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Peaceful Reflections
Gather your thoughts on Sunday evenings from 9 p.m. (Eastern) until midnight
with WCPE's newest weekly program, Peaceful Reflections.
It's a program
designed to help you relax at the end of your weekend. Peaceful
Reflections features selections you've enjoyed over the years on Music In The
Night together with sacred and secular choral music. We've carefully chosen
pieces which will create a calming, peaceful mood for your Sunday evening
listening pleasure.
Rob Kennedy is your host. He's been a WCPE volunteer announcer since 1999 and
has served as host for both Music In The Night and Great Sacred Music from
time to time. A native of Montreal, Rob studied at the Royal College of Music
in London. He's a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists. During daylight
hours, Rob is a Sales Manager for TigerDirect. An avid needlepointer, Rob also
enjoys gourmet cooking, travel and Jack Russell Terriers. He lives in Raleigh.
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3/2 — The Cathedral in Puebla, Mexico, was
a hotbed of artistic activity in the 17th century,
enjoying archepiscopal patronage and
employing some of the finest musicians to
beautify its liturgies, with an excellent example
being the music of Gaspar Fernandes.
3/9 — Sir John Stainer was organist of St.
Paul’s Cathedral, London, a building with
about 10 seconds of reverberation. We will
hear The Crucifixion by Stainer, a powerful,
moving Lenten meditation written with those
spacious acoustics in mind.
3/16 — Dr. Healey Willan was organist of St.
Mary Magdalene Church in Toronto from
1921 until 1967. While there, he wrote hundreds
of liturgical compositions. We will sample
some of his music for Holy Week.
3/23 — Hear hymns and anthems for Easter
Day by Bach, Haydn, Handel, Stanford and
Franck.
3/30 — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote over
20 string quartets. We will enjoy Mozart’s
K155 which is one of his earlier quartets written
in the ‘Milanese’ style.
4/6 — We’ll cap off WCPE’s Spring Pledge
Drive with Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony—
in its entirety. Thanks for your support of
Peaceful Reflections and The Classical Station!
4/13 — Phillipe Jaroussky is astounding audiences
everywhere with his incredible countertenor
voice. Hear him this evening in a
recording entitled Vivaldi Heroes.
4/20 — North Carolina’s Greg McCallum is a
talented composer and pianist. We’ll sample
Hymn Quilt I and II from his latest CD
entitled Southern Quilt.
4/27 — Ludwig von Beethoven’s Opus 18
string quartets are written in the traditional
classical style as exemplified by Mozart and
Haydn. We shall enjoy a performance of
String Quartet No. 4 in C minor.
5/4 — Duke University’s David Arcus is one
of the nation’s finest organists. You will see
why when we sample some of his CDs this
week.
5/11 — Mother’s Day is always a welcome
opportunity to celebrate music written and
performed by women, some of whom were
indeed mothers. The play list will also feature
anthems dedicated to St. Mary the Virgin.
5/18 — The Choirs of Brigham Young
University remind us of how many excellent
college choirs dot the musical landscape in
America. They will sing several selections from
their CD The Road Home.
5/25 — On the eve of Memorial Day 2008
Peaceful Reflections salutes all our servicemen
and women who have given their lives so that
we live in freedom by featuring music by
Bach, Noble, Barber and others.
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April 27, 2008
no postings during Pledge Drive
March 23, 2008
March 16, 2008
March 09, 2008
March 02, 2008
February 10, 2008
February 3, 2008
January 27, 2008
January 20, 2008
January 13, 2008
January 6, 2008
December 23, 2007
December 16, 2007
December 9, 2007
December 2, 2007
November 25, 2007
November 18, 2007
November 11, 2007
November 4, 2007
No Postings During Pledge Drive
October 7, 2007
September 30, 2007
September 23, 2007
September 16, 2007
September 9, 2007
September 2, 2007
August 26, 2007
August 19, 2007
August 12, 2007
August 5, 2007
July 29, 2007
July 22, 2007
July 15, 2007
July 8, 2007
July 01, 2007
June 24, 2007
June 17, 2007
June 10, 2007
June 3, 2007
May 27, 2007
May 20, 2007
May 13, 2007
May 6, 2007
April 29, 2007
April 22, 2007
April 15, 2007
April 8, 2007
April 1, 2007
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