Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
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Friday May 30, 2008
Morning Classics
A Midsummer Night Vigil, with a sky full of stars and bonfire dance - summery flower pieces, from Scotland's James Oswald - and a Saturday Night Waltz to take us into the first weekend of June!
Thursday May 29, 2008
Morning Classics
Summer Dances, Bartered Bride dances,...get the picture? Don't sit down yet!
Wednesday May 28, 2008
Morning Classics
Russell Peck's "Peace" Overture, inspired by the Camp David Peace Accord - and, from 2004 - Arvo Part's Grammy-winning "Da Pacem Domine" - ("Give Us Peace in our Time, O Lord").
Tuesday May 27, 2008
Morning Classics
Listener request for Elgar's "Enigma Variations", and the warm breeze of Mozart's 'Cosi Fan tutte' trio; "Soave sia il vento..." ("Gentle be the breeze...")
Monday May 26, 2008
Morning Classics
VPR Classical's Memorial Day commemoration gets underway with Arthur Sullivan's Overture, "In Memoriam"; Barber's haunting "Agnus Dei", and a listener request for Ron Nelson's "Lauds" - commissioned by the US Airforce to honor the families of service people worldwide.
Friday May 23, 2008
Morning Classics
"You ladies, you know what love is!" ...so sings Cherubino as he's ready to ship out to the military. We'll hear that aria, and Edward Elgar's setting of Alfred Lord Tennyson's "There is Sweet Music" this morning.
Thursday May 22, 2008
Morning Classics
This morning a piece that's never been played before on VPR: Arthur Sullivan's lyrical Cello Concerto. And, thinking about Memorial Day weekend coming up, we'll hear Vivaldi's "Et in terra pax" ("And peace on Earth") from his Gloria.
Wednesday May 21, 2008
Morning Classics
"The bright sun, merriment and noise / amuse the more frivolous; / only the poet is possessed / by love of quiet things." - Camille Saint-Saens, from his poem, "Calme des Nuits" - It's "Music in Literature" week on Performance Today, and we're getting an early start with that theme this morning on VPR Classical.
Tuesday May 20, 2008
Morning Classics
It's "Music in Literature" week on Performance Today; this morning we'll hear Beethoven's Impressionistic setting of Goethe's poem, "Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage"
Monday May 19, 2008
Morning Classics
It's all about the melodies this morning on VPR Classical: Tchaikovsky's "Andante Cantabile"; Mozart's 21st Piano Concerto; Dvorak's "My Home" concert overture...
Friday May 16, 2008
Morning Classics
It's Liberace's birthday, and we have just the tribute for the occasion: Michael Daugherty's "Candelabra Rhumba" from "Le Tombeau de Liberace"! It's a rhinestone-covered, Rolls Royce-collecting kind of morning on VPR Classical.
Thursday May 15, 2008
Morning Classics
Today marks the 100th birthday anniversary of Sweden's Lars-Erik Larssen, we'll celebrate with the "Trombone" Concertina --- that Larssen never wrote! And a listener request for music performed by pianist Emmanuel Ax...
Wednesday May 14, 2008
Morning Classics
Music for a(nother!) beautiful May morning: Mendelssohn's "Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage", and Thomas Campion's sweet song "Shall I come, sweet love?"
Monday May 12, 2008
Morning Classics
Listener requests for Eugene Onegin & a symphony this morning...and a gorgeous setting of the Octavio Paz poem, "Water Night".
Friday May 9, 2008
Morning Classics
A celebration of mothers and children this morning...
Thursday May 8, 2008
Morning Classics
This morning: a rousing coronation anthem from Handel, and Giuliani's Variations on a Theme by Handel. And we'll hear from Henry Cowell, one of the American pioneers of modern music - his own composition, and a work by his good friend Charles Ives, which Cowell edited.
Wednesday May 7, 2008
Morning Classics
Birthdays abound today: Brahms (Hamburg, Germany - 1833) and Tchaikovsky (Votkinsk, Russia - 1840)....and, we'll head to the ranch with a listener request for Aaron Copland!
Tuesday May 6, 2008
Morning Classics
Listener requests this morning for "the Wasps" and Bizet's "L'Arlesienne"...
Monday May 5, 2008
Morning Classics
¿ Cinco de Mayo - what better excuse for a fiesta ?
Friday May 2, 2008
Morning Classics
"Of all the months of the year, to mirthful May there is no peer. Her glistening garments are so gay! You lovers all make merry cheer, Thru' gladness of this lusty May." - Elizabethan ballad (featured this morning on VPR Classical!)
Thursday May 1, 2008
Morning Classics
May Day! May Day!
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