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Wednesday February 27, 2008

Morning Classics

A chorus from Bach's "St. Matthew Passion", for the Lenten season...and music from Schumann, and Mendelssohn - the two composers who advocated for Bach and revived interest in his music nearly a hundred years after his death.

Tuesday February 26, 2008

Morning Classics

Celebrating a few birthdays today, and 'thinking spring' with Schumann's First Symphony, and Keiko Abe's percussion portrait of springtime in Japan: "Dream of the Cherry Blossoms"

Monday February 25, 2008
Doing some dancing this morning, with two piano polkas by Smetana, and Janacek's "Lachian Dances" based on Moravian folktunes.

Friday February 22, 2008

Morning Classics

Listener request for "The Heavens are Telling", from Haydn's "Creation" oratorio...and Dvorak's "American" Suite (which only PARTLY lives up to its name.)

Thursday February 21, 2008

Morning Classics

Andres Segovia commissioned over 300 guitar pieces in his long career - without having to pay for a single one! One of those was the Alexandre Tansman "Suite in the Polish Style", we'll hear it today in celebration of  Segovia's birthday.

 

 

Wednesday February 20, 2008

Morning Classics

In the first hour, "col legno" - "with wood" - in music by Rossini, Strauss, Beethoven and Vivaldi.

Tuesday February 19, 2008

Morning Classics

Musical forecast calling for heavy winds this morning, -- 13 of them! in Richard Strauss' "Serenade".

Monday February 18, 2008

Morning Classics

American music for President's Day

Friday February 15, 2008

Morning Classics

Singing our way through a cold Feb. morning with Schubert's "Fruhlinsgesang" (Spring Song) and Morten Lauridsen's "Mid-winter Songs".

Thursday February 14, 2008

Morning Classics

Valentine's Day!

Love is in - and ON - the air today. Happy Valentine's Day!

Wednesday February 13, 2008

Morning Classics

With influences from New York, New Orleans,...and Murray's Restaurant in Minneapolis(!) it's Paul Shoenfield's "Cafe Music" this morning.

Tuesday February 12, 2008

Morning Classics

Listener request for the Chorus of Gypsies and Matadors (Flora's party scene) from Verdi's "La Traviata"

Monday February 11, 2008

Morning Classics

From 1984, we'll hear "Wallfahrtslied" ("Pilgrim's Song"), the piece that Arvo Part wrote in memoriam of his countryman, the late Estonian film director Grigory Kromanov.

Friday February 8, 2008

Morning Classics

Weekend forecast calling for more snow...so we're heading to warmer regions for today's music with three dances by Mexico City composer Mario LaVista - music from Aaron Copland's visit to Mexico, and from the Mediterranean, dances from Spain's Juan del Encina!

 

Thursday February 7, 2008

Morning Classics

Featuring Mozart's duet "La ci darem la mano", and Chopin's variations on the same melody. And we'll listen to the Estonian Phil. Chamber Choir in a beautifully resonant version of Rachmaninoff's "Blessed be the man".

Wednesday February 6, 2008

Morning Classics

Ash Wednesday, first day of Lent - this morning a listener suggestion for the ethereal "Miserere" by Gregorio Allegri

Tuesday February 5, 2008

Morning Classics

Feb. 5th, 1816 - premiere of Rossini's "Barber of Seville" - and we'll hear from Mozart's continuation of that same story, "The Marriage of Figaro". In the second hour - Mardi Gras!

Monday February 4, 2008

Morning Classics

We're in for six more weeks of winter, Punxatawney Phil saw his shadow on Saturday...we'll hear the opening from Bach's Cantata #202 - "Be gone, doleful shadows..."

Friday February 1, 2008

Morning classics

Winter storm warning today...time for Mozart's "sleigh ride"! And thoughts turn to warmer climates, we'll hear Debussy's snappy "Iberia", and the Assad brothers in their tribute to Brazil's Antonio Carlos Jobim.

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