Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Menotti’s 100th
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Gian Carlo Menotti’s centennial birth anniversary is today. We’ll honor him with a gift: "This is my box" is an aria sung by one of the three wise men in Menotti’s classic "Amahl and the Night Visitors".Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Where The Wild Thyme Blows
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John Blackwood McEwen was a composer from the Scottish borderlands. He led the Royal Academy in London during the 1920s early 1930s, and left the world a musical legacy including his rich "Borderland Ballads" – richly orchestrated works, evocative of the rugged landscape of his homeland. This morning we’ll hear "Where the Wild Thyme Blows".Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Les Nuits d’été
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Ahh, summer nights: starry skies and warm, flower-perfumed breezes wafting in through open windows. This morning’s music features highlights from Hector Berlioz’s evocative song cycle "Les Nuits d’été" – "Summer nights" with the incomparable soprano Régine Crespin.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Kah-BOOM!
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Featuring an explosion of musical favorites for the Fourth of July.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Summer Travels
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Today we’ll get away with Joseph Turrin’s "Three Summer Dances", and Beethoven’s "Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage".Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Alleged Dances
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John Adams wrote his suite, "John’s Book of Alleged Dances" in 1994. Why "alleged"? Because, he says, “the steps for them have yet to be invented.” We’ll hear the improbable "Habanera" and "Rag the Bone" this morning from that suite. Careful, get that second cup of coffee before you try these moves.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Exsultate, Jubilate
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Mozart’s joyous concert aria, "Exsultate, jubilate" ring in the new day with the sublime voice of Dame Emma Kirkby. We’ll also hear an encore from the recording featured on Monday, lutenist Rolf Lislevand’s haunting "Diminutio".Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
Ye Spotted Snakes
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Featuring the spotted snakes of Mendelssohn’s "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" this morning.Classical Music with Cheryl Willoughby
