Station Archive

The two "Julians"--Julian Bream, 20th century world-class guitar virtuoso, and Mauro Giuliani, world-class guitar virtuoso of the 19th century--team up to present for your listening pleasure a gorgeous guitar concerto composed by the latter in Vienna in 1808. As the show progresses, you will be thrilled by selections from a tragic opera by Donizetti, charmed by Dohnanyi's take on "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star," wowed by a baroque trumpet concerto, soothed by a fantasy for viola by Hummel, and swept off your feet by some Chopin waltzes. To preview, see the playlist: http://kdrt.org/node/9856

Summers are busy for Acme Theatre Co., the Davis nonprofit run by high school students that promotes “serious theater, for the fun of it.” In August the 31-year-old troupe is staging Treasure Island, plus its annual By The Seat of Our Pants, the set of short plays they write, stage and present in 36 hours. You can detect the “serious fun” DNA in this interview with four members of Acme: Jake Kelly and Margaret Starbuck, center, who talk about the play, Acme itself, and related topics: and Eden Tomich, far left, and Emmett Barnes, who read a scene from Treasure Island for Davisville. Tomich plays lead character Jim Hawkins. Barnes plays Ben Gunn, a marooned pirate unhinged by years of isolation. Tomich and Barnes recorded the scene in one take; you can hear it about halfway in. You might think you're hearing more than two voices, but you're not.