WHRO-FM Launches 3-Program Classical Series for America’s 250th Anniversary
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Updated · WHRO · Jun 30
WHRO-FM Launches 3-Program Classical Series for America’s 250th Anniversary
1 articles · Updated · WHRO · Jun 30
Summary
Three special broadcasts on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday anchor WHRO-FM’s week-long classical tribute to America’s 250th anniversary, spanning Revolutionary-era music, early American composition and new releases.
Wednesday’s 9 p.m. program, “A Local Touch,” centers on Virginia connections, pairing patriotic medleys and Colonial Williamsburg battlefield tunes with works built on the words of George Mason and Thomas Jefferson.
Friday’s 6 p.m. hour, “Vienna in the Wilderness,” traces early U.S. classical roots through Moravian composers including John Antes and Johann Friedrich Peter, whose music figured in a July 4, 1783 independence celebration.
Saturday’s 8 p.m. edition of “This Just In” runs 3 hours with an American theme, featuring George Walker, Dvořák’s “New World,” Carlos Simon, Branford Marsalis and Aaron Copland’s Symphony No. 3.
WHRO-FM said the series is designed to explore the nation’s history, spirit and musical legacy through European, African American and folk influences as listeners mark the Fourth of July.