SERGEI RACHMANINOFF:
Piano Concerto No. 2
Music Hosts/Announcers
Eric Glissmeyer
Reg Pontius
Walter Rudolph
Bruce Seely
Wes Sims
Marcus Smith
Rosie Stevenson
Peter Van De Graaff
Mark Wait
REG PONTIUS
Evening Classics
Of all the lessons Reg Pontius learned while living as a boy in Morocco, the most vivid was that you can't charm a camel. Reg came to Classical 89 in 1980 with a lifetime of listening, studying, and reading about classical music, especially opera. A lover of the voice and art of soprano Maria Callas, with complete impartiality he considers the history of opera to be divided—before Callas and after Callas—with the years of her career the Golden Age. His love of the arts includes the cinema from the very beginning to the present, and he considers silent films on DVD to be the greatest thing since, well, silent films. Though a lover of ancient history, especially Egyptian, Reg is grateful to be living in the present and working with a wonderful group of talented people who, like him, enjoy sharing their love of music with those who tune into Classical 89. Reg is now retired, but will volunteer his time to host Weekend Classics from 3 to 5pm Sundays.