WUFT Classic features a collection of classical music, jazz and live and recorded performance program
Jazz historian and critic Dan Morgenstern dies at 94
Over the course of seven decades, Morgenstern helmed major jazz magazines, wrote books, produced concerts, won multiple Grammys, taught college and oversaw one of the world's largest jazz archives.
Connecticut volunteers have reconstructed the life of Sawney Freeman, a violinist and composer, and restored his work for contemporary muisicians.
Weird "medieval" cat of the week:
White cat chilling amongst the dianthus blooms.
[Book of hours, France c. 1500 (Bibliothรจque de l'Arsenal, Ms 654, fol. 5r)]
Tune in Nov. 24 at 1 p.m. and for "Every Good Thing." Join Andrea Blain as she takes some time to give thanks and celebrate one of life's most meaningful gifts: music. Then at 2 p.m., tune in for "Giving Thanks: A Celebration of Fall, Food & Gratitude." The special features music and stories that reflect the meaning of gratitude on Thanksgiving.
When the queen was laid to rest at Windsor Castle on Monday, she was accompanied by a lifetime companion: music.
๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐: WUFT-FM & WUFT Classic will be off the air Sunday afternoon (May 1) so that engineers can do some necessary repairs to the transmitter replacing a faulty transmitter tube and some additional parts.
WUFT-FM will be on the air via low power and should be available throughout Greater Gainesville. There will be no HD broadcast signal during the repairs.
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As heard on Fresh Air on Monday, April 4 on WUFT 89.1/90.1: Conductor Marin Alsop talks about the joys and challenges of leading an orchestra
https://www.npr.org/2022/04/04/1090802924/conductor-marin-alsop-talks-about-the-joys-and-challenges-of-leading-an-orchestr
(Credit: Marty Sohl / Met Opera) The Metropolitan Opera has announced it will ban a heckler from future Met performances after his outburst during the March 17 performance of โAriadne auf Naxos.โ The company told the New York Observer, โAlthough opera singers are vocal athletes, they should no...
The ebullient nonagenarian's new recording features music she's been playing for nearly a century.
The Met: A Concert for Ukraine (short video highlights)
On March 14, 2022, the Met presented a benefit concert to support Ukraine and its citizens, with Yannick Nรฉzet-Sรฉguin on the podium. Videography by Pete Scalzitti.
This is "Ukraine_Concert_ALL_CLIPS-v03 (approved!)" by Met Opera on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
Metropolitan Opera holds special benefit concert for Ukraine
NEW YORK (AP) โ Vladyslav Buialskyi spoke to his mother from Berdyansk, a Ukraine seaside town, and told her not to listen to him take the stage at the Metropolitan Opera on Monday night. With electricity out because of Russia's invasion, he didn't want her wasting power for the Internet stream.
As heard on Monday's ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป on WUFT-FM: Norwegian opera singer Lise Davidsen is on the verge of superstardom.
She'll also be performing tonight as part of The Met Opera: A Concert for Ukraine on WUFT Classic at 8:00 p.m.
https://www.npr.org/2022/03/14/1086395523/norwegian-opera-singer-lise-davidsen-is-on-the-verge-of-superstardom
This afternoon at 1pm on The Metropolitan Opera Saturday Matinee Radio Broadcast: Listenersโ Choice: Donizetti's La Fille Du Rรฉgiment
Performance from January 6, 1973
Richard Bonynge; Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Regina Resnik, Fernando Corena.
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Today's Magnum Opus theme is Top 40. Big hits by Bach, Beethoven, Borodin, Copland, Bizet, Rimsky-Korsakov, Mozart, and Tchaikovsky. Tune in at 1 PM and donate online at wuft.org. Thank you for supporting WUFT Classic.
Today's Magnum Opus features music written by kids. Literally, children: Sonya Leonore Stahl, Korngold, Mendelssohn, Bizet, Saint-Saens, and a complete opera by a pre-teen Mozart. Tune in beginning at 1 PM, and please donate at WUFT.org.
Famous music in unusual arrangements is the theme of Magnum Opus today. Tune in at 1 PM and please donate online at WUFT.org. Thank you!
Music from Scandinavia is today's Magnum Opus theme. Yes, Grieg and Nielsen, but much more, too. Please support WUFT Classic with a donation at WUFT.org.
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Magnum Opus is off Thursday and Friday this week, but will return Monday with a special week of themed fundraising episodes. Themes include Shakespeare, Scandinavia, Odd Arrangements, Music Composed by Literal Children, and more. Please consider supporting WUFT Classic with a contribution at wuft.org.
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Dana Hill will feature an all-Haitink program on today's Magnum Opus, including a complete Bruckner 7. Tune in at 1 PM.
The unflashy maestro, who died on Thursday, gave orchestras a sound with integrity, weight and gravity, without heaviness.
LIVE update on tornado warnings across Central Florida.
WUFT Classic is experiencing some satellite issues that are affecting our signal. We hope to have these worked out soon.
The summer days are gone, so today's Magnum Opus features a complete performance of Mendelssohn's Elijah (in English). Tune in beginning at 1 PM.
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LIVE update on tornado warnings across Central Florida. #FLwx
Tropical Storm #Fred is intensifying as it approaches the Florida Panhandle overnight. Latest on impacts and timing. #flwx
Tropical Storm #Elsa is still producing heavy rain and gusty winds across North Florida. Join us for the latest impacts in #Gainesville #LakeCity #Jacksonville as the storm exits tonight.
This update is for #Gainesville University of Florida #LakeCity #Ocala and #NatureCoast as Hurricane #Elsa approaches
Conditions deteriorating in #Tampa Metro as Hurricane #Elsa continues moving toward #NatureCoast
#Elsa now forecast to be a hurricane prior to landfall early Wednesday along the #NatureCoast
The outer bands of Tropical Storm #Elsa are now approaching the Florida Keys. Wind damage, storm surge, and tornado risk spreads into #SWFla by morning.
