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Spoleto Today with Marcus Overton and Jennifer Foster
May 22 through June 5, weekdays from 11:00 a.m. to noon on all ETV Radio classical stations
The Charleston- based Spoleto Festival USA has been called "a mansion with many rooms – a festival that is more diverse, and more engaging than ever before." ETV Radio will be back in Charleston this month working with our partner WDAV-FM to bring you a new, expanded edition of Spoleto Today, to explore the Festival in all of its splendid variety.
Co-hosts Marc Overton and Jennifer Foster will prowl Charleston’s historic theaters, churches and outdoor spaces to bring you the latest news, music, interviews, and information covering the more than 120 performances taking place at Spoleto this season.
Spoleto Today will also delve into the rich offerings of Piccolo Spoleto, the parallel festival which primarily presents artists of the Southeast region. Piccolo Spoleto’s lineup includes literary and visual arts exhibits, poetry readings, children's activities, ethnic cultural presentations, crafts and film.
Find extended coverage of Spoleto Today including full interviews, photos and more here, as well as information about this year's Chamber Music from Spoleto concerts, hosted by WDAV's Jennifer Foster.
Podcast: Weekdays, 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Duration: May 22 - June 5
Upcoming Podcasts
Spoleto Today for 2009 is still available as a podcast. Just click a date below. You can hear performances from this year's Chamber Music Concerts and find more Spoleto Today extras at www.classicalpublicradio.org.
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Nigel Redden, Tim Page, Rene Marie, and Martin Santangelo
Marc Overton & Jennifer Foster share their experiences and offer insights for how to experience the dizzying array of Spoleto Festival USA and Piccolo Spoleto offerings.
Marc talks to Martin Santangelo, the Founder and Artistic Director of Noche Flamenca, the astounding Spanish Flamenco ensemble making its Spoleto Festival USA debut. Santangelo describes the “Rebel Yell” origins of Flamenco, and the tradition it represents.
Marcus talks to Spoleto Festival USA General Director Nigel Redden, who offers a candid assessment of how the economy has affected both the current season, and offers some clues as to what’s ahead for next season.
Jennifer talks to Pulitzer Prize-wining critic Tim Page, the “Spoleto Overview” critic for the Charleston Post & Courier. Page shares his picks, previews, and pet peeves about the 2009 Festival, and shares his wish list for future Spoleto programming.
Marcus talks with jazz singer René Marie who closes her current “Voice of My Beautiful Country” tour at the Spoleto Festival this weekend. She explains the rationale – and the fallout – from her decision to sing the lyrics of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” to the tune of the “Star Spangled Banner.”
A Final look: Jennifer Foster and Marc Overton share some lasting memories of Spoleto 2009.
Friday - June 05, 2009 at 11:00 am
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Joseph Flummerfelt, Dom Lawton, Jack McCray, and Ellen Moryl
On today's show Joseph Flummerfelt, Spoleto Festival USA's Artistic Director for Choral Activities, sings the praises of Spoleto's choral tradition;
Piccolo Spoleto Director Ellen Moryl assesses this year's festival at the box office and introduces us to some of the festival's special programs; and jazz critic Jack McCray offers reviews and insights on the jazz offerings on tap for Spoleto's final week.
Thursday - June 04, 2009 at 11:00 am
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Chee-Yun, Robert Taylor, and Joan Singer
Host Jennifer Foster chats with College of Charleston Director of Choral Programs Rob Taylor about the choirs he is conducting at this year's Piccolo Spoleto festival. We'll hear from his Taylor Festival Singers. Host Marc Overton takes a turn with Joan Singer, founder of Quintango, as they discuss that group's ten-year evolution at Spoleto; and violinist Chee-Yun tells us why she loves playing in the Spoleto Chamber Music series.
Wednesday - June 03, 2009 at 11:00 am
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Sarah Chang, Basil Twist, and Jake Shimabukuro
At an age when most musicians are just starting to forge their careers, violinist Sarah Chang is a twenty-year veteran of the concert stage. But she says she’s still got lots of growing – and learning to do, like the Brahms violin concerto she’ll play tonight with the Spoleto Festival Orchestra.
Also today, master puppeteer Basil Twist, in conversation with Marc, and a studio performance by the tiny Hawaiian typhoon that swept over Spoleto, Ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro.
Tuesday - June 02, 2009 at 11:00 am
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A celebration for Wadsworth, and more from mandolinist Chris Thiele
Go both behind the scenes and onstage to the big weekend bash for Spoleto’s Chamber Music Man, Charles Wadsworth. We'll here from chamber music director designate, Jeff Nutall, about following up the inimitable Wadsworth; and ETV producer Beryl Dakers will talk about Wadsworth's Charleston chamber music legacy, explored in her documentary The (Chamber) Music Man.
When mandolinist Chris Thiele talks, we stop to listen, because the subject could be anything: Bluegrass, New Grass, Beethoven, Bartok...or Daniel Barenboim and the Berlin Philharmonic. And, Tim Page will share some pages from his critic's notebook.
Monday - June 01, 2009 at 11:00 am
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Andrew Megill, Chris Thiele, Jack Terricloth, and critic Tim Page
We'll talk with Andrew Megill, director of the Westminster Choir, about their performance of two Baroque sacred masterpieces: Buxtehude's Membra Jesu Nostri and J.S. Bach's Christ Lag in Todesbanden.
The Punch Brothers are made up of the most in-demand performers in the worlds of bluegrass, folk, and traditional music. Led by composer-singer-mandolin virtuoso Chris Thiele of Nickel Creek fame, the group “expands the frontier of an emerging style of what might be called American country-classical chamber music,” proclaims The New York Time. Thile joins us to talk about their Spoleto USA performances.
We'll hear from Jack Terricloth, front man of World/Inferno Friendship Society, who is in Charleston to perform the cabaret punk-rock operetta Addicted to Bad Ideas: Peter Lorre's 20th Century.
And we'll get another look at critic Tim Page's notebook.
Friday - May 29, 2009 at 11:00 am
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