Do you enjoy starting your weekend with soothing music? Tune in this Friday, August 5th, for a special hour of classical guitar music during the 8-9 am hour of Classical Sunrise. Don Melcher, a local classical guitar aficionado, joins Michael again to present some of the finest composers and pieces. Don will give special focus to […]
Classical Sunrise
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A Musical Tribute to Film Composer James Horner
Composer James Horner, who has died in an airplane crash aged 61, won two Oscars for writing the soundtrack to James Cameron’s Titanic (1997) and a number of Oscar nominations for other Hollywood blockbusters, including Braveheart (1995) and A Beautiful Mind (2001), the story of John Nash, who died in a car crash exactly one […]
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Deborah Murray’s finale on Classical Sunrise
This Sunday, please remember to tune in to Classical Sunrise, 6-9 am, here on WTJU-Charlottesville. After 15 years, Deborah Murray is bowing out as host of the program, and this will be her last show. Deborah has been an outstanding station volunteer, not only hosting a program, but also serving as Classical Department Director. She […]
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Fathers and Sons of the Bach Family
Father’s Day is this Sunday, 17 June. To mark the occasion, on Classical Sunrise that morning (6 to 9 AM), I’ll be doing a show titled “Fathers and Sons of the Bach Family.” Of course you can expect to hear music of Johann Sebastian Bach and his sons, but I will also be featuring works […]
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Happy 327th Birthday, Johann Sebastian Bach
Over the next three Sunday mornings on my show Classical Sunrise (6 to 9 AM EDT), I will be featuring J.S. Bach’s monumental works: Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080 (The Art of Fugue); the Mass in B minor, BWV 232; and the St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244; three of the greatest classical works of […]