“I do not propose to write an ode to dejection, but to brag as lustily as Chanticleer in the morning, standing on his roost, if only to wake my neighbors up.” So wrote Henry David Thoreau in his preface to “Walden.”

American composer Daniel Gregory Mason’s “Chanticleer Festival Overture” will lead off music for your afternoon commute.

“All climates agree with brave Chanticleer. He is more indigenous even than the natives. His health is ever good, his lungs are sound, his spirits never flag.”

I’ll give you something to crow about, this Monday from 4 to 7 p.m. EST, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.