You’ve heard of the Great American Novel, but what about the Great American Symphony?

This morning, for Election Day, I played the Symphony No.2 by Charles Ives on the air, which to me is THE Great American Symphony. The mish-mash of[more...]

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...]

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...]

We all have stories to tell about the effects of this weekend’s devastating winds.  In times like these, I’m always heartened by the best in people that comes out.  The friends and neighbors who help each other out with the[more...]

The effects of Hurricane Ike have been felt throughout our community, and have impacted operations here at Classical 88.1.  An electrical surge on Sunday knocked out our main computer server, affecting the wesbite and outside communication.  While we managed to restore[more...]