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August 29, 2008
What’s On Now?
Folk Music
With Jim Blum
9:48
The Belleville Outfit: Houston Town (Wanderin')
9:53
Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra: Longing (6 against 4) (La Semana)
10:00
Mozaik: Reuben's Transatlantic Express (Changing Trains)
10:05
Adrienne Young & Little Sadie: Wedding Ring (The Art of Virtue)
10:08
Bruce Springsteen: The Ghost of Tom Joad (The Ghost of Tom Joad)
10:14
Peter Case: Let Me Fall (Who's Gonna Go Your Crooked Mile)
10:18
New Grass Revival: Metric Lips (New Grass Revival)
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Saturday On WKSU
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Folk Music with Jim Blum
1:00
Classical Music with Ward Jacobson
5:00
Classical Music with Ward Jacobson
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On The Media®
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BBC World Service
 For over 70 years, BBC World Service has been the globe's most comprehensive source for news. When news breaks — anywhere, anytime — BBC is there.
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Saturday On WKSU 2
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BBC World Service
For over 70 years, BBC World Service has been the globe's most comprehensive source for news. When news breaks — anywhere, anytime — BBC is there.
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BBC World Service
For over 70 years, BBC World Service has been the globe's most comprehensive source for news. When news breaks — anywhere, anytime — BBC is there.
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On The Media®
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Living On Earth®
Steve Curwood hosts NPR’s weekly environmental news and information program, offering features, interviews and commentary on a broad range of ecological issues.
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WKSU Member Nights marked in orange.
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The Cleveland Orchestra's summer residency at Blossom Music Center offers Northeast Ohio the opportunity to experience one of the world's best musical ensembles, and a regional treasure, in casual atmosphere of the area's premiere outdoor amphitheatre. WKSU will be on hand on July 12 and August 2 as media sponsor for these concerts. WKSU members can use their member cards to purchase up to 6 half-price tickets for performances on July 12, 20 and 27, and August 2 and 16. Scroll down for a complete Blossom Festival schedule.
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Thursday July 3rd 8 p.m. Fireworks Night  | An American Salute
Blossom Festival Band
Loras John Schissel, conductor
Join us for this great American Holiday Program of family favorites including a salute to the Armed Forces, Sousa marches, soloists and Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture. |
0 Comments - Leave Your CommentsReturn To CalendarFriday July 4th 8:00 p.m. Fireworks Night | An American Salute
Blossom Festival Band
Loras John Schissel, conductor
Join us for this great American Holiday Program of family favorites including a salute to the Armed Forces, Sousa marches, soloists and Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture. |
0 Comments - Leave Your CommentsReturn To CalendarSaturday July 5th 8:00 p.m. Fireworks Night | Carmina Burana
The Cleveland Orchestra
Robert Porco, conductor
Norah Amsellem, soprano
Blossom Festival Chorus
On the program:
ORFF: Carmina Burana
BORODIN: Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor
TCHAIKOVSKY: 1812 Overture |
4 Comments - Leave Your CommentsReturn To CalendarSaturday July 12th 8 p.m. WKSU Member Night* | Rachmaninoff Third Piano Concerto
The Cleveland Orchestra
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Jayce Ogren, conductor
Kirill Gerstein, piano - Cleveland Orchestra debut
On the program:
ROSSINI: Overture to Semiramide
RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 3
SIERRA: Fandangos
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 2
Visit the WKSU table before this concert. |
5 Comments - Leave Your CommentsReturn To CalendarSunday July 13th 7 p.m.  | Bravo Broadway: Broadway Today!
The Cleveland Orchestra
Robert Porco, conductor
Capathia Jenkins, vocalist - Cleveland Orchestra debut
Susan Egan, vocalist
Doug LeBrecque, vocalist
Rob Evan, vocalist - Cleveland Orchestra debut
Blossom Festival Chorus
Bravo Broadway! returns with a program of new stage favorites and great hits, including selections from Cats, Wicked, Jekyll and Hyde, Rent, Hairspray, Dreamgirls, Movin' Out, The Little Mermaid, Tommy, Chess, and Jesus Christ Superstar. |
5 Comments - Leave Your CommentsReturn To CalendarSaturday July 19th 8 p.m.  | Tchaikovsky
The Cleveland Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Julia Fischer, violin - Cleveland Orchestra debut
On the program:
MUSSORGSKY: Night on Bald Mountain
TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4 |
0 Comments - Leave Your CommentsReturn To CalendarSunday July 20th 7:30 p.m. WKSU Member Night* | Symphonie Fantastique
The Cleveland Orchestra
Andrey Boreyko, conductor - Cleveland Orchestra debut
Kent/Blossom Chamber Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Tito Munoz, conductor
Orion Weiss, piano - Blossom Festival debut
On the program:
MOZART: Overture to the Marriage of Figaro
FALL: Suite No. 1 from The Three-Cornered Hat
BERLIOZ: Roman Carnival Overture
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 1
BERLIOZ: Symphonie Fantastique |
5 Comments - Leave Your CommentsReturn To CalendarSaturday July 26th 8 p.m.  | A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Cleveland Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan, conductor - Blossom Festival debut
Joshua Smith, flute
Drew Carey, narrator
Mary Wilson, soprano
Women of the Blossom Festival Chorus
ON THE PROGRAM:
WEBER: Overture to Oberon
FOOTE: A Night Piece, for flute and strings
SULLIVAN: Masquerade from The Merchant of Venice
MENDELSSOHN: Incidental Music, A Midsummer Night's Dream
Drew Carey comes home for his first-ever appearance with The Cleveland Orchestra, narrating Mendelssohn's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in a concert featuring musical settings of Shakespeare. |
0 Comments - Leave Your CommentsReturn To CalendarSunday July 27th 7 p.m. WKSU Member Night* | A Baroque Evening
The Cleveland Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Michael Sachs, trumpet
Jack Sutte, trumpet
On the program:
VIVALDI: Concerto in C major for Two Trumpets
VIVALDI: Concerto alla rustica
HAYDN: Symphony No. 30
MORODER: Rondeau from Suite No. 1 in D major
LECLAIR: Suit from Scylla et Glaucus
HANDEL: Water Music, Suites in G and D
Join the Cleveland Orchestra and soloists for an evening of music from the baroque, including Vivaldi's Concerto for Two Trumpets, Mouret's Rondeau from suite No. 1 in D major, Leclair's Suite from Scylla et Glaucus and Handel's Water Music. |
0 Comments - Leave Your CommentsReturn To CalendarSaturday August 2nd 8 p.m. WKSU Member Night* | Gershwin and Brahms
The Cleveland Orchestra
Jahja Ling, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
On the program:
GERSHWIN: Concerto in F
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1
Visit the WKSU table before this concert. |
0 Comments - Leave Your CommentsReturn To CalendarFriday August 8th 8:30 p.m.  | New World Symphony
The Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Most, conductor
On the program:
SCHUBERT: Andante from Symphonic Fragment
MESSIAEN: Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum
DVORAK: Symphony No. 9 in E minor (From the New World)
STRAUSS JR: Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz)
Visit the WKSU Classical blog to see a video interview with Franz Welser-Most |
0 Comments - Leave Your CommentsReturn To CalendarSunday August 10th 7 p.m.  | Time for Three
Cleveland Pops Orchestra
Carl Topilow, conductor
Time for Three, Blossom Festival Debut
One of America's brightest new string trios comes to Blossom for one night only. Time for Three, a young, dynamic trio of classically trained musicians, mixes bluegrass, jazz, classical, and American music in a program of summertime entertainment. |
5 Comments - Leave Your CommentsReturn To CalendarSunday August 17th 7 p.m.  | Blossom Favorites
Blossom Festival Orchestra
Loras John Schiessel, conductor
Bring the whole family for an evening including music by John Williams, Mozart and Sousa. Plus pre-concert activities for children and an all-American cookout. |
0 Comments - Leave Your CommentsReturn To CalendarSunday August 24th 7 p.m.  | A Bernstein Celebration
Blossom Festival Orchestra
Loras John Schissel, conductor
Jamie Bernstein, narrator - Blossom Festival debut
Enjoy the artistry and creativity of Leonard Bernstein in a celebration of the 90th anniversary of his birth with this special concert narrated by his daughter, Jamie. Selections include music from Candide, Wonderful Town, On the Town, and West Side Story. |
0 Comments - Leave Your CommentsReturn To CalendarSaturday August 30th 8:30 p.m.  | Blossom Goes to the Movies
Blossom Festival Orchestra
George Daugherty, conductor
Building on the popularity of last summer's Rodgers & Hammerstein presentation of live music with projected film scenes, George Daugherty returns to Blossom with a new selection of movie scenes and live symphony orchestra performance. |
0 Comments - Leave Your CommentsReturn To CalendarSunday August 31st 8:30 p.m. | Blossom Goes to the Movies
Blossom Festival Orchestra
George Daugherty, conductor
Building on the popularity of last summer's Rodgers & Hammerstein presentation of live music with projected film scenes, George Daugherty returns to Blossom with a new selection of movie scenes and live symphony orchestra performance. |
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WKSU's Vivian Goodman interviews Lord of the Rings Composer Howard Shore
