With Heart and Voice with Richard Gladwell

Pictured: Richard Gladwell

A retrospective from 31 years of the broadcast featuring Richard Gladwell.

WXXI-FM presents nine retrospective programs of With Heart and Voice with Richard Gladwell from the early days of the national show. Mr. Gladwell passed away on October 15, 2009 after battling brain cancer, but his sacred choral and organ music series continues with host Peter DuBois. In this retrospective series, airing Sundays at 7 p.m., July 11 through August 29 on Classical 91.5/FM-HD91.5-2, DuBois introduces each episode.

The late Mr. Gladwell produced With Heart and Voice from the studios of WXXI-FM, playing sacred choral and organ music from his personal collection of more than 6,000 records and over 4,000 compact discs. His selections spanned the full range of Western religious music, from the Gothic period to the 21st century. Today, Mr. DuBois produces the program using Mr. Gladwell's collection.

With Heart and Voice began as a local Sunday morning program on WXXI-FM in 1975, and is now in its 31st year of broadcast in Rochester. In May 2009, Mr. Gladwell, worked with WXXI to select Peter DuBois to succeed him as host of With Heart and Voice. In addition to airing on WXXI-FM, the radio program broadcasts on more than 100 public radio stations across the country.

WXXI-FM is proud to be able to continue the With Heart and Voice series in honor of Mr. Gladwell. And, listeners across the country have shared with the station their appreciation to WXXI for continuing this tradition of sacred choral and organ music.