras(Linn) Germaine Tailleferre: Concertino for harp & orchestraMarie-Pierre Langlamet, harpBerlin Philharmonic/Juan José Mena(Berliner Philharmoniker) Enescu: Suite No. 2, Op. 10Charles Richard-Hamelin, piano(Analekta) Hindemith: “Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber”Philadelphia Orchestra/Wolfgang Sawallisch(Warner Classics) Schubert: Fantasie in C major, D.…

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