From the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Tidewater coast, this week’s “A Local Touch – Music with a Virginia Connection” takes listeners on a musical journey across the Commonwealth. Join Raymond Jones this Wednesday at 9:00 p.m. on WHRO-FM for a program that celebrates Virginia’s vibrant classical scene and the artists that keep it thriving.
The program begins in Roanoke, where the ensemble Viva Vivaldi performs music of their namesake, Antonio Vivaldi’s Concerto in C for Two Violins, featuring soloists Benedict Goodfriend and David Ehrlich.
Next, flutist Herbert Watson and harpsichordist Thomas Marshall team up for Karl Friedrich Abel’s Flute Sonata No. 6, a gem of the late Baroque era.
From there, the spotlight moves to Norfolk, where JoAnn Falletta leads the Virginia Symphony with soloist Michael Ludwig in Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in D.
The journey continues west to Lexington, where the Washington and Lee University Shenandoah Symphony performs Howard Hanson’s Symphony No. 2 “The Romantic,” under the direction of Barry Kolman.
And to wrap up the evening, it’s off to Staunton for a new edition of Heifetz on the Air, entitled “Play It Forward, Again.” This episode features four Heifetz alums in a program of fiddle tunes, ballet transcriptions, and a gripping quartet by Shostakovich.
It’s a night you don’t want to miss! Tune in to WHRO-FM 90.3, or listen online, this Wednesday evening at 9:00 and enjoy a great variety of remarkable performances from across the Commonwealth.
