Wake Forest, N.C. (PRWEB) November 05, 2013 -- WCPE Music Director William Woltz announces a weekend-long extravaganza celebrating Great Classical Nicknames, November 9, 10, 2013. Throughout this two-day festival, WCPE will share music with alternate titles. On Saturday, you may request your favorite nicknames here.
“Have you ever wondered why Beethoven’s piano masterpiece is known as the Moonlight Sonata, or how Haydn’s Drum Roll Symphony got its name?” asks Woltz. “Join WCPE for a weekend full of colorful music with interesting monikers.”
9 Saturday
8:00 a.m. Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 5 in E-flat (Emperor)
10:00 a.m. Tartini: Sonata in G Minor (The Devil’s Trill)
12:00 p.m. Mozart: Symphony no. 41 in C (Jupiter)
2:00 p.m. Dvorˇák: String Quartet no. 12 in F (American)
3:00 p.m. Schumann: Symphony no. 1 in B-flat (Spring)
4:00 p.m. Nielsen: Symphony no. 4 (The Inextinguishable)
5:00 p.m. Chopin: Étude in A-flat (“The Shepherd Boy”)
10 Sunday
7:00 a.m. Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 25 in G (Sonatina)
11:00 a.m. Haydn: Symphony no. 94 in G (Surprise)
1:00 p.m. Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 5 (Reformation)
2:00 p.m. Hanson: Symphony no. 2 (Romantic)
3:00 p.m. Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp Minor (Moonlight)
4:00 p.m. Tchaikovsky: Orchestral Suite no. 4 in G (Mozartiana)
WCPE’s 24/7 live broadcast of Great Classical Music, 24 Hours A Day can be accessed around the globe in several ways; on-line streaming in multiple formats, including IPv6, small dish home satellite reception, local cable television systems and traditional radio broadcasting. A complete list of the ways WCPE is available with instructions for cable and satellite reception can be found at: http://theclassicalstation.org/listen.shtml.
About WCPE:
With a 33 plus year history, WCPE 89.7 FM is a non-commercial, 100 percent listener-supported, independent station dedicated to excellence in Great Classical Music broadcasting. WCPE is heard worldwide on the Internet in multiple formats, including the next generation IPv6. Because WCPE receives no tax-derived support, the station conducts two on-air fundraising campaigns and two major mail-out campaigns per year to raise needed operating funds. For more information, visit http://www.TheClassicalStation.org.
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For Immediate Release
Media Contact:
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919.556.5178
curtis(at)TheClassicalStation(dot)org
Curtis Brothers, WCPE FM, http://www.TheClassicalStation.org, +1 (919) 556-5178, [email protected]
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