Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
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Wednesday April 30, 2008
Morning Classics
Imagine planning a wedding with over 20,000 guests! That's what Percy Grainger and his wife-to-be did, when they were married at the Hollywood Bowl after the premiere of Grainger's new work "To a Nordic Princess". This morning we'll hear a work Grainger wrote around 3 decades prior, while still a student.
Tuesday April 29, 2008
Morning Classics
Need a haircut or a shave? Don't ask Figaro, he's too busy plotting and meddling in everyone else's business to do any "real" work! Featuring "The Barber of Seville" this morning - and, a listener request for the Bach double violin concerto.
Monday April 28, 2008
Morning Classics
It's Monday morning of a new week, in springtime - rejoice greatly!
Friday April 25, 2008
Morning Classics
Blue Cathedral, Blue Monday...and beautiful blue springtime skies here this morning.
Thursday April 24, 2008
Morning Classics
Pots, spoons, dishcloths - all cavorting in a wild story of romance and deception. What's the world coming to?! Martinu's "La revue de cuisine", is what: an absurdist ballet with freewheeling music and a plot straight out of a grocery store culinary department.
Wednesday April 23, 2008
Morning Classics
Shakespeare's birthday, National Poetry Month, and a gorgeous spring morning - what more do we need?
Tuesday April 22, 2008
Morning Classics
Earthy sounds and inspiration for this April 22nd.
Monday April 21, 2008
Morning Classics
Passover began this weekend, today it's Handel's Passover oratorio "Israel in Egypt", and Korngold's luminous "Passover Psalm" - written in the heart of WWII - 1941.
Wednesday April 16, 2008
Morning Classics
The lovers bid a fond farewell as the lights dim, and the curtain comes down on the first act...the beautiful duet, "O soave fanciulla" from Puccini's La Bohème - by listener request this morning.
Tuesday April 15, 2008
Morning Classics (solace for tax day)
Beethoven's "Rage Over a Lost Penny" (for all of us who are losing MANY on this April 15th...!) and sounds of springtime in today's mix.
Monday April 14, 2008
Morning Classics
Is music on your mind this springtime? You can make music suggestions and ask questions by clicking here: VPR REQUESTS
This morning, by listener request: Bach's 2nd Orchestral Suite and the melodic "Scottish Fantasy" by Max Bruch.
Friday April 11, 2008
Morning Classics
Spring has sprung in this morning's music...the bluebirds are singing, the children are playing games, and Mozart's "Der Fruhling" ("Spring") is an homage to the beauty of the woods.
Thursday April 10, 2008
Morning Classics
A spring bouquet of listener requests this morning including Erik Satie's "Gymnopedie #1", and Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Songs of Travel", based on verse by Robert Louis Stevenson. (In honor of April, National Poetry Month).
Wednesday April 9, 2008
Morning Classics
Listener request for Bach (his motet, "Lobet den Herrn") - and the snappy D major Guitar Concerto by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco!
Tuesday April 8, 2008
Morning Classics
Listener question: what does Lou Harrison sound like? His gamelan/Buddhist-influenced La Koro Sutro ("The Heart Sutra") is on this morning's program...and we'll check into The Yellow Pages with Michael Torke.
Monday April 7, 2008
Morning Classics
Featuring pianist Leon Fleisher in a classic 1961 recording of Beethoven's 2nd Piano Concerto
Friday April 4, 2008
Morning Classics
Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
April is National Poetry Month - today we're remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with his own poetic "I Have a Dream" speech (set to music by Joseph Schwantner), and Langton Hughes reading his thoughtful "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"...and a happy 80TH birthday today to Maya Angelou! (b. April 4, 1928)
Thursday April 3, 2008
Morning Classics
Thinking warm, sunny thoughts with "A Dream in the Flowerbed" and the William Alwyn "Pastoral Fantasia"!
Wednesday April 2, 2008
Morning Classics
From Forest Murmers to the Goldfinch, and the First Cuckoo of Spring...sounds of the season this morning on VPR Classical. Send us your Signs of Spring here, VPR.NET!
Tuesday April 1, 2008
Morning Classics
April Fool's Day & Sounds of Spring
Fun music this morning, no fooling! And some sounds of spring in the second hour.
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