This Month's
WETA Focus

May 2012

May heralds an array of engaging WETA television and radio broadcasts. On WETA TV 26 and WETA HD, we feature the eagerly awaited second season of the popular Masterpiece production Sherlock, a contemporary adaptation of Sherlock Holmes cases.

This month on WETA TV 26 and WETA HD, we also present the WETA-produced concert special Burt Bacharach & Hal David: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song In Performance at the White House, which honors the composer and lyricist team.

And in May, WETA once again partners with Capital Concerts to present to the nation the annual National Memorial Day Concert program live from the grounds of the U.S. Capitol. Surrounding Memorial Day, we reprise the acclaimed 2007 documentary THE WAR, a monumental film about the American experience of World War II by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick and created in partnership with WETA.

Also this month, we air a new film, Joan Miró: The Ladder of Escape, from our friends at the National Gallery of Art.

On Classical WETA 90.9 FM, the chamber music series Center Stage from Wolf Trap commences a 13-week run of programs featuring performances by world-class ensembles recorded by WETA at the Barns at Wolf Trap in Virginia.

And our weekly local concert broadcast Front Row Washington presents a prelude to the upcoming Fredericksburg Chamber Music Festival and features performances from the University of Maryland’s National Orchestral Institute. Tune in and enjoy these WETA broadcasts, created to enlighten and inspire.

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