With WETA-FM Now Taking Cues From Renaissance Research Playbook, Pan Cogito Feels Comfortable Enough To Contemplate Saint Nicholas Eve Holiday

Saint Nicholas surrounded by scenes from his Life, Miracles, and Generosity; from the sublime Icon Galleries of the National Museum of Ukraine, Lviv. [Latter half of the 16th century,
135 x 124 cm. Egg tempera on lime wood.]

The historical Saint Nicholas is equally remembered and revered by Orthodox and Catholic Christians (though perhaps more spiritually revered by Orthodox Christians).

[Click on image for enlargement.]

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Tonight after 9 PM, classical WETA-FM, public radio in the Nation's Capital, will offer a full recorded performance of American classical composer Arthur Foote's Piano Trio #1 with the Arden Trio, on Naxos records. Solo and choral Western classical singing has also been reported to have been heard on classical WETA-FM, public radio in the Nation's Capital, the past few weeks for the first time in nearly a year.

Perhaps, next year WETA-FM will feel self-confident enough to program holiday works by such Western contemporary classical composers as Paul Constantinescu, Petr Eben, and many many others -- thus affording its classical listeners the broad, humanististically-based contemporary classical radio listening experience taken for granted in the rest of the advanced, educated world (especially Western and Eastern Europe, the Russian Federation, Japan, Canada, Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong).

Image credit: (c) www.christusrex.org and the Virtual Lviv Icon Gallery [Ukrainian Icons In The 11th-16th c.] With thanks.

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UPDATE: A Midnight Service Helps African Immigrants Combat Demons [in Washington, D.C.] Also see, Spiritual Warfare.