CLASSICAL/SNEAK PEEK : ENGEL EAGER TO FINE-TUNE KCSN PROGRAMMING.Rene Engel, new general manager of classical KCSN-FM (88.5), promises a revised presentation that takes full advantage of the station's commercial-free programming. ``I want to solidify what we present in terms of our sound,'' Engel said. ``That's the goal along with bringing as many new listeners as I can.'' Engel worked previously at a number of local stations, including KPCC-FM (89.3), KCRW-FM (89.9) and as afternoon host at classical KUSC-FM (91.5) last year. KCSN has been the California State University, Northridge CSUN offers a variety of programs leading to bachelor's degrees in 61 fields and master's degrees in 42 fields. The university has over 150,000 alumni. It's also home to a summer musical theater/theater program known as TADW (TeenAge Drama Workshop) that leads teenagers through an , campus-based station for more than four decades. ``We have no commercials, so the presentation of the music doesn't have to concern itself with a time frame for how long a piece can be,'' Engel explained. ``So, if we choose to play a Beethoven symphony, that's something we can do uninterrupted. It frees the music programmers.'' KCSN boasts a format that includes classical during the week and an eclectic music selection on weekends. Longtime classical radio personality Bonnie bon·ny also bon·nie adj. bon·ni·er, bon·ni·est Scots 1. Physically attractive or appealing; pretty. 2. Excellent. Grice hosts the station's afternoon-drive program at 3 p.m. weekdays. Phil Richards handles the morning-drive shift at 6 a.m. The Northridge station also offers an award-winning, student-run local news department that produces ``Evening Update'' at 6 p.m. weekdays. In addition to a weekend schedule that includes bluegrass bluegrass, any species of the large and widely distributed genus Poa, chiefly range and pasture grasses of economic importance in temperate and cool regions. In general, bluegrasses are perennial with fine-leaved foliage that is bluish green in some species. and country music, KCSN recently added the ``Grateful Dead Hour'' at 10 p.m. Sundays, followed by Ken Nordine's ``Word Jazz'' at 11 p.m. Seasonal symphony Spring is here and, to celebrate, Esa-Pekka Salonen Esa-Pekka Salonen ( ) (b. June 30 1958) is a prominent Finnish orchestral conductor and composer. leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic The Los Angeles Philharmonic (LAP) is an American orchestra based in Los Angeles, California, United States. History Founded in 1919 by William Andrews Clark, Jr. in a program titled ``Three Aspects of Spring'' next weekend. The performances at 8 p.m. April 25-26 and 2:30 p.m. April 27 at the Music Center feature diverse musical impressions of the season in works by Debussy, Schumann and Stravinsky. The program opens with Debussy's 1887 symphonic sym·phon·ic adj. 1. Relating to or having the character or form of a symphony. 2. Harmonious in sound. Adj. 1. suite, ``Printemps'' (``Spring''), which the composer wrote after winning the prestigious Prix de Rome Prix de Rome in full Grand Prix de Rome Art scholarship awarded by the French government from 1663 to 1968. Established by Louis XIV and Charles Le Brun, it enabled young French painters, sculptors, architects, engravers, and musicians to study in Rome. . Schumann's ``Spring'' Symphony (No. 1 in B-flat) follows. After intermission, the performances conclude with one of Salonen's signature pieces, Stravinsky's ``Le sacre du printemps'' (``The Rite of Spring''). Salonen conducted this seminal 1913 ballet during the L.A. orchestra's 1996 Paris residency. For ticket information, call (213) 850-2000. Musical marriage Also next Saturday, British jazzers Cleo Laine Dame Cleo Laine DBE, (born Clementina Dinah Campbell on October 28 1927 in Southall, Middlesex, England) is a jazz singer and an actor, noted for her scat singing. She is the only female performer to have received Grammy nominations in the jazz, popular and classical music and the John Dankworth Sir John Phillip William Dankworth, CBE (born 20 September, 1927), often known as Johnny Dankworth, is an English jazz composer, saxophonist and clarinetist. Born in Woodford, Essex he grew up in the suburb of Highams Park and attended Sir George Monoux Grammar School in Group perform an evening of pop and jazz at Caltech's Beckman Auditorium. Since their marriage in 1958, when Laine was the singer with Dankworth's big band, the couple has become well-known in jazz circles and beyond. Laine was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance in the Broadway musical ``The Mystery of Edwin Drood.'' Tickets for the show at 8 p.m. April 26 are priced $26 to $32 and are available by calling Ticketmaster, (213) 365-3500. |
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