Released on: December 26, 2007, 11:11 am

Press Release Author: Mike Gauss / WCPE

Industry: Entertainment

Press Release Summary: TheClassicalStation.org Presents Viennese Waltzes December 31



Press Release Body: WAKE FOREST, N.C. (December 26, 2007)-William Woltz, music
director for WCPE, TheClassicalStation.org, announces the station's New Year's Eve
offerings for December 31.

WCPE will celebrate the joy of classical dance with a collection of Viennese waltzes
and dance music written by the Strauss family, Emile Waldteufel, Joseph Lanner and
others. Opening the evening of gaiety and dance is the Cleveland Orchestra
presenting "Der Rosenkavalier" by Richard Strauss.

Music & Vision reviewer, Kelly Ferjutz, described the Cleveland Orchestra's 2007
performance of "Der Rosenkavalier" under the direction of Franz Welser-Möst as "pure
magic." The orchestra's performance will air at 8 p.m. ET December 31. Regularly
referred to as "an immense concert waltz," "Der Rosenkavalier" will begin the
musical journey across the Viennese dance floor for the festive New Year's Eve
celebration.

The evening will be topped off with a presentation of Beethoven's "Ninth Symphony"
at midnight in order to ring in the New Year. The presentation of Great Classical
Music never ends on WCPE, so as listeners put away their dance shoes and drift off
to sleep, announcer Tara Lynn will present classical music favorites from around the
globe.

WCPE's live broadcast of Great Classical Music, 24 Hours A Day can be accessed
around the globe in several ways; on-line streaming in multiple formats, including
IPv6, local cable television systems and traditional radio broadcasting. A complete
list of the ways WCPE is available with instructions for cable and satellite
reception can be found at theclassicalstation.org/listen.shtml.

In central North Carolina and southern Virginia, WCPE is found on the radio at 89.7 FM.

For more information on WCPE, or to print a downloadable version of Quarter Notes,
please visit TheClassicalStation.org.

About WCPE:
With a 29-year history, WCPE is a non-commercial, 100 percent listener-supported,
independent station dedicated to excellence in Great Classical Music, 24 Hours A
Day. Community-minded business underwriters and foundations are among the 150,000
listeners in the North Carolina broadcast area. General Manager Deborah S. Proctor's
leadership has enabled the WCPE community to include national and worldwide
listeners. Other radio stations and cable television systems can rebroadcast Great
Classical Music, 24 Hours A Day. WCPE is one of the first public broadcasters to
stream on the Internet. WCPE is heard worldwide on the Internet in multiple formats,
including the next generation IPv6. Because WCPE receives no tax-derived support,
the station conducts two on-air fundraising campaigns and two major mail-out
campaigns per year to raise needed operating funds. Quarter Notes, the WCPE Program
Guide, is published four times a year as a means to enhance appreciation and
understanding of classical music. It is distributed to station supporters and is
also available online at TheClassicalStation.org/guide. For more information, visit
TheClassicalStation.Org or call 1-800-556-5178.

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