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- Today in Classical Music History - November 24 9:09pm Nov 23
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1839 - Berlioz's dramatic symphony "Romeo and Juliet" first performed in Paris, conducted by the composer.1868 - Scott Joplin, American pianist and composer, born in Texarkana (died 1917)...
90.5 Classical from WKAR The fanfare is one of the oldest forms of music and usually played on one of the oldest instruments. Originating in the Middle Ages, the short piece of music most often played by trumpets and other brass instruments and, sometimes, percussion. Its main function is ceremonial, signifying the arrival of royalty or other important people. Mark has Jean-Joseph Mouret’s “Suite de Simphonies No. 1, Fanfares” at 9 a.m.
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90.5 Classical from WKAR Is music can be good for your health-and is health good for music? In 2000 Kalamazoo's Bronson Hospital commissioned a work to celebrate a new building. Jody offers "New Beginnings" at 1. http://wkar.org
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1585 - Thomas Tallis, father of English cathedral music, died in Greenwich (born about 1505).1876 - Manuel de Falla, Spanish composer, born in Cadiz (died 1946 in Argentina).1878 - Andre Caplet, French composer, born in Le Havre (died 1925).1903 - Enrico Caruso makes his Metropolitan Opera debut in...
- Saint Cecilia's Day, Patron Saint of Music.1683 - Purcell's "Ode for St...
1695 - Henry Purcell, English composer, died in London (born 1659).1877 - Sigfrid Karg-Elert, German organist and composer, born in Wurttemberg (died 1933). Changed his last name because "Karg" translates as "avaricious." 1937 - Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony is premiered in St...
90.5 Classical from WKAR 90.5 Classical from WKAR Mark has Claude Debussy's Sonata No. 3 in g minor for Violin and Piano performed by violinist I-Fu Wang and pianist Ralph Votapek at about 11:35 a.m. Recorded at their MSU College of Music recital March 30, 2006.
1805 - Beethoven's opera "Fidelio" first produced at Vienna.1873 - Daniel Gregory Mason, American composer and educator, born in Brookline, Mass. (died 1953)...
90.5 Classical from WKAR Sometimes it’s not what you know but who you know. Christoph Nichelmann had a famous teacher (Johann Sebastian Bach) and studied with Georg Phillip Telemann. He worked for the Prussian court in Berlin as second harpsichordist (with Carl Phillip Emmanuel Bach). Friday morning Mark offers the Overture in B-flat for Two Oboes, Strings and Continuo by Nichelmann.
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American composer Charles Fernandez
works primarily in movies and animation. "Ratso Scherzo" is a romp for piano and orchestra taken from music Fernandez wrote the TV show "Casper" (rats run amuck through an orchestra during the performance of a piano concerto.) Jody joins the rat race at 1.http://wkar.org
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90.5 Classical from WKAR During the disastrous premiere of Rossini’s opera “The Barber of Seville,” a cat somehow got on stage amid the derisive jeering, hissing and whistling from the audience. And that explains the origin of the term “catcall.” At 9, the overture to “The Barber of Seville.”
1859 - Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer (of "Caucasian Sketches") and teacher, born in Gatchina (died 1935).1921 - Geza Anda, Hungarian pianist, born in Budapest (died 1976 in Zurich).1933 - Siegfried Behrend, German guitarist, born on this date.1944 - Agnes Baltsa, Greek soprano, born in...
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The text of Psalm 122 has been set to music by several British
composers throughout history for use in coronations going all the way
back to King James II in 1685. Hubert Parry’s setting of “I was glad
when they said unto me” written for the coronation of Edward VII in
1902 wins the prize for capturing British regal pomp and ceremony. Jody
plays Parry's crowning achievement at 1 today.http://wkar.org
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Some operas remain popular while others are long forgotten? Why?
Conductor Sir Thomas Beecham says, “If an opera cannot be played by an
organ-grinder, as Puccini and Verdi melodies were, that opera will not
achieve immortality.” Mark offers no organ-grinders but the Mostly
Mozart Festival Orchestra with the overture to Mozart’s “The Magic
Flute” in the 9 a.m. hour.
1786 - Carl Maria von Weber, German composer and founder of the German Romantic school, born in Oldenburg (died 1826).1836 - W.S...
