WFDD

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88.5 WFDD,88.5 WFDD, Public Radio for the Piedmont, is the only public radio station of its kind located in the Piedmont Triad. We broadcast news, information, and public affairs programming covering the arts, people, and institutions in the area.
We are the state's charter NPR® member and the longest continuously broadcasting public radio station in North Carolina. WFDD is a member of the North Carolina Public Radio Association. It is a broadcast service of Wake Forest University.

88.5 WFDD
#8850
1834 Wake Forest Road
Winston-Salem, NC 27109

phone: 336-758-8850
news tips: 336-758-3083
fax: 336-758-5193

wfdd@wfu.edu
wfdd.org

In Boone, you can hear WFDD at 100.1 FM.

Series

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35 Pieces

Steinway recording artist Peter Kairoff makes classical music accessible to all in Kairoff At The Keyboard.

  • From: WFDD
  • Updated: Feb 25, 2019
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News, personal reflections, commentaries, interviews, self-narrated pieces and much more. All stories are produced by High School students as part of their Radio 101 class.

  • From: WFDD
  • Updated: Aug 18, 2017

Latest Pieces

Caption: Measures 1-8 of fourth variation, Credit: Public Domain (http://bit.ly/2zL7CjB)
In this episode, Peter works through the legend of Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations.

Bought by Delmarva Public Media


  • Added: Aug 29, 2018
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 1
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In this episode, Peter explores the powerful influence of song in Mendelssohn’s music for piano.

Bought by Delmarva Public Media


  • Added: Aug 29, 2018
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Johannes Brahms, ca. 1870, Credit: Public Domain (http://bit.ly/2zOPnaO)
Peter explores the ways in which Romantic composers like Mendelssohn, Brahms and Schumann told stories through sound.

Bought by Delmarva Public Media


  • Added: Aug 29, 2018
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 1
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In this episode, Peter shows what made Bach one of the greatest composers in music history.

  • Added: Aug 29, 2018
  • Length: 04:30
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Peter discusses the influences of Eastern European folk music on composer Béla Bartók.

  • Added: Aug 29, 2018
  • Length: 04:29
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In this episode, Peter demonstrates what makes Beethoven such a giant in the world of classical music.

  • Added: Aug 29, 2018
  • Length: 04:29
Caption: Horatio William Parker, 1905, Credit: Public Domain (http://bit.ly/2hHsku4)
Peter discusses 19th century American composers George Whitefield Chadwick and Horatio Parker.

  • Added: Aug 29, 2018
  • Length: 04:30
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In this episode, Peter shows us how Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven all find their way into Brahms’ music.

  • Added: Aug 29, 2018
  • Length: 04:30
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In this episode, Peter shows how less is more when it comes to the writing style of Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg. The minimal themes and persona...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2018
  • Length: 04:29
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In this episode, Peter explains why the sonata was the go-to musical form for Mozart and an entire generation of composers.

  • Added: Aug 29, 2018
  • Length: 04:29