Can I work to what I hear?
Fast Company’s Eve Upton-Clark reports on a survey by the career development firm TopResume on piped-in Christmas music’s effect on worker productivity. The key is BPM – beats per minute – in the...
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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....
View ArticleLetter V Classical Radio Nov. 30
11 p.m.-1 a.m. EST0400-0600 UTCWDCE, University of Richmond90.1 FMhttp://wdce.net Roberto Sierra: “Fandangos”Royal Liverpool Philharmonic/Domingo Hindoyan(Onyx) Dvořák: Symphony No. 5 in F majorLondon...
View ArticleDeath or reconfiguration?
Dave Hurwitz, the online sphere’s most prolific commentator on classical music, has thoughts on its perennially predicted demise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh0JnFEaOno Like Hurwitz, I don’t...
View ArticleLetter V Classical Radio Nov. 23
11 p.m.-1 a.m. EST0400-0600 UTCWDCE, University of Richmond90.1 FMhttp://wdce.net Mozart: Symphony No. 23 in D major, K. 181Orchestre de Chambre de Genève/David Greilsammer(Sony Classical)...
View ArticleTwo early chaconnes join the Bach catalogue
Two chaconnes for organ, found in 1992 in the Royal Library of Belgium, have been identified as early works by Johann Sebastian Bach. Authentication of the pieces took more than 30 years because the...
View ArticleBeethoven program canceled
The Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia’s program of cellist James Wilson and fortepianist Carsten Schmidt playing Beethoven sonatas, scheduled for Nov. 16, has been canceled. Ticket refunds...
View ArticleAt the Kennedy Center, or not
The Kennedy Center’s performance schedule will go largely dark from Nov. 24 to Dec. 12 to accommodate the 2026 World Cup draw, The Washington Post reports, with FIFA (the Fédération Internationale de...
View ArticleLetter V Classical Radio Nov. 9
11 p.m.-1 a.m. EST0400-0600 UTCWDCE, University of Richmond90.1 FMhttp://wdce.net Debussy: Danse (“Tarantelle styrienne”)(Maurice Ravel orchestration)Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Riccardo...
View ArticleLetter V Classical Radio Nov. 2
11 p.m.-1 a.m. EST0400-0600 UTCWDCE, University of Richmond90.1 FMhttp://wdce.net Germaine Tailleferre: Concertino for harp & orchestraMarie-Pierre Langlamet, harpBerlin Philharmonic/Juan José...
View ArticleLetter V Classical Radio Oct. 19
11 p.m.-1 a.m. EDT0300-0500 UTCWDCE, University of Richmond90.1 FMhttp://wdce.net Glinka: “Capriccio brillante on the ‘Jota aragonesa’ ” (“Spanish Overture” No. 1)BBC Philharmonic/Vassily...
View ArticleSohn steps in for symphony dates
The Korean-American pianist Minsoo Sohn will replace Emanuel Ax in Richmond Symphony concerts on Oct. 25 and 26 at the Carpenter Theatre of Dominion Energy Center. Ax canceled the dates due to a...
View ArticleLetter V Classical Radio Oct. 12
11 p.m.-1 a.m. EDT0300-0500 UTCWDCE, University of Richmond90.1 FMhttp://wdce.net Copland: “Four Dance Episodes from ‘Rodeo’ ”New York Philharmonic/Leonard Bernstein(Sony Classical) Ellen Taaffe...
View Article‘Title search’ takes on a different meaning
Previously unknown or long-forgotten works by famous composers occasionally emerge from searches of archives. Recent examples: a little waltz by Frédéric Chopin found at New York’s Morgan Library and...
View ArticleLetter V Classical Radio Oct. 5
11 p.m.-1 a.m. EDT0300-0500 UTCWDCE, University of Richmond90.1 FMhttp://wdce.net Johann Joseph Fux: Concerto in D major (“Le dolcezze e l’amerezze della notte”)(“The Gentleness and Bitterness of the...
View ArticleOctober calendar
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....
View ArticleLetter V Classical Radio Sept. 28
1-3 p.m. EDT1700-1900 UTCWDCE, University of Richmond90.1 FMhttp://wdce.net Mozart: “Die Zauberflöte” (“The Magic Flute”) OvertureZürich Opera House Orchestra/Nikolaus Harnoncourt(Warner Classics)...
View ArticleRadio at new time
Beginning Oct. 5, Letter V Classical Radio moves to Sundays from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. (2300-0100 UTC) on the University of Richmond’s WDCE, 90.1 FM, https://wdce.net The Sept. 28 show will air from 1 to...
View ArticleLetter V Classical Radio Sept. 21
1-3 p.m. EDT1700-1900 UTCWDCE, University of Richmond90.1 FMhttp://wdce.net Jan Dismas Zelenka: Capriccio No. 3 in F majorBernhard Forck & Raimar Orlovsky, violinsRadek Baborák, horn &...
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The Flemish region of Belgium is not known as a hotbed of anti-Semitism. Far from it: The largest city in Flanders, Antwerp, was a refuge for Jews expelled from Spain and Portugal in the 16th century,...
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