Chris Johnson

Arts & Culture

KUHF Listeners visit the Baltic States – Update from Warsaw, Poland

Posted on · After a VERY EARLY flight from Vilnius, we landed in Warsaw, Poland at about 6:30AM and, after a full day of sight-seeing and an evening piano recital, most participants where reminded of how exhausted we were on the first of this tour after having traveled 18 hours from the United States. However, any exhaustion tour participants might have had was rewarded by this evening's performance by Alexander Lubiantsev...

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KUHF Listeners visit the Baltic States – Update from Vilnius, Lithuania

Posted on · It seems like it has been a week since I last sat down to write about our current adventure in in the Baltic countries and I'm not sure exactly where to start. We have seem so many places and experienced so much of the culture in this part of the world that to try and reduce it to a few paragraphs seems like an injustice at best. However, since we are leaving for Warsaw in just a few hours, and I need a little rest before then I will keep this short...

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KUHF Listeners visit the Baltic States – Update from Riga, Latvia

Posted on · It's Monday night in Riga, Latvia where we have been since Saturday evening... I think! The days are starting to run together as we reach the half-way mark of our sojourn through the Baltic Countries and I am wishing I had not taken a break from this travel-log. We have seen a great many places and participated in any number of activities since the last update, I'll try my best to catch you to speed on our Grand Adventure...t

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KUHF Listeners visit the Baltic States – Day 2 Location: Tallinn, Estonia

Posted on · Day 2 of KUHF's Fall Arts and Performance Tour to the Baltic Sates started with a walking tour of historic "Old Town" in Tallinn, Estonia. Although it's obvious that any location in Europe might have a very long history, it is still daunting to think that today the participants and myself wondered around an area that traces its roots back to 3000 B.C. ...

Arts & Culture

KUHF Listeners visit the Baltic States – Day 1 Location: Tallinn, Estonia

Posted on · After a hard day of traveling from Houston via Frankfurt, participants on KUHF's Fall Arts and Performance tour received a very warm welcome at the Tallinn airport from KUHF's Dean Dalton and historian/tour guide extraordinaire, Briggette Timmerman (pictured in red above). After 18 hours of traveling, and an 8 hour time difference, there were only a few people who seemed to be sure of what time/day it was. I was not one of them....

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The Front Row, Wednesday, 03/25/2009

Posted on · Internationally-acclaimed baritone, Richard Paul Fink — who also happens to be a "hometown guy" based here in Houston — chats about his role as "Alberich" in the Metropolitan Opera's production of Richard Wagner's four-part Ring of the Nibelung, which opens tonight and which can be heard on KUHF's Live from the Met broadcasts, beginning this Saturday...

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The Front Row, Tuesday, 12/30/2008

Posted on · Violin virtuoso, philanthropist & heavy-metal rock fan Rachel Barton Pine is the guest on our hour-long special. She talks with KUHF's Chris Johnson about her art, career & life - from child prodigy to thriving adult performer. Musical excerpts from Barton's extensive catalogue of recordings are sprinkled throughout the conversation...

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The Front Row, Thursday, 8/28/2008

Posted on · Dr. Richard Kogan is a distinguished pianist and psychiatrist who plays music by and probes the inner workings of the mind of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in a radio-version of the program he is presenting at the Texas Medical Center. We also have cast members from the Houston Ebony Opera with excerpts from Gershwin's Porgy and Bess in anticipation of their free performances at Miller Outdoor Theatre...

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The Front Row, Wednesday, 8/27/2008

Posted on · River Oaks Chamber Orchestra Oboist and Artistic Director Alecia Lawyer is joined in the KUHF Performance Studio by pianist Rodney Waters for a performance of some of the music that can be heard on the upcoming Salon Concert at the Alliance Francaise as part of this year's Happy Birthday, Houston! celebration...