Local Programs
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
11:58AM

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WOSU 89.7 FM Classically Columbus
Saturdays at 1pm

Serenata, also known as “Adventures with the Art Song,” is a half-hour program hosted by WOSU’s Christopher Purdy. If you despair of choosing among the 500-plus recordings of Schubert lieder, or you want to hear Renee Fleming’s new jazz/classical album, this is the program for you.

Schedule (tentative):


Saturday, May 2, 1pm
SCHUMANN: Frauenliebe und –leben (A Woman’s Love and Life)
Christopher Purdy begins a new season with a performance of Robert Schumann by Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, accompanied by Julius Drake. Recorded in concert at London’s Wigmore Hall in October 1999.


Saturday, May 9, 1pm
Americans in Rome: Music by Fellows of the American Academy in Rome
Songs by Randall Thomson, Leo Sowerby, Robert Beaser and Elliot Carter


Saturday, May 16, 1pm
The Art of Gerald Finley
The young Canadian baritone was a sensation last season in John Adams’s Doctor Atomic. Hear him as he performs with pianist Julius Drake.


Saturday, May 23, 1pm
SCHUBERT: Schwanengesang
Two new recordings of the final collection of songs of Schubert’s career-Swan Songs- published after his death in 1828 from Tenor Ian Bostridge accompanied by Antonio Pappano and Baritone Dietrich Henschel accompanied by Fritz Schwinghammer.

Arts Unscripted

WOSU's Christopher Purdy and Columbus Museum of Art Executive Director, Nannette Maciejunes, discuss arts in Columbus and around the world. It's unscripted so you never know what Christopher and Nannette might say! More. more...

Symphony at 7

Join host John Rittmeyer for WOSU’s weekday, hour-long program, Symphony at 7, at...you guessed it...7pm! Each evening John will feature a full-length symphony for the full appreciation. Discover what John has in store as he finds significant symphonic recordings to share with you. more...