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I was delighted to discover a program on WBAI-FM here in NYC, mostly about great pianists of the past. It's called Morning Irsay, with James Irsay, who himself is an engaging host and accomplished pianist. Lots of historical detail and rare recordings. James really goes into depth on the lives and pianistic style of these artists.
It airs Fridays at 10 AM, but you can also listen online in the WBAI archives. Go to wbai.org, click on archives. There's a "Display:" with a drop-down menu, go down to Morning Irsay and click; you'll see several recent shows available for listening.
Last Friday he highlighted Carl Friedberg, formerly a renowned Juiliiard teacher. On December 25 he featured Jascha Spivakovsky and aired a live phone conversation with Spivakovsky's son and grandson.
On a broader note, I am so pleased that WBAI has expanded its classical programming while everyone else, it seems, is running away from it. They added a new show of early sacred music (Spirit Ascending) on Sunday morning, just before the same host's early-music show (Here of a Sunday Morning). And they expanded their Sunday opera show to three hours and moved it to Sunday afternoons.
For these reasons, I am happy to financially support this Pacifica station. We need to support such stations. Most NPR stations have largely abandoned classical music.
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This sounds really interesting. Thanks for sharing!
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Hi, RealPlayer! Your comment brought to mind a radio program hosted by David Duval in the late 70s to early 90s. Can't remember the title of the program, but his idea was to focus on a classical piano piece (or set of pieces) and play recordings by several different pianists, mostly historic, so that one could hear side-by-side comparisons. And, if I recall, his commentary was always original and insightful, without being pedantic. It's certainly nice to hear that similar ventures are still occurring today!
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"I was obliged to be industrious. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed equally well."
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I've been listening to a couple of the archived shows. Nice! I always love to hear historic performances. Thanks for letting us know about this.
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Hi, RealPlayer! Your comment brought to mind a radio program hosted by David Duval in the late 70s to early 90s. Can't remember the title of the program, but his idea was to focus on a classical piano piece (or set of pieces) and play recordings by several different pianists, mostly historic, so that one could hear side-by-side comparisons. And, if I recall, his commentary was always original and insightful, without being pedantic. It's certainly nice to hear that similar ventures are still occurring today! I remember listening to Dubal's program (called "A Musical Offering") as well. I just discovered that all the programs have been archived on YouTube (where else?). Search: "musical offering Dubal."
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Thank you very much for that!
On the other side , anyone remember Marian Mcpartland's Piano Jazz on NPR?
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Hi, Miguel Rey! Yes, I remember her efforts in behalf of jazz pianism, over many years -- very classy show! Her very first guest, if I recall, was the legendary female jazz pianist Mary Lou Williams -- who opined that "I'm the one who should be hosting this show!". Sadly, this was a true statement -- but the depth of the racial divide prevented that eventuality. In any event, it's my opinion that Ms McPartland presented jazz in its very best light, in an era when it was virtually eclipsed by popular idioms. RIP, Marian!
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