WCNY Classic FM

WCNY Classic FM This is the official page for WCNY-FM, the public classical music radio station for Central and Northern New York.

WCNY Classic FM Broadcasts On: Syracuse 91.3 FM Utica 89.5 FM Watertown 91.3 FM Syracuse 91.3 HD1 Utica 89.5 HD1 Watertown 90.9 HD1Also Offering Oldies on WCNY HD2 and Jazz on WCNY HD3 We also offer classic oldies on our HD-2 channel, and jazz on our HD-3 service. All may be heard worldwide on our website.

Saturday, August 17th at 3:42 PM, after the opera on WCNY Classic FM, "Opera Encore" pays tribute to the famed Sisters G...
08/17/2024

Saturday, August 17th at 3:42 PM, after the opera on WCNY Classic FM, "Opera Encore" pays tribute to the famed Sisters Garcia! Maria Malibran and her sister, Pauline Viardot-Garcia, sang before their voices could be captured on recordings, but their influence was great in their time, and is still felt today. In addition to their great operatic work, both were composers, and other composers wrote music with their talents in mind. Also, Pauline Viardot-Garcia was one of the most influential voice teachers ever! Singers from the 20th and 21st centuries will show the influence of the Sisters Garcia.
🎧 How to listen: 91.3 Syracuse | 89.5 Utica | 90.9 Watertown
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Saturday, August 17th at 1 PM on WCNY Classic FM, the Opéra Royal de Wallonie of Liège,  Belgium presents Dvorak’s “Rusa...
08/16/2024

Saturday, August 17th at 1 PM on WCNY Classic FM, the Opéra Royal de Wallonie of Liège, Belgium presents Dvorak’s “Rusalka” with Corinne Winters, Anton Rositskiy, Jana Kurucová, Evgeny Stavinsky, and Nino Surguladze. Giampaolo Bisanti will conduct.

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As part of the Music Educator Awards, local music educators were awarded for their dedication to teaching youth. We cele...
08/16/2024

As part of the Music Educator Awards, local music educators were awarded for their dedication to teaching youth. We celebrated their commitment to promoting the arts throughout this past school year, but the recognition doesn’t end there!

On Saturday, Aug. 31 at 11:30 a.m. on WCNY-TV, "Our Teachers, Our Future: The 2023-24 Music Educator Awards" will highlight the eight honorees of the awards program. You won’t want to miss this!

There's a lot of music coming up on today's All Request Hour!  Tune in at 1:00pm for the music you've told us you want t...
08/16/2024

There's a lot of music coming up on today's All Request Hour! Tune in at 1:00pm for the music you've told us you want to hear. And make your requests throughout the week at 888-333-4999 or wcny.org/fmrequests!

Coming up today at 1pm:

Pyotr Ivanovich Turchaninov: Cherubic Hymn (Novospassky Monastery Choir; Igumen Mitrofan, director)

Tomaso Albinoni: Concerto for Two Oboes, Op. 9 No. 6 (Antony Camden & Alison Alty, oboe; London Virtuosi; John Georgiadis, conductor)

Giovanni Bottesini: Capriccio di Bravura (Mikyng Sung, double bass; Jaemin Shin, piano)

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: "Sugar Plum Fairy & Chevalier" from The Nutcracker (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Antal Dorati, conductor)

Luigi Cherubini: "Dies Irae" from Requiem in C minor (Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman, conductor)

Johann Strauss, Jr. Blue Danube Waltz (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Zubin Mehta, conductor)

🎧 How to listen: 91.3 Syracuse | 89.5 Utica | 90.9 Watertown
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What an incredible conversation and performance with the Claremont Trio and Kinan Azmeh about this week's concerts at Th...
08/14/2024

What an incredible conversation and performance with the Claremont Trio and Kinan Azmeh about this week's concerts at The Skaneateles Festival. We also talked about "home," and the connections we find in music. Take a listen!

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The Claremont Trio & composer/clarinetist Kinan Azmeh   What a treat to have the Claremont Trio and clarinetist/composer Kinan Azmeh in the studios to talk about the Skaneateles Festival - and share an incredible performance with us! We heard one of two works composed by Kinan Azmeh, as well as a m...

Are you a fan of Classic FM's programming? Would you like to hear your favorite classical works as part of the station’s...
08/13/2024

Are you a fan of Classic FM's programming? Would you like to hear your favorite classical works as part of the station’s countdown? Cast your votes for the Classic FM Top 40 by choosing from the ballot and adding your own picks with the “write-in votes” tab!

Voting is open now through Saturday, Aug. 31 at www.wcny.org/radio/top-40. And be sure to tune in to Classic FM when the countdown begins at 8 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 2.

Getting ready to record another Backstage Pass with The Skaneateles Festival artists, the Claremont Trio and Kinan Azmeh...
08/13/2024

Getting ready to record another Backstage Pass with The Skaneateles Festival artists, the Claremont Trio and Kinan Azmeh. Listen tomorrow at noon to hear the conversation and music!

Saturday, August 10th at 4:17 PM after the opera on WCNY Classic FM, "Opera Encore" will have a tribute to soprano Mirel...
08/09/2024

Saturday, August 10th at 4:17 PM after the opera on WCNY Classic FM, "Opera Encore" will have a tribute to soprano Mirella Freni, who had an international career that spanned 50 years! We'll hear her early recording of Micaela's aria from "Carmen", as well as music of Mozart, Verdi, and Puccini with her lifelong friend, Luciano Pavarotti.
🎧 How to listen: 91.3 Syracuse | 89.5 Utica | 90.9 Watertown
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Saturday, August 10th at 1 PM on WCNY Classic FM, the Teatro alla Scala in Milan will present Verdi’s “Don Carlo” with F...
08/08/2024

Saturday, August 10th at 1 PM on WCNY Classic FM, the Teatro alla Scala in Milan will present Verdi’s “Don Carlo” with Francesco Meli, Anna Netrebko, Michele Pertusi, Elīna Garanča, and Luca Salsi. Riccardo Chailly will conduct the Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala.
🎧 How to listen: 91.3 Syracuse | 89.5 Utica | 90.9 Watertown
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Bill Knowlton sends his thanks to everyone who played for, attended, volunteered, or supported his past Sunday's Bluegra...
08/08/2024

Bill Knowlton sends his thanks to everyone who played for, attended, volunteered, or supported his past Sunday's Bluegrass Ramble Picnic, and he reminds you to reserve the first Sunday in August of 2025 for the 52nd annual event! Now that Bill's recovered from this Sunday's festivities, he's put together a show for this Sunday, August 11th! It includes a live recording from Hot Rize's 40th anniversary show in Colorado, and also this month's Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine survey of the top 15 bluegrass albums. And, as always, it's the best in bluegrass and old-time music, every Sunday on WCNY Classic FM at 9:00 pm.

Also, to get a jump on things, you can hear The Bluegrass Ramble at 6:00 pm Sundays on Community FM HD3, which you can hear on our website, on your smartphone, or on an HD radio!

🎧 How to listen: 91.3 Syracuse | 89.5 Utica | 90.9 Watertown
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It’s all happening at the Bluegrass Ramble Picnic!  Join host Bill Knowlton and a parade of great live bands until 6pm a...
08/04/2024

It’s all happening at the Bluegrass Ramble Picnic! Join host Bill Knowlton and a parade of great live bands until 6pm at Dwyer Memorial Park in Little York!

🎼 What's your favorite classical piece? Do you want it to reach  #1 on Classic FM's Top 40 Countdown? Then, make sure yo...
08/03/2024

🎼 What's your favorite classical piece? Do you want it to reach #1 on Classic FM's Top 40 Countdown? Then, make sure you tell us!

Visit www.wcny.org/radio/top-40 to cast your vote(s) for your favorite classical works. Then, ask your friends to vote too, and tune in to on Monday, Sept. 2 to hear the Top 40 Countdown live on air!

Saturday night at 11pm join host Chris Kuborn for Beyond the Barrier.  This week, Chris brings you some of the latest re...
08/03/2024

Saturday night at 11pm join host Chris Kuborn for Beyond the Barrier. This week, Chris brings you some of the latest recordings of ambient, electronic, and experimental music from Bart Hawkins, Volker Rapp, Serena Gabriel, and more.

🎧 How to listen: 91.3 Syracuse | 89.5 Utica | 90.9 Watertown
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Saturday, August 3rd at 3:20 PM on WCNY Classic FM, "Opera Encore" will salute two great singers of the late 20th centur...
08/02/2024

Saturday, August 3rd at 3:20 PM on WCNY Classic FM, "Opera Encore" will salute two great singers of the late 20th century. First, we will pay tribute to the memory of British baritone Benjamin Luxon, who passed away on July 25th at the age of 87. We'll hear him in folksong settings, as well as music of Handel and Mascagni. Also, we'll celebrate the birthday of Austrian soprano Gundula Janowitz, who turned 87 on Friday of this week; we'll hear her in music of Mozart and Wagner, plus her famous recording of Richard Strauss' "Four Last Songs"; tune in and find out which famous rock star was a fan of her rendition!
🎧 How to listen: 91.3 Syracuse | 89.5 Utica | 90.9 Watertown
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Tune in at 1pm today for the All Request Hour with host Adam Fine.  You can make requests throughout the week at 888-333...
08/02/2024

Tune in at 1pm today for the All Request Hour with host Adam Fine. You can make requests throughout the week at 888-333-4999 or online at wcny.org/fmrequests. Then listen every Friday for the music you asked to hear!

Today's lineup includes:

Francis Poulenc: Mass in G Major (Trinity College Choir of Cambridge; Richard Marlow, conductor)

Beethoven: String Quartet No. 11 "Quartetto serioso" (Emerson String Quartet)

Henry Cowell: Persian Set (Manhattan Chamber Orchestra; Richard Auldon Clark, conductor)

🎧 How to listen: 91.3 Syracuse | 89.5 Utica | 90.9 Watertown
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Tonight at 8pm, principal clarinetist Anthony McGill  steps to the front of the  York Philharmonic as soloist for Carl N...
08/01/2024

Tonight at 8pm, principal clarinetist Anthony McGill steps to the front of the York Philharmonic as soloist for Carl Nielsen's Clarinet Concerto. Alan Gilbert conducts the orchestra in this program including ballet music by Ravel and Tchaikovsky. It's going to be an outstanding concert!

🎧 How to listen: 91.3 Syracuse | 89.5 Utica | 90.9 Watertown
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Join Bill Knowlton this Sunday afternoon at Dwyer Memorial Park in Little York for the 51st Annual Bluegrass Ramble Picn...
08/01/2024

Join Bill Knowlton this Sunday afternoon at Dwyer Memorial Park in Little York for the 51st Annual Bluegrass Ramble Picnic! Bring your lawn chair and join us under the tent for live Bluegrass and Old Time music from 10am to 6pm, all hosted by the Colonel himself!

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Saturday at 1:00pm, Cristian Macelaru conducts the French National Orchestra production of the "Damnation of Faust" by H...
07/31/2024

Saturday at 1:00pm, Cristian Macelaru conducts the French National Orchestra production of the "Damnation of Faust" by Hector Berlioz. The amazing cast includes John Irvin (Faust); Stéphanie d'Oustrac (Marguerite); Paul Gay (Méphistophélès) and Frédéric Caton (Brander).

Listen from around the country and around the world!

🎧 How to listen: 91.3 Syracuse | 89.5 Utica | 90.9 Watertown
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It's a chance to hear an opera that resonates with so many of us, by William Grant Still.  The St. Stephen Festival of M...
07/31/2024

It's a chance to hear an opera that resonates with so many of us, by William Grant Still. The St. Stephen Festival of Music presents "Highway 1, USA" this week, and music director David Ross stopped in to chat with Backstage Pass host Diane Jones about this outstanding production.

Take a listen here: https://tinyurl.com/3xyyb5td

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William Grant Stillphoto by Carl Van Vechten   St. Stephens Festival of Music 2024 concludes this Friday with the opera "Highway 1, USA" by William Grant Still. Festival music director David Ross came to the studios to talk about the opera, the incredible music, and the universal story that Still t...

It's a remarkable story.  Find out about the life of Joseph Emidy, Britain's first black composer.  https://tinyurl.com/...
07/30/2024

It's a remarkable story. Find out about the life of Joseph Emidy, Britain's first black composer.

https://tinyurl.com/mvccczpe

The remarkable story of the African-born violinist/composer Joseph Emidy, who experienced kidnap, life at sea and, finally, acclaim

All week long on Exploring Music, Bill McGlaughlin shares brand music from exciting new releases.  Tonight he features a...
07/30/2024

All week long on Exploring Music, Bill McGlaughlin shares brand music from exciting new releases. Tonight he features a new CD from the incredible trio of Emanuel Ax- Official Page, piano; Leonidas Kavakos, violin; and Yo-Yo Ma, cello. Don't miss it!

Tonight at 7pm on WCNY Classic FM!

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🎧 Over the air: 91.3 Syracuse | 89.5 Utica | 90.9 Watertown
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Today is the International Day of Friendship!  If you were inspired by this morning's program of "Musical Friends," plea...
07/30/2024

Today is the International Day of Friendship! If you were inspired by this morning's program of "Musical Friends," please take a moment to share the joys of WCNY Classic FM with your friends, and they can join classical music fans around the country and around the world!

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Saturday, July 27th at 4:12 PM (after the opera) on WCNY Classic FM, "Opera Encore" features American soprano Anna Moffo...
07/26/2024

Saturday, July 27th at 4:12 PM (after the opera) on WCNY Classic FM, "Opera Encore" features American soprano Anna Moffo, pictured here as Violetta in "La Traviata". We'll have her in music of Puccini, Verdi, Donizetti, Gluck, and Rachmaninoff, including duets with baritone Robert Merrill and tenor Ludovic Spiess.

🎧 How to listen: 91.3 Syracuse | 89.5 Utica | 90.9 Watertown
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Tune in at 1:00 this afternoon for the All Request Hour with host Adam Fine.  Make your requests all week long at wcny.o...
07/26/2024

Tune in at 1:00 this afternoon for the All Request Hour with host Adam Fine. Make your requests all week long at wcny.org/fmrequests or 888-333-4999, then listen every Friday afternoon!

Coming up today:

Mily Balakirev: Islamey - Oriental Fantasy (Mikhail Pletnev, piano)

Amy Beach: Theme and Variations, Op. 80 (Ambache Chamber Ensemble)

Thomaso Albinoni: Concerto a cinque, Op. 7 No. 1 (Antony Camden, oboe; London Virtuosi; John Georgiadis, conductor)

Francis Poulenc: Sonata for Flute and Piano (Paige Brook, flute; Robert Levin, piano)

John Williams: Call of the Champions (Orchestra at Temple Square; Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Craig Jessop, conductor)

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Calling all fans of classical music! It’s your time to shine! We’re currently accepting votes for the Classic FM Top 40!...
07/25/2024

Calling all fans of classical music! It’s your time to shine! We’re currently accepting votes for the Classic FM Top 40! From now through Aug. 31, listeners can share their favorite classical works with us, and your choices might be included in the countdown!

Cast your votes at www.wcny.org/radio/top-40 to ensure that your favorites caren’t at risk of being left out! Hurry! Voting closes on Aug. 31.

Saturday, July 27 at 1 PM on WCNY Classic FM, the WFMT Radio Network presents Charpentier’s “Médée” from L'Opéra de Pari...
07/24/2024

Saturday, July 27 at 1 PM on WCNY Classic FM, the WFMT Radio Network presents Charpentier’s “Médée” from L'Opéra de Paris with Lea Desandre, Reinoud Van Mechelen, Laurent Naouri, Ana Vieira Leite, Gordon Bintner, and Emmanuelle de Negri. William Christie conducts Les Arts Florissants.

🎧 How to listen: 91.3 Syracuse | 89.5 Utica | 90.9 Watertown
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It's another web-exclusive Backstage Pass!  Check out this conversation with world-renowned pianist Richard Goode in ant...
07/24/2024

It's another web-exclusive Backstage Pass! Check out this conversation with world-renowned pianist Richard Goode in anticipation of his first performance at the Cooperstown Summer Music Festival. Festival founder Linda Chesis shares how she'll ensure every audience member can see the hands of this master at the keyboard throughout the performance.

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Richard Goode "Richard Goode is one of the finest pianists in the world. Few can match his unfailingly beautiful tone, effortless technical command, interpretive insight and total emotional commitment to the music he plays." — The Washington Post   It's another web-exclusive as Backstage Pass hos...

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