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WRR CLASSICAL 101.1 FM A MONTHLY PUBLICATION FOR FRIENDS OF WRR September 2006

Overture • September 2006

Broadcasting in all-digitalDallas / Fort Worth • wrr101.com

In this issue: Shostakovich/ Dallas Opera turns 50/ Dallas Wind Symphony/ Callas in Dallas/ Hatshepsut at Kimbell

Shostakovich:Music’s Man of Mystery

From barbaric excess tothe highest ideals of the Knightsof the Holy Grail, The DallasOpera has assembled anincomparable collection of inter-national talentto create fivemind-b lowingproductions aspart of its 50th

A n n i v e r s a r ySeason!

Y o u ’ l lmeet queens,priests, pagans and pretenders;noble knights and courageousslaves. You’ll be swept away byan awe-inspiring array of pas-sions and moved by heartbreak-ing stories of romance.

The 2005-2006 Season,is “A Season of Masters.”Featuring one classic comicopera and four productions

never before performed on theMusic Hall stage (including anexciting new production ofNabucco, patrons’ Number Onerequest, opening the season

Nov. 10.) Theseason alsoincludes TheBarber ofSeville, MaryQueen of Scots,La Rondine andLohengrin.

As forthe music: they’ll feature themost famous names in operaincluding Verdi, Rossini,Donizetti, Puccini and Wagner.

Tickets start at anincredible $19 per person!Season subscribers can attendfor as little as $15! Call now,214-443-1000 or visit dalla-sopera.org.

Join The Dallas Opera and WRRat two special events this month:

-Sept. 16 at Bachendorf’s at Northwest Highway & Preston,11-3 p.m.

-Sept. 23 at the Dallas OperaRehearsal Hall, 1-3 p.m.

Please join WRR andAmerica’s Greatest Band theDallas Wind Symphony foranother exciting Labor Dayevent, Monday, Sept. 4. Onceagain, we’ll be at the beautifulDallas Arboretum.

The 7 p.m. concert willfeature classic patriotic pieces,such as The Star SpangledBanner, Armed Forces Saluteand America the Beautiful, as

well as a few surprises.Raul Enriquez, WRRevening announcer, willemcee, and WRRannouncers KevinSutton and Karen Moyerwill sing the nationalanthem.

Picnic baskets,coolers and blanketsare welcome.Concessions also willbe available. To cele-brate the end of sum-mer, WRR will be givingaway two round tripLufthansa Airlines tick-ets to Europe. Otherpromotional items willalso be available atWRR’s booth. Be sureand visit all of the spon-sors’ booths.

Admission to theArboretum will be free after 5:30p.m. For more information, thepublic may call the Arboretum at214-515-6500 or WRR at 214-670-8888 or visitwww.wrr101.com. An impor-tant change this year: The onlyremote parking will be at theLakeside Baptist Church at9150 Garland Rd. Free, air-con-ditioned shuttles will begin

service to the Arboretum at5:30 p.m.

WRR would like to thankits sponsors including SleepExperts, City Credit Union,Meadows Museum at SMU,Holze Music Stores, Saturn ofMesquite, Central Market, Tony’sWine Warehouse, GuyAllert/Dillon Gage Securities,Tejano Brothers SouthwestCuisine “Black Tie” Catering,McShan Florist, MasterpiecePrinting and Lufthansa GermanAirlines, for their support of thisannual family event. WRR alsoextends a special thank-you toour friends at Lakeside BaptistChurch for the use of their park-ing lot.

The Dallas Arboretum isat 8525 Garland Rd. (MAPSCO‚

37-U).

WRR Labor DayPicnic

Sept. 4

Dallas Opera:50 years of enchantment

America’s Greatest Band–Dallas Wind Symphony

A cavalry charge ledby a string quartet? Unusual,but not unheard of. In fact,that’s exactly how every DallasWind Symphony (DWS) con-cert begins.

The whole audiencegathers in the lobby of theMeyerson Center for thisbeloved pre-show ritual thatincludes a fantastic world pre-miere fanfare written just forthe occasion.

If you’retired of “country &western, R&B orballgame” inter-pretations of ourNational Anthem,the DWS may bejust right for you.

E a c hDWS showbegins with TheSta r -Spang ledBanner the way

it’s meant to be played: a rous-ing, rip-roaring sing-along!

Hearing the DallasWind Symphony live at theMeyerson is like savoring agreat meal. There will bethings you love, things youmight not, and brand new fla-vors you never knew you liked.But no matter what, don’t for-get dessert: Every concertends with a toe-tapping march

by John PhilipSousa.

Y o u ’ l lhave fun, makefriends and beamazed at theDallas WindSymphony. Forseason tickets,call 214-528-5576 or visitwww.dws.org

By Kevin Sutton

One of the most signifi-cant and prolific composers ofthe 20th century, DmitryShostakovich, whose centenarywe celebrate this month,remains a composer of mysteryand contradiction. In turns lovedand reviled by the Soviet estab-lishment, Shostakovich’s worksrange in mood and emotion fromthe darkest and deepest painand despair to the most buoyantand ecstatic. And, while some ofhis works are the most adven-turesome ever composed, oth-ers are straight party-line propa-ganda.Continued On Page Three

Barbara Bonney: The OtherMozart. Songs by Franz XaverMozart, Malcolm Martineau,piano. Decca B0005505 61:43.

When Wolfgang AmadeusMozart died in 1791, hisyoungest son Franz Xaverwas only five months old.He was one of two of thesix Mozart children to sur-vive to adulthood. With hisdeath in 1844 at the ageof 53, the Mozart familyline became extinct, asneither he nor his olderbrother Carl Thomas would marry orhave children.

His mother Constanze wasleft only with her husband’s nameand fame upon which to survive,and she decreed early on thatyoung Franz would carry on thefamily musical tradition. She evenwent so far as to change his nameto Wolfgang.

Although he never lived upto his father’s legend (who could?)he was nonetheless successful to a

point. He left behind a couple ofrespected piano concertos, and adisc’s worth of songs. Thanks to theindustry of soprano BarbaraBonney, these lovely and deeply feltworks have come back to the reper-toire. Although not particularly pro-found and some of them so brief as

to be almost fragmen-tary, we neverthelesshear considerable skilland originality in theseworks.

The youngMozart was an accom-plished pianist, andthere are times whenthe accompaniments

are more sophisticated than thevocal lines. If you listen carefully,you will hear hints of what Schubert(the composer’s contemporary)would later accomplish in the realmof nineteenth century song.

Miss Bonney gives lovingand elegant performances of theseworks, in spite of a tendency toscoop and slide a bit. Small worry,these are lovely songs, and it’s niceto give junior his rightful place as anartist.

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WRR General Manager: Greg DavisManaging Editor: Victoria Eiker

Editor: Paul Adams

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By Kevin SuttonWRR Music Director

CCaall ll aa ss iinn DD aall ll aa ssBy Suzanne CalvinDallas Opera

The womansometimes referredto as "The

Godmother of The DallasOpera" had a brief, yet compli-cated, history here. Althoughapocryphal stories continue tocirculate about the times MariaCallas sang in Dallas, the amaz-ing thing is that so many of therecollections are supported byfact. It may read like a dramat-ic libretto, but it's the plain andsimple truth.

Maria Callas was a world-renowned singer at the time shewas approached by her friendLarry Kelly to help inaugurate anew opera company in Dallas.Kelly was an enthusiastic, ener-getic, and personable youngman who, along with NicolaRescigno and Carol Fox, hadformed Lyric Theatre of Chicagoin 1954. Two years later, thetrio found themselves in serious

disagreement, and in the ensu-ing power struggle, Rescigno,the artistic director, and Kelly,the business manager, wereousted from their jobs.

Approached by severalculturally minded Dallasites(chiefly, Henry and JuanitaMiller), Kelly and Rescignoturned their attentions south,and brought with them thenotion of creating a truly world-class opera company unhin-dered by the notion of "howthings used to be done."

The Dallas Civic Operaset up an office in donatedspace downtown (over a jointthat served barbeque) andarranged to perform in theMusic Hall at Fair Park, con-structed in the mid-1920's.

E D I T O R ’ S N O T E - - Tohear the rest of SuzanneCalvin’s fascinating accountof the beginnings of TheDallas Opera listen to the pod-cast at wrr101.com.

Classical CD Reviews

Join theGrapevine community Sept. 7-10for GrapeFest, the largest wine fes-tival in the Southwest.

Voted one of the top 100events in North America, Grapefestfeatures live music on six stages.plenty of family fun, food, arts,crafts and a celebration of Texaswines.

GrapevineGrapeFestSept. 7-10

Join WRR at the DallasMuseum of Art Sept. 15 forLateNights at the DMA

WRR will be there from 6-8p.m., but stick around for a night filledwith festivities. Experiences for visi-

tors of all ages abound with perform-ances, concerts, readings, filmscreenings, coffee tastings, tours,family programs, complimentaryStarbucks Coffee, and more!

Late Night programs are freewith general admission unless other-wise noted. Some special exhibitionsmay require an additional ticket.

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NIGHTwith Peter Van

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THE MORNING SHOWwith Christopher Hackett

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with Peter Van de Graaff

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with Karen Moyer

7:30TRINITYUNITED

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MORNING MUSICALEwith Karen

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CLASSICAL CAFEwith Adriana Bate

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Karen Moyer

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METROPOLITANOPERA

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1:00 MIDDAY MUSICwith Adriana Bate

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THE GOING HOME SHOWwith Kurt Rongey

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THEAFTERNOON

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10:00PIPEDREAMSwith Michael

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A NIGHT ONTHE TOWN -George Harter

11:00 THEEVENINGCONCERTwith RaulEnriquez

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WRR Program Schedule

The Texas BoysChoir invites you to itsfirst 5K and One Mile FunRun. It’s all happeningSaturday, Sept. 23 at theFort Worth Academy ofFine Arts at 3901 S. Hulenin Fort Worth.

The Fun Runbegins at 8 a.m. and the5K begins at 8:30 a.m.Pre-register by mail oronline. You may also reg-ister at the event.

WRR is proud tosponsor this event

For more informa-tion, call 817-391-8356.

Shostakovich’s output is as significant as any com-poser’s in history. He espoused traditional forms, andstayed for the most part within classical structures. His 15each of symphonies and string quartets are the centerpieceof his oeuvre, but he was equally at home in the concerto(he was himself a fine pianist), songs and opera and musicfor other solo instruments. He wrote works for some of thegreatest virtuosi of his day.

Although at least two lengthy biographies havebeen written about him, Shostakovich’s life story stillremains somewhat shrouded in mystery and mired by con-troversy due to the squelching of much information by thecommunists.

On Sept. 25, WRR is pleased to present a specialprogram entitled “I Recall Shostakovich.” Distinguishedmusicians who knew him such as Vladimir Ashkenazy, SirCharles Mackerras, Kurt Masur, and Mstislav Rostropovichwill give insight into his personality and consider controver-sial issues about the inspirations behind his creativity.

WRR also will feature many of his major worksthroughout September, and Bill McLaughlin will dedicatehis Exploring Music shows Sept. 18-29 (weeknights 7 p.m.)to his life and work.

Hatshepsut:Queen to Pharaohat the Kimbell

ShostakovichContinued from page 1

Cana queen be a king?

In ancient Egypt shecould, as is evident in the land-

mark exhibition “Hatshepsut: From Queen toPharaoh” on view at the Kimbell Art Museum throughDec. 31.

This major and spectacular exhibitionexplores the 20-year reign of Hatshepsut (c. 1479-1458 B.C.), the first great female ruler known to histo-ry. Although less familiar to modern audiences thanher much later successor, the notorious Cleopatra(51-30 B.C.), Hatshepsut’s achievements were moresignificant and place her with the great Europeanqueens, like England’s Elizabeth I, in the annals ofworld history.

The exhibition examines the effects of herreign on Egyptian history, culture, and the astonish-ingly creative artistic output of the time. It includessculptures representing members of the royal court,a wide variety of ceremonial objects, finely craftedfurniture, dazzling royal jewelry as well as monumen-tal statues of Hatshepsut as a female ruler, a mascu-line king and as a sphinx.

For more information on this fascinating exhi-bition, visit www.kimbellart.org.

Kicking the month off with a musicalbig bang, the Top 85 Classical Countdown

(up from the old 40 for our 85th birthday)continues through Labor Day.

If you didn’t hear our live broadcast from the Basslast month, be sure to catch the second and third nights ofthe Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra’s Magic of MozartFestival on WRR at 9 p.m. on Sept. 22 and 29.

The brilliant last two symphonies, the SinfoniaConcertante and the “Elvira Madigan” concerto will providea panoramic look at Mozart, 250 years young.

Also from the Bass Hall, we’ll present the last twoprograms in our Cliburn Concerts series this month. Fierypianist Vladimir Feltsman will perform on Sept. 1.Superstar violinist Joshua Bell appears on Sept. 8.

Another WRR exclusive, Summer Evenings with theDallas Wind Symphony wraps up on Sept. 20. AdrianaBate and Jerry Junkin co-host this survey of great perform-ances from America’s Premiere Wind Band.

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