WCPE FM's Invitation to the Dance

By: Sep. 14, 2017
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WCPE's Music Director William Woltz announces a celebration of Great Ballet Music, September 21-24, 2017.

"Enjoy complete musical performances of some of your favorite ballets," offers Woltz. "We will hear complete musical performances of some of your favorite ballets, including Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty and Delibes's Coppélia, plus selected ballet highlights each day."

Here are highlights of the celebration:

21 Thursday
9:00 a.m. Copland: Rodeo
10:00 a.m. Khachaturian: Selections from Spartacus
1:00 p.m. Mozart: Ballet Music from Idomeneo, King of Crete
2:00 p.m. Prokofiev: Suite from Cinderella
3:00 p.m. Holst: The Planets
5:00 p.m. Ravel: "The Fairy Garden"

22 Friday
8:00 a.m. Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances
9:00 a.m. Handel: Terpsichore Ballet
10:00 a.m. Delibes: Coppélia
1:00 p.m. Khachaturian: Gayne
7:00 p.M. Adam: Giselle
9:00 p.m. Stravinsky: Firebird Suite

23 Saturday
9:00 a.m. Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
12:00 p.m. Khachaturian: Selections from Circus
3:00 p.m. Glazunov: Raymonda

24 Sunday
12:00 p.m. Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, Suite no. 2
1:00 p.m. Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet: Suites nos. 1-3
4:00 p.m. Shchedrin: Carmen Ballet
5:00 p.m. Debussy: Toy Box Ballet

"Curl up in a comfy chair or slip on your own dancing shoes," concludes Woltz.
On Saturday you may request your favorites at the Saturday Evening Request Program.

WCPE's 24/7 live broadcast of Great Classical Music, 24 Hours A Day can be accessed around the globe in several ways; on-line streaming in multiple formats, including IPv6, small dish home satellite reception, local cable television systems and traditional radio broadcasting. A complete list of the ways WCPE is available with instructions for cable and satellite reception can be found at: http://theclassicalstation.org/listen.shtml.

About WCPE:
With a 39 plus year history, WCPE 89.7 FM is a non-commercial, 100 percent listener-supported, independent station dedicated to excellence in Great Classical Music broadcasting. Community-minded business underwriters and foundations are among the 150,000 listeners in the North Carolina broadcast area. General Manager Deborah S. Proctor's leadership has enabled the WCPE community to include national and worldwide listeners. Big and small dish home satellite transmissions serve North America. Other radio stations and cable television systems use these services to rebroadcast Great Classical Music, 24 Hours A Day. WCPE is one of the first public broadcasters to stream on the Internet. WCPE is heard worldwide on the Internet in multiple formats, including the next generation IPv6. Because WCPE receives no tax-derived support, the station conducts two on-air fundraising campaigns and two major mail-out campaigns per year to raise needed operating funds. For more information, visit http://www.TheClassicalStation.org or call 919-556-5178.

Media Contact:
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