Music from Oberlin This Spring on WCLV by Marci Janas '91
			April and May are abloom with music from Oberlin on WCLV-104.9 FM. The vernal activity began with a live broadcast on April 10 of Haydn's Seven Last Words of Christ, performed by the Vermeer String Quartet in Finney Chapel. From the Top from Oberlin, also recorded in Finney in January, and aired Sunday, April 20. A repeat performance will be aired Saturday, April 26, at 6 p.m., and Saturday, May 3, at 9 p.m. On Wednesday, April 23, at 10 p.m., A. Grace Lee Mims, host of WCLV's The Black Arts, will devote a program to the music and career of Denyce Graves '84. Here is a schedule of other upcoming Oberlin programs on WCLV: Sunday, April 27, at 1 p.m. WCLV will broadcast performances by the Oberlin Orchestra, conducted by Associate Professor of Conducting Steven Smith with pianist and Concerto Competition winner Daniela Flonta '03. The concert, which features Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 Op. 73 in E-flat Major ("Emperor"), Lutoslawski's Symphonic Variations and Ravel's Rhapsodie Espagnole, was recorded in Finney Chapel on February 28. Also featured on the broadcast is the Oberlin College Choir, prepared by Assistant Professor of Choral Conducting Hugh Floyd, in Debussy's Nocturnes. Sunday, May 4, at 1:30 p.m. A concert by cellist Janos Starker, recorded in Finney Chapel in February 2002. Pianist Shigeo Neriki accompanied Starker in a program featuring Beethoven's Cello Sonato no. 2 in G Minor, op. 5; Prokofiev's Sonata in C Major, op. 119; and Brahms' Sonata no. 2 in F Major, op. 99. Wednesday, May 7, at 10 p.m. In honor of his birthday on May 11, A. Grace Lee Mims dedicates a program to the music of composer William Grant Still (1895-1978). Still attended Oberlin from 1916 to 1919 and received an honorary doctor of music degree in 1947. Sunday, May 25, at 1 p.m. WCLV will broadcast performances by the Oberlin Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Steven Smith with violinist and Concerto Competition winner Julia Sakharova '03. The concert, which will be recorded in Finney Chapel on Friday, April 25, features Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto, Schoenberg's Kammersymphonie no. 2, op. 38, and Beethoven's Symphony no. 2, op. 36, in D Major. As with all programming on WCLV, listeners can also tune in on the web at wclv.com.
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