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Maria T wrote this on 30 Jul 2008. Share this story: Twitter this, Share on Facebook or Digg it

WPRB’s series “Bach on Thursday”, hosted by Teri Noel Towe, returns Thursday 7/31 at 6 AM with the ninth installment entitled “Bach on Weird Instruments”.
Among the recordings scheduled are performances of the B Minor Flute Suite, BWV 1067, played on the tuba, the Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565, played by a Trinidad steel band, the English Suite No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 808, played on the accordion, and a late 1960s …

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Maria T wrote this on 22 Jul 2008. Share this story: Twitter this, Share on Facebook or Digg it

WPRB’s award-winning program, “Classical Discoveries,” takes a turn toward the avant garde every Friday from 11AM to 3PM. Host Marvin Rosen and his program won an ASCAP Deems Taylor Radio Broadcast Award in 2005.
This week, Marvin will be joined for the entire program by the director of Bridge Records, Becky Starobin, and guitarist and vice-president of the company, David Starobin. Bridge Records is an independent label from New Rochelle, NY specializing in 20th century classical …

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Maria T wrote this on 2 Jul 2008. Share this story: Twitter this, Share on Facebook or Digg it

Tomorrow, Teri Noel Towe will continue his series, “Bach on Thursdays,” with a rare broadcast of Ifor Jones and the Bach Choir of Bethlehem.
“Bach on Thursdays” airs at 6:00 a.m. ET here on WPRB!
In observance of Independence Day, the 5th programme in the 14 week series, “Bach on Thursday” will be devoted to American Bach Rarissima and will feature “Ifor Jones and the Bach Choir of Bethlehem”.
The broadcast will include the Bach Choir …

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Maria T wrote this on 12 Jun 2008. Share this story: Twitter this, Share on Facebook or Digg it

Tomorrow morning (6/13) at 8:30 a.m. ET on WPRB, Teri Towe (host of “Bach On Thursday”) will celebrate novelist Dorothy L. Sayer’s birthday with a special broadcast.
Sayers was best known as an author of detective fiction, having written many novels and short stories that featured her character Lord Peter Wimsey. Full details from Teri after the jump. This will be fantastic!
Tomorrow, June 13, 2008, from 8:30 AM to 11:00 AM, Eastern Daylight Time, the …