Between tradition and innovation on ‘This Just In’

This Saturday evening at 8:00 pm on WHRO-FM, tune in to “This just in,” and join Raymond Jones to discover some of the latest offerings from the classical music world throughout this three-hour program.
We begin this evening with Sir Thomas Beecham, one of Britain’s most celebrated conductors leading the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in a vivid performance of Haydn’s Symphony No. 99. From there we turn to something entirely different: Navajo composer Connor Chee performs his own colorful and spiritual 16 Piano Pieces Inspired by Traditional Navajo Art. Next, we travel to Hungary with Béla Bartók’s hypnotic “Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta,” performed by the BBC Scottish Orchestra. If you enjoy the elegance of late Romantic music, you’ll be delighted by Giuseppe Martucci’s Symphony No. 1 performed by the Bamberger Symphoniker, under the baton of Riccardo Frizza, as well as Alexander Glazunov’s String Quartet No. 3 “Slavic” played by the Tippett Quartet. We conclude the evening on a modern note with Aaron Copland’s intense “Piano Variations” performed with extraordinary control and clarity by soloist Daniel Trifinov.
This Saturday evening at 8:00, tune in to “This Just In” on WHRO-FM and join host Raymond Jones in celebrating music both as a reflection of cultural heritage and a constantly evolving art form. You can also listen online through our Media Player or your preferred device.