The Well-Tempered Wireless 10a-3p Monday – Friday
Sadly, WRCJ midday host Chris Felcyn passed away unexpectedly on September 28, 2018. He was one of the best presenters of classical music on radio, and a talented, generous friend, known for his wit and creativity. He truly will be missed.
The Wireless program will continue for now with guest hosts. Thank you for your understanding and support.
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Chris, Chris, Chris,
My heart is aching. You were/still are and will be a light in our lives. Peace and congratulations on reunion with Annie.
L&T
Chris was part of my daily routine. I was very glad when his air time started at 10:00 AM.
I always enjoyed his slightly acerbic sense of humor, and always telling it like it was.
There are so few people in the media that know and enjoy presenting classical music.
I go back to the WQRS days, and would always enjoy Karl Haas’ adventures in good music.
Truly the passing of an icon, we are diminished. RIP my friend.
So sorry to hear of Mr. Felcyn’s passing! His wonderful, warm voice and clever wit will be missed by me and thousands of Metro Detroiters!
I am also saddened to hear of his passing. His knowledge of classical music and wit are going to be missed on the airwaves.
Wow! Bob Seeley is the greatest. He played on one of our live morning shows on TV2 years ago and gave a cassette to one of my colleagues. He loaned it to me and I made a copy. His St. Louis Blues March is tops. A few years ago traveling along Lake Seeley in Montana we were listening to his music. Wonderful!
Wow, listening to Bob Seeley on Lake Seeley. That sounds like a good time. We hope you make it back again soon.
Thought you might like to know that Nielson Ratings called today with their questions. I told them I have not watched t.v. in five years and the only sound in my house is 90.9 F.M. They said”oh that station is going to do backflips because you represent thousands of people in your area.” Cool
Ha ha awesome! Thank you Roberta for the thousands of listeners!
Hello Chris!
I love your program and when I drive anywhere, WRCJ is my favourite station!
I have a question: Did I get the date wrong? I thought I heard you say you would be interviewing Stephen Hough at 1:00 p.m. on Friday the 17th. So I wrote it down on my calendar and I’m now listening to some beautiful music, but no interview. Did I miss it? or did I write down the wrong date?
Hello Claire, unfortunately that was on the 16th however, you can still listen to the interview here:
https://soundcloud.com/wrcj909fmhd1/tracks
Enjoy!
Love your show and all of RCJ — from he beginning. And QRS for years before. But writing to quibble with your opinion on pronunciation of Jean Francaix. How can some Parisian woman be more of an expert on how a man pronounces his name than the man himself?????
Maybe his parents pronounced it that way. Maybe he changed the pronunciation as an “artiste” — in the way that young people frequently change the more plebian spellings of their names — or the pronunciation (how many ways have you heard Andrea pronounced? And Lord help you if you get it wrong! Maybe he did it for whimsey, or as you suggest, to confound radio announcers who were reluctant to say “sex” over the air. (Seems to have gotten to you on that one! ) Maybe he did it to be “different” –to get publicity, to promote his compositions. In any event, he says it’s X so I say we should too!
Hello Sharala, that’s one of the more complicated names. The consensus in the office is that it’s pronounced Fran-sex but the air hosts have other ideas.
I enjoyed hearing you and Judy Adams together again. This inspired my donation to WRCJ today. I have been a fan of Judy Adams since the Morphogenesis days. Thank you for providing my afternoon sound track.
No problem Brian, thanks for the financial support!
Heard you announce selections by George Antheil the last couple days. He put out a great autobiography entitled “Bad Boy of Music”, which includes the account of his time in Hollywood as a composer
but did you know he was also an inventor, sharing a patent with Hedy Kiesler Markey for radio communications “to provide a method of secret communication which is relatively simple and reliable in operation, but at the same time is difficult to discover or decipher” … for remote control of things like torpedoes? Came in really handy after its issuance June 10, 1941. Oh, and Ms. Karkey was better known as Hedy Lamarr.
Don’t stop the music!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi Craig, no we didn’t know that. That book may be of interest to our Film buff Jack Goggin. (Who by the way just added that Antheil cd to our music library)
Really enjoyed today’s 5-hour journey through the annals of classical music; what a feat for Mr. Felcyn, the boffins, and staff, and what a treat for people wanting a comprehensive overview of the fabulous content one hears every day on this radio station! Kudos to all who made this celebration of musical art possible for listeners, and a sincere Thank You from this one listener!
Hi Tamara, great! We’re glad you really liked it! Thanks for the kind words.
Could you please tell me the name and artist who performed a song on your show on Wednesday, 9-20-17, at 3:10pm. I believe he was playing a concertina. The song was charming. Thank you for your time and consideration with this song. Take care, Sue
Hello Susan, we had a harp sonata at 3:10 so maybe it was the piece a little before that called Antonia which featured an accordion which may have sounded like a concertina. Here is a link to that cd: http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/Playlist?source=WRCJ&date=201709201500
Thank you so much!!!! The link you sent me was the right one!!! Your music in the afternoon just fills my soul! Take care.
Whoa! I’m loving the Shostakovich #15.
Thanks for playing the deep cuts from beyond the normal (for me) canon.
I’m a computer programmer in Madison WI who listens out of fondness for my hometown.
Thanks for all you do 🙂
Hi Evan, glad you like it. Thanks for listening all the way from Wisconsin!