October 2007
Saturday 27 October
- Tania Libertad (15:27) - Tania Libertad was born in a small town in Northern Peru to a Portuguese father and Peruvian mother of indigenous and Spanish descent. Growing up on the coast, Libertad was also nurtured by the vibrant Afro-Peruvian culture. All of these...
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Wednesday 24 October
- Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano (16:24) - Dame Kiri Te Kanawa has reigned over the opera world for forty years. In addition to her performances, she also established a foundation and trust fund to guarantee "talented young New Zealand singers and musicians with complete dedication to their...
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Sunday 21 October
- Tango Buenos Aires (12:00) - The recent upswing in interest in ballroom dancing has made the tango much more popular. This afternoon's performance is by one of the greastest performers of the music and dance, direct from the tango's birthplace, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Tango is...
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Saturday 20 October
- Todd Wilson, organ (12:00) - Todd Wilson makes his Kimmel Center debut this afternoon, opening this season's organ series. Wilson is Director of Music and the organist at the Church of the Convenant in Cleveland, Ohio. His program includes Ives, Bach, Conte, Bizet, Duruflé, and...
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Sunday 14 October
- Ballet Folklorico de Mexico de Amalia Hernandez (17:05) - Ballet Folklorico began officially in 1959, but it had its beginnings in Amalia Hernandez's early attempts in 1952 to form a company that would represent Mexico's cultural heritage. The company is on a neverending quest to rescue the traditional dances...
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Saturday 13 October
- Ethel (16:56) - The Fresh Ink series opens for the season with Ethel, "the fiercest string quartet this side of Hell" (Guardian, UK). If you haven't already, check out the podcast with Tom Warner and Ethel recorded in August. Update:WRTI will broadcast...
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Friday 12 October
- Filarmonica della Scala (16:36) - The audiences at the famed La Scala opera house are notorious for being almost as rowdy and inclined to express their displeasure as Philadelphia sports fans. I expect tonight Verizon will echo with cheers for tenor Ben Heppner and...
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Thursday 4 October
- Jazz Up Close at the ALDS (10:39) - Tomorrow night, the Red Sox play the Anaheim Angels at Fenway Park in Game 2 of the ALDS, with Tokyo native Daisuke "Dice-K" Matsuzaka on the mound. Opening the game with the National Anthem will be jazz composer and trumpet...
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