This list reflects the programming of WUNC Radio: All Things Considered,
Morning Edition, Talk of the Nation, Weekend Edition Saturday and
Sunday, Fresh Air, Monitor Radio Early Edition, The People's Pharmacy and
Soundings. 

NPR (TM) ALBUM REVIEWS FROM WUNC RADIO
4/1 - 4/7 1996

April 3, 1996: A profile of Russian composer Alla Pavlova who premiered 
her latest work at Carnegie Hall. 

April 3, 1996: Tom Manoff reviewed a recording of Beethoven bagatelles 
featuring John O'Conor: "Beethoven Bagatelles" (Telarc 008940804232).

April 4, 1996: Jazz guitarist John McLaughlin is featured in a report by 
Tom Vitale. His new CD is "The Promise" (Verve 073145298282).

April 4, 1996: Scottish singer Archie Fisher spoke with Noah Adams about 
his new album "Sunsets I Have Galloped" (003365100822).

April 5, 1996: The band "Blur" was profiled by Rick Karr. They've been 
popular in Britain and Europe for seven years but can't crack the U.S. 
market. "The Great Escape" (072438408552) is their latest album.

April 6, 1996: The Waltz King, Andre Rieu, spoke with Scott Simon about 
his new CD "From Holland with Love: Waltzes I've Said for You" (Philips 
Classics 073145229332).

April 7, 1996: Jazz drummer, composer, and bandleader Billy Higgins spoke 
with reporter Heidi Chang about his life and recuperation from a liver 
transplant.


Albums profiled on Fresh Air with host Terry Gross:

April 3, 1996:
Rock Historian Ed Ward looked at the career of Camille Howard, who played 
piano with Roy Milton and his sold Senders in the 40's and 50's and had a 
couple of hit recordings herself.


COMING UP ON  - NPR'S PERFORMANCE TODAY - MARCH 27 - APRIL 1, 1996

Thursday, April 4

Hour 1--Chant recordings by the Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de 
Silos are 
second and fourth on the classical music charts this week--and one of 
them has 
even gone platinum. Now the former monk and choir director responsible 
for the 
best-selling Gregorian chant CDs, Ismael Fernandez de la Cuesta, has 
formed a 
new group, the Gregorian Chant Choir of Spain.  Stopping by NPR during 
the 
choir's U.S. tour, Fernandez talks with Martin about the appeal of this 
ancient 
music in modern times.

Hour 2--PT critic Ted Libbey and Martin explore the Five Mystical Songs 
by 
Ralph Vaughan Williams in this week'mance Today Basic Record Library.

Friday, April 5

Hour 1--On Good Friday 1724, the same day that Bach's St. John Passion 
was 
first performed in Leipzig, composer Johann David Heinichen's Passion 
Oratorio 
was premiered in Dresden.  Newsweek editor Katrine Ames reviews a new 
recording 
of Heinichen's Passion and a setting of the first 14 verses of the 
Lamentations 
of Jeremiah, performed by Musica Antiqua Koeln, under the direction of 
Reinhard 
Goebel.
["Lamentations/Passionmusik"/Musica Antiqua Koeln/Archiv 447 092-2]


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