Saturday, December 29, 2007

WHPK Airs Scott Joplin's “Treemonisha” & Duke Ellington's “Afro-Eurasian Eclipse” Jan. 15


[Scott Joplin'sTreemonisha”; Original Cast Recording; Polygram 435709 (1992)]

Sergio Mims is an African American host and programmer of a classical music radio program on Tuesday afternoons on WHPK-FM, Community Radio of the University of Chicago. He has asked us to announce that he will be airing a complete performance of Scott Joplin's opera “Treemonisha” from the Deutsche Grammophon recording; a performance of Duke Ellington's “Afro-Eurasian Eclipse”; and a a performance of Leonard Bernstein's “Symphony No. 2 - The Age of Anxiety”, on Tuesday January 15, 2008 from 12:00 Noon-3:00 PM (Central Time). Both Scott Joplin and Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington are profiled at AfriClassical.com

Sergio notes that the program can he heard on 88.5 FM in Chicago, and on-line at www.whpk.org

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