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Episodes
Monday Apr 30, 2018
04-29-18 The Mystic River Chorale - Conducting Conversation
Monday Apr 30, 2018
Monday Apr 30, 2018
The Mystic River Chorale is the subject of this week's program withDr. Frank Martginetti, Artistic Director and Kit Foster, President. We talk about the upcoming concert and listen to some of the music from the program being presented on Sunday May 6th, at 4 PM in the Mystic Congregational Church, Mystic CT. For more information you can call (860)460-1487 or go to: www.mysticriverchorale.org
Monday Apr 30, 2018
04-27-18 Pianist Michael Petrucciani - Jazz After Dinner
Monday Apr 30, 2018
Monday Apr 30, 2018
On this weeks Jazz After Dinner Joe features Pianist Michael Petruccini with Dave Holland on bass and Tony Williams on drums and the Graffiti String Quartet from his Dreyfus Jazz recording "Marvellous".
Monday Apr 23, 2018
Monday Apr 23, 2018
In this program WCRI Host Mike Maino and The Newport Music Festivals Executive Director Pamela Pantos talk about the music and the experience that Newport Music Festival Patrons will have at their Musical Garden Party on Tuesday, July 10th at 6:00 pm at Bellevue House. We welcome this year the wonderful guitarist Sean Shibe who is making his Newport Festival Debut after his huge success at Wigmore Hall in London. Sean Shibe is “one of the foremost guitarists” of his generation. For more information or to purchase tickets visit newportmusic.org or call 401-849-0700.
Monday Apr 23, 2018
04-22-18 Dr Judith Stilman and Boldly Beethoven - Conducting Conversations
Monday Apr 23, 2018
Monday Apr 23, 2018
This week we feature a special show about Dr. Judith Stillman's presentation of “Boldly Beethoven” with the RI Philharmonic Orchestra at RI College, Sunday April 29, at 2 PM. Dr. Stillman is joined by Tony Estrella and several others in this unusual event. We listen to some examples of the music to be performed and discuss how it came about. For more information and tickets you can go to www.riphil.org or call 401 248-7000.
Monday Apr 23, 2018
04-20-18 Pianist Danilo Perez - Jazz After Dinner
Monday Apr 23, 2018
Monday Apr 23, 2018
On this weeks Jazz After Dinner Joe features Pianist Danilo Perez from his Mack Avenue Records recording "Panama 500".
Thursday Apr 19, 2018
Thursday Apr 19, 2018
In this program WCRI Host Mike Maino and The Newport Music Festivals Executive Director Pamela Pantos discuss a very exciting concert taking place this summer on Wednesday, July 11th at 11:00 am at Blithewold. This Dueling Pianos concert features two formidable pianists Ilya Kazanstev and Sara Davis Buechner. For more information or to purchase tickets visit newportmusic.org or call 401-849-0700.
Wednesday Apr 18, 2018
04-15-18 The Jamestown Community Chorus - Conducting Conversations
Wednesday Apr 18, 2018
Wednesday Apr 18, 2018
This week The Jamestown Community Chorus is the subject of the program with B. J.Whitehouse, Music Director and Judith Anderson, Publicity Chair. We talk about their upcoming program, "Over There - A Musical Remembrance" and listen to some selections from the concerts that will be held on Saturday May 5th at 4 PM and Sunday May 6th at 3 PM at the Jamestown Recreation Center, 41 Conanicus Ave, Jamestown. For more information you can call 423-1574 or go to www.jamestownchorus.com.
Wednesday Apr 18, 2018
04-13-18 Pianist Phineas Newborn - Jazz After Dinner
Wednesday Apr 18, 2018
Wednesday Apr 18, 2018
On this weeks Jazz After Dinner Joe features Pianist Phineas Newborn with Ray Brown on bass and Jimmie Smith on drums from the 1976 Pablo Recording "Look Out, Phineas is Back!"
Monday Apr 09, 2018
04-07-18 The Gallery at Firehouse Square - The 95.9 Company Break
Monday Apr 09, 2018
Monday Apr 09, 2018
This month on The 95.9 Company Break Mike talks with proprietor John S. Johnson of The Gallery at Firehouse Square in New London, CT. The Gallery at Firehouse Square is actually two galleries in one — The Firehouse and The Kate, named after our neighbor Katherine Hepburn. With an ever-changing collection of unique maritime art from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries, they also have regular shows of emerging and established artists who have an abiding love of the sea. For more information about The Gallery at Firehouse Square please call 860-443-0344 or visit www.firehousesquare.com
Monday Apr 09, 2018
Monday Apr 09, 2018
In this program Mike Maino and The Newport Music Festivals Executive Director Pamela Pantos discuss the Newport Music Festival’s Thursday, July 17th concert which is an evening for Frederic Chopin to be performed at the Breakers at 8:00 pm featuring Daniel del Pino and Ilya Kazantsev. For more information or to purchase tickets visit newportmusic.org or call 401-849-0700.
Monday Apr 09, 2018
04-08-18 The Warwick Symphony Orchestra Part II - Conducting Conversations
Monday Apr 09, 2018
Monday Apr 09, 2018
This is the second of a two part series, this week The Warwick Symphony Orchestra is the subject of the program with Catherine Garnon, Music Director. We talk about their upcoming Spring Series Concerts titled “Awakening the American Spirit” and listen to some selections that will be performed, Thursday May 24th, in Warwick, and Sunday May 27th, in Goddard Park. For more information you can go to www.wsori.org
Monday Apr 09, 2018
04-06-18 Pianist Bill Mays & Bassist Ray Drummond - Jazz After Dinner
Monday Apr 09, 2018
Monday Apr 09, 2018
On this weeks Jazz After Dinner Joe features Pianist Bill Mays & Bassist Ray Drummond from their 1989 DMP recording "One To One".
Monday Apr 02, 2018
Monday Apr 02, 2018
In this program Mike Maino and The Newport Music Festivals Executive Director Pamela Pantos discuss the final concert to this years 50th Anniversary celebration. This concert is a glorious finale to the Newport Music Festival’s 50th Anniversary Season. Featuring two of the most moving choral works ever written, this evening begins with Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, a stirring hymn to Mary, and finishes with Vivaldi’s Gloria, the anthem of the angels as they announced Christ’s birth. For more information or to purchase tickets visit newportmusic.org or call 401-849-0700.
Monday Apr 02, 2018
03-30-18 Jim McNeely w/ Danish Radio Orchestra - Jazz After Dinner
Monday Apr 02, 2018
Monday Apr 02, 2018
On this weeks Jazz After Dinner Joe features The Danish Radio Orchestra and Pianist, Arranger & Composer Jim McNeely playing the Music of Pianist Bill Evans from their 2000 Sundance recording.
Monday Apr 02, 2018
04-01-18 The Warwick Symphony Orchestra Part I - Conducting Conversations
Monday Apr 02, 2018
Monday Apr 02, 2018
This is the first of a two part series, this week The Warwick Symphony Orchestra is the subject of the program, with Catherine Gagnon, Music Director. We talk about their upcoming spring series concerts titled “Awakening the American Spirit" and listen to some selections that will be performed on Thursday May 24th in Warwick and Sunday May 27th in Goddard Park. For more information you can go to www.wsori.org