Vocal Moments with Reg Pontius

There are few greater thrills music provides than hearing a wonderful singer in great music. No music brings us closer to the heart and mind of a composer or artist than that written for the voice. From songs and arias treating all aspects of love, hate, politics, religion, loneliness, death, and, yes, overwhelming joy, the great composers have left hardly a single human emotion unexplored.

Join Classical 89 for a special weekly series, Vocal Moments,” featuring great singers and music taken from the operatic, concert, and recital stages.

Reg Pontius hosts the series that airs on Classical 89 Wednesday nights at 89.1 FM and 89.5 FM (southern Utah County) and online at www.classical89.org/streaming

• February 6
  Oh, for the Life of the Sea! – the mariner in opera.
  
  
• February 13
  Oh, for the Life of the Sea! – the mariner in opera.
  
  
• February 20
  Ben Heppner in Opera and Song.
  
  
• February 27
  Tenor Joseph Calleja: the return of an older style of singing?
  
  
• March 5
  Performances by winners of the 2007 Opera News Awards:  mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe, baritone Thomas Hampson, soprano Leontyne Price, mezzo-soprano Olga Borodina, and conductor Julius Rudel.
  
  
• March 12
  Opera’s Lovelorn Baritones.
  
  
• March 19
  No Vocal Moments due to long Holy Week piece (Der tod Jesu by Graun).
  
  
• March 26
  Revisiting the Young Joan Sutherland. 
  
  
• April 2
  A Pocket-sized Les Huguenots.