Steven Sametz, Artistic Director
Celebrating our 40th Anniversary!
WWFM Sounds Choral
Upcoming Appearances:
Sunday, April 3rd - 2 PM EST
Programming to be announced.
Sunday, June 5th - 2 PM EST
Programming to be announced.
Past Appearances:
Sounds Choral Features Works with 'No Strings Attached'
Sounds Choral Sunday (2/20) with host Steven Stametz features choral works composed with wind and brass accompaniment, including Bruckner's Mass No. 2 in e-minor.
Sounds Choral: Ring Out, Wild Bells- A New Year's Choral Celebration
Sounds Choral this week celebrates the New Year with works by Rossini, Britten, Bach, Sullivan, Jonathan Dove and more in this episode called "Ring Out, Wild Bells," hosted by Steven Sametz.
Sounds Choral: St. Cecilia Celebration
Sounds Choral this week celebrates St. Cecilia's Day with music by Benjamin Britten and Charles Gounod's Mass for St. Cecilia.
Sounds Choral: For the Beauty of the Earth
Sounds Choral this week features the theme "For the Beauty of the Earth." Host Steven Sametz will present music by Handel, Thomas Weelkes and Frank Ticheli, as well as his own piece, "For the Earth."
Back to School- works by teachers & their students
Sounds Choral host Steven Sametz this week pays homage to music teachers and their students in this special Back-to-School episode. The program will include pairs of works by teachers and their students, including JS Bach and his instructor, Dieterich Buxtehude.
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American Choral Music (mostly) for July 4
Sounds Choral features a selection of choral music for Independence Day, including works by Ives, Bernstein, Tchaikovsky, spirituals, and music from a concert by The Princeton Singers.
Sounds Choral: May 16
Sounds Choral this week features Barber's Reincarnations and Poulenc's Gloria, as well as a work for Earth Day by host Steven Sametz in collaboration with the Indian composer, singer and tampura player Arati Shah-Yukich.
Sounds Choral: April 4
Host Steven Sametz presents music for the Spring holidays of Easter and Passover, including works by Palestrina, Bach, Poulenc, Mahler, Beethoven and Sametz.
Sounds Choral: February 28
This week's Sounds Choral, hosted by Steven Sametz, features a rebroadcast of selections from a concert by The Princeton Singers called "Hear Me Roar," a concert of music by women composers, in honor of Women's History Month coming up in March.