Events

Host Keith Brown writes:

I continue this Sunday with my own long ongoing series of broadcasts of the operas of Antonio Vivaldi. The violin virtuoso and composer of The Four Seasons concertos was also a prolific composer of opera in the style of the Venetian baroque. More than twenty of his operas survive, a total of 51 attributed to him.

This week on New World Notes: radio program #237, September 18, from 12:00 to 12:30 p.m., host Kenneth Dowst plays the second part of a two-part digest of a powerful talk by Chris Hedges.

Host Keith Brown writes:

Join host David Schonfeld on Tuesday, September 25 from 4 to 8. This installment of Tuesday Classics will spotlight the Lions Gate Trio, which will be performing on October 3 at Millard Auditorium, University of Hartford.

Join host Maurice D. Robertson for Accent on Creative Music on Wednesday, September 26 from 9 p.m. to midnight. At about 10 p.m., Maurice will be joined in the studio by drummer, composer, and bandleader, William Hooker. They will discuss the upcoming Oct ober 6 Creative Music Festival at Tools Bar and Grille, as well as Hooker's fall tour and new recordings.

Hartford’s newest event will showcase and celebrate the ingenuity of the city’s and state’s industries, artists and people, while offering a taste, for the first time, of the transformation of Hartford through the iQuilt plan. Get a glimpse of the future as you experience the iQuilt Plan through walking, culture and innovation.

Hartford’s newest event will showcase and celebrate the ingenuity of the city’s and state’s industries, artists and people, while offering a taste, for the first time, of the transformation of Hartford through the iQuilt plan. Get a glimpse of the future as you experience the iQuilt Plan through walking, culture and innovation.

Host Keith Brown writes:

This week on New World Notes: radio program #238, September 25, from 12:00 to 12:30 p.m., host Kenneth Dowst plays the first part of a two-part digest of an engaging documentary film, The Crisis of Civilization, written by U.K. political analyst, Nafeez Mossadeq Ahmed.

On Thursday evening, October 4, at 7 p.m., author and former CIA "asset", Susan Lindauer, will speak at Wilde Auditorium, University of Hartford. The talk is free and open to the public. Ms. Lindauer recently wrote a book, Extreme Prejudice, detailing her shocking experiences as an insider in the "war on terror".

Music at TOOLS!

In an historic gathering, William Hooker, iconic New York musician and proud New Britain native, will bring together internationally known New York and Connecticut musicians in support and celebration of New Britain - a creative force in Connecticut.

Host Keith Brown writes:

Idomeneo was Mozart's first mature masterwork of opera, first staged in Munich in 1781. I have presented Idomeneo four times before, utilizing two recordings that were historic oldies-but-goodies and two that were in the newer, historically informed practice.

The Pat Metheny Unity Band is performing in CT twice this week: at the Ridgefield Playhouse on Thursday and at UConn's Jorgensen Arts Center on Thursday, October 11.

The renowned jazz guitarist will discuss his current tour and band with Chuck Obuchowski on WWUH Tuesday, October 9 at 10 a.m., during Tuesday Morning Jazz - "Out Here & Beyond."