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WRR Presents

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WRR Presents gives our listeners a special BackStage insight with interviews and performance preludes to upcoming events in and around the Metroplex

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Kenny G August 23, 2010 Kenny G spoke with WRR's Tempie Lindsey about his August 25 performance with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.

Circle Theatre August 6, 2010 Kurt Rongey visits with Robin Armstrong of the Circle Theatre about their upcoming production of Bach at Leipzig.

METROPOLITAN WINDS June 18, 2010 A special concert honoring Dad on Father's Day is scheduled 7:30 p.m. Sunday, June 20 at the Meyerson Symphony Center. Randal Bass, music director of the Metropolitan Winds, visited WRR to talk about the upcoming concert.

Video Games Live June 8, 2010 Kurt Rongey spoke with Tommy Tallarico, the creator of Video Games Live, a program of video game music played by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Chorus June 11 & 12.

Heidi Grant Murphy May 20, 2010 Renowned soprano Heidi Grant Murphy appears with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, May 20-23, for performances of the Symphony No. 2 ("Resurrection) by Mahler. WRR spoke with Murphy about the music and what it takes to get such a massive composition ready for performance.

Hilary Hahn May 13, 2010 Violinist Hilary Hahn speaks with WRR's Kurt Rongey about her performances of Jennifer Higdon's Pulitzer Prize-winning Violin Concerto with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. She also recounts her experience on the Conan O'Brian show and tells how her violin case got a Twitter Account (http://twitter.com/violincase).

Violinist Andrew Sords April 29, 2010 Violinist Andrew Sords joins the Mesquite Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, May 1 at 7:30 p.m. at the Mesquite Arts Center. He will be the soloist in the Violin Concerto No. 1 by Bruch. Sords spoke to WRR recently on how he prepares a piece for performance and how he balances the life as a concert artist and chamber music collaborator.

Moby Dick: Maiden Voyage of an Opera Part 2 April 29, 2010 This hour-long WRR program explores the composition and staging of Dallas Opera’s world premiere event Moby Dick. Through extensive interviews the composer Jake Heggie, librettist Gene Scheer, tenor Ben Heppner and others give their insights on this mammoth undertaking.

Moby Dick: Maiden Voyage of an Opera Part 1 April 29, 2010 This hour-long WRR program explores the composition and staging of Dallas Opera’s world premiere event Moby Dick. Through extensive interviews the composer Jake Heggie, librettist Gene Scheer, tenor Ben Heppner and others give their insights on this mammoth undertaking.

Tony Bennett April 27, 2010 Tony Bennett -- the legendary singer -- unstoppable at 83 years of age -- continues his live tour with a performance with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, April 27 WRR spoke with the singer about working in retirement age. For info on the concert, visit dallassymphony.com

Art Matters

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Since 1988, Quin Mathews and Sharon Benge have hosted the weekly WRR program 'Art Matters', which focuses on the arts in the North Texas area.

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Sept. 5 & 9 September 3, 2010 On this week's Art Matters, we travel to New York to talk to the man behind two prominet festivals.

August 29 & September 2 August 27, 2010 On this week's Art Matters, a play in Fort Worth imagines who might have gotten the job that went to Johann Sebastian Bach.

August 22 & 26 August 20, 2010 On this week's art Matters, a new art space connects what we see and what we read and delve in to the history of the founding of the state's oldest opera company.

Aug. 15 & 19 August 13, 2010 On this week's Art Matters, two views of abstract art in the Americas.

August 8 & 12 August 5, 2010 On this week's Art Matters, a Texas photographer who has done a lot of work in Europe is now focusing on an old building in downtown Fort Worth and a physician from Venezuela leaves medicine for art.

August 1 & 5 July 30, 2010 On this week's Art Matters, we'll talk to a great pianist who's making Dallas a regular concert stop and in Fort Worth, a sculptor is creating a tall work of art about the north Texas prairie.

July 25 & 29 July 27, 2010 On this week's Art Matters, an enormous effort in Dallas to teach children the basics through participation in art and new music for guitar is coming up at a concert in Denton.

July 18 & 22 July 22, 2010 On this week's Art Matters, a play in Fort Worth pays tribute to a passionate voice for the American West and how does art survive in a culture that may care too much about money?

July 11 & 15 July 21, 2010 On this week's Art Matters, we'll meet a performance artist who peels off personalities one by one and Dallas Museum of Art celebrates the Mexico bicintinial with two exhibitions.

July 4 & 8 July 6, 2010 On this week's Art Matters, meet the new general director of the Dallas Opera and one of America's great photographers reveals his vision of a great American landscape.

Other Featured Podcasts

Listen to the Wine Experience on WRR Weekdays at 6:20 p.m. The Wine Experience presents topics relating to choosing and enjoying wine such as matching wine with different foods, virtual walks through vineyards and shopping tips.

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Listen to the Wine Experience n WRR Weekdays at 6:20 p.m. June 2, 2008 The Wine Experience presents topics relating to choosing and enjoying wine such as matching wine with different foods, wirtual walks through vineyards and shopping tips.

Listen to the Wine Experience n WRR Weekdays at 6:20 p.m. May 2, 2008 The Wine Experience presents topics relating to choosing and enjoying wine such as matching wine with different foods, wirtual walks through vineyards and shopping tips.

Dallas Opera Podcasts

There's no better way to find out what's really happening at The Dallas Opera than to get it straight from the source. Hear interviews with Milestone Culinary Arts Center's Chef Sharon Van Meter, choreographer Candace Evans about her return to The Dallas Opera for Die Fledermaus, bi-lingual docent Barbara Benac, A review of The Dallas Opera's 20th annual vocal competition and of course previews for all the performances. Click here to see the options!

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