As I sit in my office streaming Classical 88.1FM during office hours, I frequently hear beautiful music that makes me stop and listen for a few minutes — I click over to our homepage to see what was playing — then I[more...]
Entries Tagged as 'Classical Music'
Classical Favorites
August 26th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: Classical Music · My Favorite...
A Balanced Musical Diet
August 18th, 2009 · No Comments
I love classical music, but firmly believe in a balanced musical diet….consisting of all the food groups! I’ve had a great time this summer sampling some fun outdoor music concerts, including Dr. John, Robert Randolph Band, Joe Cocker, Heroes of[more...]
Tags: Classical Music · Concerts · Events · My Favorite...
Tired of the harpsichord? The viola da gamba? The zither? How about the lituus?
August 16th, 2009 · No Comments
This is a fascinating story of how modern technology helped recreate a long lost dinosaur of the instrument world. This is even better than the digitally recreated piano roll performances of George Gershwin!
Researchers Resurrect Extinct Musical Instrument:
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1697337/researchers_resurrect_extinct_musical_instrument/index.html
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Protecting the artists among us
July 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment
I’m investigating some necessary changes in our music library software and the more I delve into it, the more difficult, yet fascinating, I find it to be. The streaming of our broadcast signal on the internet is an exciting aspect[more...]
Tags: Classical Music · Did You Know... · Station News
Any where I go, WDPR is there.
July 18th, 2009 · No Comments
Marianne and I headed for our place at Berea, Kentucky on Sunday. By Wednesday I was ready for a DPR fix so after answering some emails I went to dpr.org and turned on the stream. I was having my after[more...]
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