George Douglas

George Douglas is the host of Renaissance Fare, a special monthly program on WCPE featuring music from the 1400s to the 1600s, the period of the European Renaissance. He is also a substitute announcer hosting different programs on the station as needed.

George serves as president of the Triangle Radio Reading Service, a non-profit radio station for the blind and visually impaired, based in Raleigh. George is also a hospital chaplain and serves on a volunteer basis at WakeMed Cary hospital.

George is a retired marketing executive from Time Warner Cable and HBO International.

Now Playing

Michel Angelo (Concert Overture)

Composed by

Niels Gade (1817-1890)

Performed by

Lyngby-Taarbaeck Symphony/Eriksson

Label

Point

Catalog Number

5093

Today's Playlist

4:29pm 1st Movement ~ Piano Trio in C, Op. 101 No. 3

Composed by

Anton Reicha (1770–1836)

Performed by

Trio Bohemo

4:38pm Presto con brio from Quartet in D, Op. 44 No. 1

Composed by

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Performed by

Blair Quartet

4:46pm Leonore Overture No. 2, Op. 72a

Composed by

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Performed by

Hanover Band/Goodman

5:01pm Andante cantabile from String Quartet No. 1 in D, Op. 11

Composed by

Peter I. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Performed by

Harnoy/London Philharmonic/Mackerras

5:09pm Two Works for Harp (Rumba and Bolero)

Composed by

Carlos Salzedo (1885-1961)

Performed by

Yolanda Kondonassis

5:15pm Pastorale & Allemande

Composed by

Paul Wranitzky (1756-1808)

Performed by

Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice/Stilec

5:22pm Cordoba from Spanish Songs, Op. 232

Composed by

Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909)

Performed by

Williams/Bream

5:31pm The Waltzing Cat

Composed by

Leroy Anderson (1908-1975)

Performed by

Eastman-Rochester Pops Orch/Fennell

5:34pm Selections from "Indiana Jones"

Composed by

John Towner Williams (b.1932)

Performed by

United States Marine Band/Williams

5:45pm Suite from Ballet Egyptien, Op.12

Composed by

Alexandre Luigini (1850-1906)

Performed by

Royal Philharmonic/Fistoulari

6:01pm Introduction and Allegro

Composed by

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Performed by

Vertavo String Quartet/Bodtker

6:13pm Flight of the Bumblebee from The Tale of Tsar Saltan

Composed by

Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)

Performed by

Suisse Romande Orchestra/Ansermet

6:16pm Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor

Composed by

Alexander Borodin (1833-1887)

Performed by

Berlin Philharmonic/Rattle

6:30pm March from "1941"

Composed by

John Towner Williams (b.1932)

Performed by

United States Marine Band/Williams

6:36pm Spanish Dances, Op. 37

Composed by

Enrique Granados (1867-1916)

Performed by

English Guitar Quartet

6:48pm Music selected by the announcer

7:01pm Pictures at an Exhibition

Composed by

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)

Performed by

Khatia Buniatishvili

7:35pm Concierto de Aranjuez

Composed by

Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-1999)

Performed by

P. Romero/Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields/Marriner

8:01pm Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat, Op. 73 "Emperor"

Composed by

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Performed by

Ax/Royal Philharmonic/Previn

8:41pm Noble and Sentimental Waltzes

Composed by

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Performed by

NY Philharmonic/Sinopoli

9:01pm Piano Trio No. 3 in B flat, K. 502

Composed by

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Performed by

Beaux Arts Trio

9:26pm Violin Sonata No. 1 in A, Op. 13

Composed by

Gabriel Faure (1845-1924)

Performed by

Mutter/Orkis

9:53pm Selections from Water Music

Composed by

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)

Performed by

Musica Antiqua of Cologne/Goebel

10:00pm Nocturne in E flat, Op. 9 No. 2

Composed by

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)

Performed by

John Ogdon

10:06pm Sinfonietta in A minor, Op. 31

Composed by

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)

Performed by

USSR Academic Symphony/Svetlanov

10:32pm String Octet, Op. Posth.

Composed by

Max Bruch (1838-1920)

Performed by

Ensemble Ulf Hoelscher

10:59pm Guitar Concerto No. 1 in A, Op. 30

Composed by

Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829)

Performed by

Williams/Australian Chamber Orchestra/Tognetti

11:30pm From Blackbird Hills, Op. 83

Composed by

Amy Beach (1867-1944)

Performed by

Lara Downes

11:35pm Oboe Quartet in F

Composed by

Louis Massonneau (1766-1848)

Performed by

Goodwin/Terzetto

11:50pm Music selected by the announcer