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Clarinetist Håkan Rosengren returns for a live performance with distinguished artists from his Fayetteville Chamber Music Festival. And we preview the first Houston Fringe Festival, this weekend's smorgasbord of locally-produced, new theater works!
Northern Spain Tour, Fall 2008
Monday, March 31, 2008 by: Dean Dalton![](spacer.gif")
**Limited space remains, deadline for reservations is May 31** Join Dean Dalton on Houston Public Radio's September Tour to the North Coast of Spain. Feast on the fine foods and wines of the region and enjoy art, architecture, history, and of course, great music.
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Music From The Movies, Friday May 16th at 7pm
Regina Scruggs is watching more summer movies! Due this week: the long-awaited The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (pictured), the sequel to The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe. Both movies were scored by Harry Gregson-Williams. Read reviews of the new films Speed Racer, Then She Found Me, and How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer, plus the DVD set Frank Sinatra Collection: The Early Years.
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KUHF-Arte Publico Press Author of the Month: Gwendolyn Zepeda
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 by: Eric Ladau
Author Gwendolyn Zepeda has been selected as this month's KUHF/Arte Publico Press Author of the Month. In the next installment of a series of monthly features, KUHF's Eric Ladau spoke with Ms. Zepeda.
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Music From The Movies, Friday May 9th at 7pm
Regina Scruggs gets ready for the summer movies! Get started with The Life Before Her Eyes, the latest score from Oscar-winning composer James Horner. Due this week: soundtracks for Iron Man (score by Ramin Djawadi) and Speed Racer (starring Emile Hirsch, pictured; music by Michael Giacchino). Read her review of Forgetting Sarah Marshall and the DVD Frank Sinatra Collection: the Golden Years.
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Pulling Strings, Saturday, May 1st at 8pm
Saturday night on Pulling Strongs, there\'s music from a new CD that features guitarist Tommy Emmanuel recorded live in concert. Also Houston-based guitarist Mark Towns (pictured left) provides some flamenco flair. Join Elaine Kennedy and Marc Garvin for Pulling Strings Saturday night at 8 here on KUHF, 88.7 FM and HD Channel 1.
KUHF-Arte Publico Press Author of the Month: Javier O. Huerta
Friday, May 2, 2008 by: Eric Ladau
Author Javier O. Huerta has been selected as this month's KUHF/Arte Publico Press Author of the Month. In the next installment of a series of monthly features, KUHF's Eric Ladau spoke with Mr. Huerta.
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The Front Row, Tuesday, 5/13/2008
Azerbaijani composer, conductor and pianist Franghiz Ali-Zadeh plays one of her pieces for a prepared piano on the KUHF Steinway in anticipation of her Houston recital at the University of St. Thomas. We also hear from members of Mercury Baroque as they prepare to present a collaborative production of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas with Dominic Walsh Dance Theatre...
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William Kapell Recordings Turn Up Down UnderSat, 10 May 2008 17:00:00 -0400He was one of the most promising pianists of his generation when a 1953 plane crash ended his life at the age of 31. But thanks to an enterprising Australian music lover, a new two-CD set captures Kapell at the peak of his career.
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Uneasy in Love: Mozart's 'Cosi fan tutte'
Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Deceptively complex, Cosí fan tutte is a comic farce that often leaves romantically inclined listeners more than a little bit queasy. The libretto springs plenty of jokes, but Mozart's music tells you to hold on to your heart — you never know which way the romantic winds might blow.
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Passion in Portland: Oregon Chorus Sings 'Aida'
Fri, 09 May 2008 13:31:00 -0400
Thousands of Americans lead double lives, working by day and singing their hearts out at night as members of an operatic chorus. NPR's Ketzel Levine goes behind the scenes of the Portland Opera Chorus as it prepares for a production of Aida.
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Cabbies Rewarded for Returning $4 Million Violin
Wed, 07 May 2008 09:17:00 -0400
Grammy-nominated Philippe Quint left his $4 million Stradivarius in a Newark taxi last month. His driver brought the instrument back. Quint showed his gratitude Tuesday by playing a private concert for taxi drivers and their families.
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Classical Teens: Making Music in Maryland
Wed, 07 May 2008 01:31:00 -0400
From the Music Center at Strathmore in Bethesda, Md., an award-winning teen quartet plays Debussy, a young baritone sings Vaughn Williams and a 15-year-old violinist plays music from a Saint-Saëns concerto. This show originally aired on October 3, 2007.
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Samuel Barber's Summertime Idyll
Fri, 02 May 2008 13:52:00 -0400
With the apple-pie wholesomeness of a Norman Rockwell painting, but with a touch of melancholy, Barber created an American classic when he composed Knoxville: Summer of 1915. Carolyn Sampson sings it in concert with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra.
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Reinventing Opera: Rameau's 'Castor and Pollux'
Fri, 02 May 2008 17:23:00 -0400
In the 1730's, Rameau's boldly emotional new operas nearly caused riots among the conservative music lovers of Paris. The unabashedly passionate drama Castor and Pollux is one of his best.
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