Vienna (OTS) – In addition to the musical highlights, special summer series will also be on Ö1’s program from July. The spectrum ranges from the “Ö1 Popmuseum” to “Austrian Folk Musical Landscapes” or “Summer Forays – Exploring Europe” to “100 Years of Radio”.
From June 30th to September 1st, “Great titles – strong pieces” can be heard on Sundays at 1:10 p.m. – a classical concert with classical hits. The “Ö1 Popmuseum” begins on July 2nd on the “Soundtracks” date (Tuesday, 4:05 p.m.). Curator Wolfgang Kos presents “News from the Past” in eight episodes. “On the back of retro as a forward lane of pop music” is the opening theme, music from The Beatles, Roxy Music, Ruben and the Jets, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Oasis, Van Morrison, Tricky and others can be heard. The other episodes in July: Björk (July 9), Wim Wender’s enthusiasm for music (July 16), Killing Me Softly (July 23) and Randy Newman, political scientist (July 30).
“Austrian Folk Musical Landscapes” with a focus on the work of Austrian folk song works will be presented in nine episodes on Fridays from July 5th at the “Intrada” date (10:05 a.m.). From July 6th, the ORF RSO Vienna music education podcast “Why Classic?” will be on the program every Saturday from 11:40 a.m. The first episode is about “Musical Memes”. “Literature in Ö1” can be heard on Sundays from 6:15 p.m. on the “back room” date from July 7th. In the first episode, Wolfram Berger reads from Erich Kästner’s book “Life is always life-threatening”. In “Pasticcio” (Mon-Fri, 8:20 a.m., Sat., 8:15 a.m.), musicians from Austria and Europe can be heard as guest presenters at irregular intervals, such as the pianists Maria Radutu and Dora Deliyska and the violinist Vahid Khadem -Missagh or the pianist Stefan Mendl.
“Off to adventure” is the motto of the “Hörbilder” (Saturdays, 9:05 a.m.) in July. It starts with the feature “The Expedition or an Eskimo would never think of crossing Greenland” (July 6th), followed by “Around the World Alone: The Man Who Sacrificed His Pragmatism to the Whims of the Wind” (July 13th), “’Not because it’s easy – because it’s hard!’ The USA’s race to the moon and other stories” (July 20) and “I am the monkey. The ethnographer Heike Behrend is ethnographed” (July 27). In August, “100 Years of Radio” is the motto of the “Hörbilder”. The topics are “Black Channels: Pirate Radios in the GDR” (August 3rd), “The adventurous life of sound engineer Herbert Prasch” (August 10th), and “Good morning, the girls! Servas, the Buam!” – a reminiscence of the Austrian radio legend Heinz Conrads (17.8.), an English vintage radio station in “Angelradio. Soundtrack of Memories” (August 24) and “Tony Schwartz. An archivist of human sounds” (August 31).
“100 Years of Radio” and summer forays
“Summer forays – exploring Europe” is the theme of “Ambiente” (Sundays, 10:05 a.m.). At the start on July 7th. The focus is on “Rhodes – then & now”, other topics in July include a literary tour through southern Sweden (July 14th), a music & architecture trip to Brno (July 21st) and “On the way on the Lech hiking trail” (July 28th). Reflecting on music, literature and art is the topic of “Thoughts” (Sundays, 9:05 a.m.). Styriarte director Mathis Huber will kick things off (July 7th), other guests in July will be jazz pianist & composer Paul Urbanek (July 14th), sculptor Erwin Wurm (July 21st) and author Katrine Engberg (July 28th).
From July 14th, the “Ex libris – Summer Talks” can be heard every Sunday from 4 p.m. Dialogue as a basic democratic principle is the common thread of the seven conversations, each of which focuses on an author. In the first issue, Judith Hoffmann speaks with Daniel Kehlmann, in the subsequent episodes Nicole Dietrich speaks with Karin Peschka (July 21), Julia Zarbach with Bodo Hell (July 28), Günter Kaindlstorfer with Nava Ebrahimi (August 4), Peter Zimmermann with Hans Platzgumer (11.8.), Christine Scheucher with Anna Mitgutsch (18.8.) and Wolfgang Popp with Ann Cotten (25.8.).
The “Ö1 Talent Exchange” will again be presenting up-and-coming artists from July 29th (Mon-Fri, 7:53 a.m.). “Subject: History” (Mon-Fri, 3:55 p.m.) is dedicated to the topic “100 Years of Radio in Austria” every first week of the month from August to December. The first season from August 5th to 8th is about “The Beginnings (1924-1939)”. Further information about the Ö1 program is available at https://oe1.orf.at.
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