Before Columbus Circle, Columbus OH, and the Knights of Columbus came… He Who Must Not Be Named.
He’s a controversial figure today, but he inspired a lot of music, and this afternoon on The Classical Network, we’ll sample some of it, including works by Richard Wagner (for a stage play), Sir William Walton (for a radio play), Victor Herbert (for the concert hall, by way of the Chicago World’s Fair), and Kurt Weill & Ira Gershwin (for film).
In addition, we’ll honor one of Spain’s greatest singers, Montserrat Caballé, who died on Saturday at the age of 85, and remember composers Louis Vierne and Toru Takemitsu, on the anniversaries of their births.
In 1492, he sailed the ocean blue. No one will be harmed in the discovery of stimulating music on Columbus Day, from 4 to 7 p.m. EDT, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.
Montserrat Caballé sings Queen Isabella alongside José Carrera’s Columbus, in the world premiere of Leonarda Balada’s “Cristóbal Cólon” (1989)
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