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Norman Lebrecht’s CDs of the Week, 5/13/12
Norman Lebrecht’s CDs of the Week: music of Mieczyslaw Weinberg, including his 3rd, 6th and 20th Symphonies; his Cello Concerto; and chamber music for woodwinds!
CIAO, 5/13/12: La Festa della Mamma…and A Tribute to Mothers With Special Needs Children
By CIAO! Co-host Joey Nigro-Nilsen
For our Mother’s Day show, Jim and I will talk about the special place “mother” has in all of our hearts and share a few humorous ...
Metropolitan Opera National Council Grand Finals this Saturday on WCNY-FM!
Saturday, May 12th at 1 P.M., Classic FM finishes up the 2011-12 Metropolitan Opera season with the recent National Council Grand Finals concert, featuring the opera stars of the future! ...
Sounds of Jazz, 5/13/12: Happy Mother’s Day from Leo and Ella
Hello, everyone–nice to see ya, as always, and a Happy Mother’s Day to all the jazz-loving moms out there. Ella Fitzgerald (mother of drummer Ray Brown, Jr., by the way) ...
Norman Lebrecht’s CDs of the Week, 5/6/12
Norman Lebrecht’s CDs of the Week from La Scena Musicale: the first recording of Philip Glass’ 9th Symphony, plus Beethoven CDs by pianists Jeremy Denk, Andreas Steier, and Stephen ...
CIAO! 5/6/12: CIAO! SCORES A FIRST WITH NEIL SEDAKA’S ITALIAN RECORDINGS!
CIAO! SCORES A FIRST WITH NEIL SEDAKA’S ITALIAN RECORDINGS!–by Joey Nigro
Neil Sedaka has composed more than a thousand songs from the time he was a teenager with his first hit ...
Live at Noon w/Richard Probert & “Elijah”
Richard Probert is a man of many interests and talents (entrepreneurship, sailing, furniture building, et al…), but it seems his first love is music. He stopped-by the WCNY-FM studios on ...
Norman Lebrecht’s CDs of the Week, 4/29/12
Norman Lebrecht’s CDs of the Week: a fifth of Rachmaninoff? (Piano concerto, that is!) Also, songs of Walter Arlen; Mary Carewe in some “Serious Cabaret”; and Mercy and Grand in ...
The Capitol Pressroom for April 30, 2012
Attention fans of the Sun … Jackson Morris, Director of Strategic Engagement for the Pace Energy and Climate Center graces the Plywood Hut with his presence. He’ll share an overview ...
CIAO! 4/29/12: Growing Up in Syracuse’s Old Neighborhoods
GROWING UP IN SYRACUSE’S OLD NEIGHBORHOODS–by Joey Nigro
Growing up in the 1950s and 1960s in Syracuse’s old neighborhoods was a wonderful experience. In this edition of CIAO! my cousin Sam ...
