[WILL-FM] Performance Today rundown (June 5)
Denise Perry
FROM: PERFORMANCE TODAY
DATE: JUNE 5, 2000
RE: PERFORMANCE TODAY RUNDOWN: 000605
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HELLO STATIONS
HERE'S THE PERFORMANCE TODAY RUNDOWN FOR MONDAY, JUNE 5, 2000
KORVA COLEMAN IS HOST
[WILL-FM/90.9 and FM/106.5 (Danville) and FM/101.1 (Champaign-
Urbana) air this program from 5 - 7PM (CDT)]
HOUR = 1 SEGMENT = A1
BILLBOARD 1:00
HOUR = 1 SEGMENT = A2 CUTAWAY
From a new CD of music by Percy Grainger, we' ll hear "Lisbon"
and "Harvest Hymn". This music is performed by members of the
Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble. (Chandos
CHAN 9819) 5:00
HOUR = 1 SEGMENT = A3
A Garland for Linda: There are many ways to remember a loved
one. Sir Paul McCartney chose to honor his late wife Linda on
Saturday night with "A Garland for Linda," a concert benefitting
breast cancer research and education. The event, which was held
at Riverside Church in New York City, featured new choral works
by McCartney, John Tavener, Richard Rodney Bennett and John
Rutter as well as music by Ralph Vaughan Williams and some new
choral arrangements of familiar Beatles tunes. NPR was there to
broadcast "A Garland for Linda" live across the country, and
we'll hear highlights from the concert. First is "Musica Dei
Donum" by John Rutter, featuring flutist Demarre (deh-MAH-ree)
McGill with Helen Cha-Pyo conducting the Riverside Festival
Singers. (NPR/WNYC, New York) 7:15
HOUR = 1 SEGMENT = A4
Korva talks live with NPR Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg,
who co-hosted the concert. 4:40
HOUR = 1 SEGMENT = A5
Helen Cha-Pyo conducts the Riverside Festival Singers in Richard
Rodney Bennett's contribution to "A Garland for Linda": "A
Good-Night." (NPR/WNYC, New York) 3:55
HOUR = 1 SEGMENT = B1
Beethoven a la Liszt: From a concert on January 20th at the 92nd
Street Y in New York City, pianist Yung Wook Yoo performs "An
die ferne Geliebte" (ahn dee FAIR-neh geh-LEEB-teh--"To a
Distant Beloved") from a song cycle by Ludwig van Beethoven,
transcribed for piano by Franz Liszt. (Kaufmann Concert Hall)
16:00
HOUR = 1 SEGMENT = C1
Music in the Age of Confucius: Korva heads to the Smithsonian
Institution's Sackler Gallery to talk with curator Jenny So
about the new exhibit called "Music in the Age of Confucius." On
display are musical treasures from a 2,500-year-old tomb of a
Chinese marquis. 7:10
HOUR = 1 SEGMENT = C2
Zhou Long (ZHOH LAHNG) is one of a new generation of Chinese
composers mixing sounds of the East with those of the West. The
Composers Conference Ensemble performs "Valley Stream," one of
Long's early successes written for traditional Chinese winds and
percussion. (China Record Co. 29) 9:00
HOUR = 2 SEGMENT = A1
BILLBOARD 1:00
HOUR = 2 SEGMENT = A2 CUTAWAY
Music from a new CD: Johann Sebastian Bach's complete flute
sonatas have been recorded by flutist Karl Kaiser and the
members of Musica Alta Ripa (MOO-zee-kah AHL-tah REE-pah).
We'll hear the third and fourth movements from the Sonata for
Flute and Basso Continuo, BWV 1033. (MDG 309 0932-2) 5:00
HOUR = 2 SEGMENT = A3
Purcell (PER-sell) in the heartland. Last week, the early-music
group Musick's Handmaids devoted an entire concert to music by
Henry Purcell. From that performance, we're going to hear
Purcell's Sonata No. 3 in A minor. (David Meyer Recordings)
7:00
HOUR = 2 SEGMENT = B1
Brahms puts on his shades. The Symphony No. 4 in E minor by
Johannes Brahms is performed by the Jacksonville Symphony
Orchestra in Florida, conducted by Joseph Silverstein (SIL-ver-
steyen). It's from a concert the first weekend of February at
the Robert E. Jacoby Symphony Hall. (Lee Young Recordings)
43:00