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WKAR - Public Media from Michigan State University 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. http://wkar.org
It's an NPR tradition for Susan Stamberg to share "Mama Stamberg's" cranberry relish tradition. See it here! http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120545671 This morning, WKAR's "Morning Edition" host Melissa Ingells offered "Mama Melissa's" own cranberry tradition...
WKAR - Public Media from Michigan State University 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. http://wkar.org
WKAR - Public Media from Michigan State University Want a sneak preview of WKAR's new "BackStage Pass" season, starting January 7? Check out the video!
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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 the music Fernandez wrote for an episode of the television show "Casper" (rats
running amuck through an orchestra during the performance of a piano concerto.) Jody joins the rat race at 1. http://wkar.org
WKAR - Public Media from Michigan State University 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.”
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WKAR - Public Media from Michigan State University Attention WKAR FB fans! New fan page for WKAR education services with info helpful for parents of young children, links, tips, and more! Become a fan!
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WKAR - Public Media from Michigan State University 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
WKAR - Public Media from Michigan State University 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.
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WKAR - Public Media from Michigan State University This just in: WKAR's Fireworks Glass fundraiser in December is filled. Thanks to those who signed up -- you're in for a good time!
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It’s Sir Charles Mackerras’ 84th birthday today! Join Jody for a
celebration at 1 this afternoon. He’ll play a recording that shines a
light on Charles Mackerras as both a conductor and arranger: a suite
from his ballet “Pineapple Poll” based on Gilbert and Sullivan
melodies.
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WKAR - Public Media from Michigan State University Instrumentalist, conductor, arranger – Sir Charles Mackerras has done it all. Sir Charles celebrates his 84th birthday today. Best known for his encyclopedic knowledge of the operas of Mozart, Janacek and Gilbert and Sullivan, he was exploring period instrument performance in the 1950s, long before the current trend. In the 9 a.m. hour, Sir Charles Mackerras conducts Brahms’ “Academic Festival” Overture.
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WKAR - Public Media from Michigan State University American composer George Whitefield Chadwick was born in Lowell, Mass on this date in 1854. Jody celebrates with a festive excerpt called “Jubilee” from Chadwick’s “Symphonic Sketches.” Hear it at 1 pm today on 90.5 Classical. http://wkar.org
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William Grant Still searched for a way to express the human condition and he found it in folk song. Still, the dean of African-American composers,
experienced racism throughout his life but found a unifying force in
the folk music of all cultures. He combined these tunes to create a
musical world of harmony between peoples. Hear a great example -- his “Miniatures” for flute, oboe and piano -- tomorrow in the 9 am hour.
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