Press Releases

November 27, 2002
Live Chamber Music Concert to Air on WLIU 88.3 FM

"Opera With and Without Singers" Broadcast from Tilles Center

Contact:
Patricia Conway
(631) 287 8313
Fax: (631) 283 4081

WLIU 88.3 FM will broadcast live from the Tilles Center, "Opera With and Without Singers," featuring works from Pucini, Mozart, Verdi and Mahler live on WLIU 88.3 FM from 3 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, December 8th. The production will be narrated by Emmy- and Tony award winning, veteran Hollywood star Eli Wallach; the program will be hosted by WLIU's Bonnie Grice along with Long Island University's Trustee Chairman Roger Tilles.

This chamber music concert is the second of four programs from this season's Music at Hillwood "Intimate Afternoon" series that centers on music, poetry and commentary from the Romantic era. Each concert consists of live music and a literary reading. "Opera With and Without Singers" features Puccini's Quartet for Strings, Mahler's Quartet for Piano and Strings, Verdi's Quartet for Strings and arias by Mozart, Puccini and Verdi. Pianist Caroline Stoessinger, the founder and host of the Music at Hillwood series, joins Wallach for this concert.

WLIU 88.3 FM is a full-service public radio station, a member of National Public Radio (NPR) and Public Radio International (PRI), and is supported primarily by contributions from subscribers and by underwriting grants from businesses and individuals. For more information, please visit www.wliu.org.