This Wednesday evening at 9:00 on WHRO-FM, tune in for “A Local Touch – Music With a Virginia Connection.” This week, host Raymond Jones speaks with Symphonicity’s music director Daniel W. Boothe, about the orchestra’s upcoming concert on November 15, at the Sandler center in Virginia Beach. Following the lively and engaging pre-concert talks, Raymond will be onstage as emcee for that concert and audiences will enjoy works by Vaughan Williams, Lipinski, John Williams, and Beethoven in a vibrant, immersive live performance that brings the music closer to the audience.
We open the three-hours program with a preview of the upcoming concert, featuring Daniel W. Boothe conducting Symphonicity in Beethoven’s Symphony No.5, recorded live from Virginia Beach’s Sandler Center. From there, Raymond welcomes Dr Richard Rossi, who introduces “Transcendence,” the first all-professional chorus he is bringing to Virginia Beach, presenting a concert on Friday and Saturday. Then, we hear three luminous pieces by maestro Rossi plus works by Monteverdi and Leopold Leo, performed by the chorus. Then, we hear the resilient and hopeful “Song of survival,” sung by Williamsburg Woman’s Chorus and Choraliers, led by Cindy Freeman in a remarkable story of prisoners of war in World War Two, which offers a deeply moving human testimony. Following, we have Frazer’s moving and solemn “The last full measure of Devotion,” performed by Sergeant Michael Ford, accompanied by the US Army Continental band from Fort Monroe.
We close this special program with three pieces performed by US Air Force Heritage of America Band, to celebrate the courage and dedication of our armed forces: “Fort McHenry Suite,” “A hymn for the lost and the living” and “Armed forces Salute.”
This Wednesday at 9:00, join us for a special program bringing together music, remembrance, faith, and the sense of sacrifice of those who serve. Tune in for “A local touch,” on WHRO-FM, or listen online through our Media Player or your preferred device.
