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Then enjoy music from “Cocoon” (James Horner), “The Day the Earth Stood Still” (Bernard Herrmann), and “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” and “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial” (both by John Williams).

We come in peace, this Friday evening at 6:00 EDT, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.

BERNARD HERRMANN BONUS!

Tune in tonight at 8:00 for a rebroadcast of Herrmann’s music for the radio play “Whitman.” The concert was given at Washington’s National Cathedral on June 1. William Sharp will be heard in the title role, reciting Whitman’s poetry, with the PostClassical Ensemble conducted by Angel Gil-Ordóñez. Also on the program will be Herrmann’s Clarinet Quintet, “Souvenirs de Voyage,” and “Psycho: A Narrative for String Orchestra.”