Spring Orgy® Period 2014

WHRB's Spring Orgy® Period has begun, with the Warhorse Orgy on May 1. At this writing (1:15 p.m., May 2) the Evolution of Dance Orgy has just started and will continue until about 10:00 p.m. and conclude tomorrow, May 3, after the Metropolitan Opera from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m.

The biggies this year are the C.P.E. Bach 300th Anniversary Orgy, which runs from 1:00 to 10:00 p.m. on May 6 and 7 and then from 5:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on May 8. Apparently it is followed immediately at 1:00 on May 8 by the Dmitri Shostakovich Orgy®, which runs till 10:00 that day. On Friday May 9 it goes from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Then on Saturday May 10 it follows the Metropolitan Opera — from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. It picks up again on Sunday, May 11, and continues through Thursday, May 15, from 1:00 to 10:00 p.m. on each of those day.

Smaller orgies include the Gothic Voices Orgy on Sunday, May 4, from 12:30 to 10:00 p.m. (Gothic Voices is a group that sings mostly mediæval and renaissance music.) May 5 brings the Cinco de Mayo Orgy of Mexican and Mexico-related music from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

After the big orgies, on Friday May 16, they give the Carlos Kleiber Orgy from 1:00 to 10:00 p.m. (Maestro Kleiber died ten years ago.) The final classical music orgy listed in the program is the French Composer Anniversaries Orgy, which will run from3:00 to 10:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 18.

The WHRB program guide, available via the page linked above, gives a brief description of each orgy, as well as a list of the specific works to be played — subject to change; and all timings are approximate. The station homepage also offers a link to listen on line.

WHRB usually plays classical music on weekdays from 1:00 to 10:00 p.m., rock overnight and jazz from 5:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.. They also broadcast the Metropolitan Opera live on Saturdays during the season (roughly December-May) and outside the orgy periods broadcast operas from 8:00 to midnight on Sundays. The classical playlist is broad, perhaps broader than WCRB's. So the station is worth checking out.