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Musical Jokes!

We’ll celebrate April Fool’s Day with musical jokes and humoresques from John Knowles Paine, William Walton, and Franz Joseph Haydn.

We’ll hear Vincent d’Indy’s Fantasy on French Folk Tunes and a Phantasy by Frank Bridge. Plus works by Tchaikovsky and Grieg!

We’ll hear Bartok’s Rhapsody #1 for Violin and Orchestra in honor of the composer’s birthday.

We’ll hear some Chausson from area musician Soovin Kim at 8:30 this morning.

We’ll celebrate with Bach works and arrangements, plus works of Rossini, Mozart, and Chopin.

We celebrate the vernal equinox (happening at 7:02!) with spring songs by Sibelius, Strauss II, Eric Coates, and, of course, Vivaldi.

Music this morning from a lesser-known composer – Jean-Joseph Cassanea de Mondonville.

We’ll hear wind music from Gerald Finzi, Johann Christian Bach and Emmanuel Chabrier this morning.

We’ll hear Vermont musicians Karen Kevra and Paul Orgel in anticipation of their performance with Capitol City Concerts this Sunday.

Celebrate the birthdays of Telemann and Johan Strauss!