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The 2008 Top 100

January 1st, 2009 · 1 Comment

First, here’s the list:

http://www.dpr.org/2008_Top_100.htm

Surprises?  Glaring omissions?  Certainly there were a few, but perhaps the biggest surprise was the ever-predictable Beethoven 9th Symphony falling out of the #1 spot (but all the way down to #9?)  Ultimately, though, we have to remember that this was[more...]

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Tags: Classical Music · My Favorite... · Top 100

You Can’t Play That on the Radio

December 11th, 2008 · 7 Comments

Today is the 100th birthday of a great American master of serious music.

Elliott Carter was born on December 11th, 1908, and for the past 20 years, since Carter was just a young man of 80, there are only two pieces[more...]

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Tags: Classical Music · Did You Know...

A Letter from a Listener

October 7th, 2008 · 3 Comments

As my husband and I travel in our motor home during summers and winters, we’re always on the lookout for radio stations, both public and commercial, that offer good (read that, classical) music.  In fact, we own two guides to[more...]

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Tags: Classical Music · Financial support · Station News · Year-End Giving

Mozart’s Latest Hit?

September 19th, 2008 · No Comments

A manuscript for a previously unknown composition by Mozart was discovered in a French library.
The tune is intact, but the instrumentation and harmonies are incomplete. This may have been a simple little diddy that he tossed off one night and[more...]

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Tags: Classical Music · Events

THE FLY - The Opera?

September 10th, 2008 · No Comments

I just read this review of a new opera by film composer Howard Shore, the man who created the magnificent score to the Lord of the Rings trilogy:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/09/09/opera.fly.ap/index.html?iref=newssearch

That’s right, the 1950’s and 1980’s sci-fi horror films The Fly has been turned into[more...]

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Tags: Classical Music