Odyssey on the Radio This Sunday

Odyssey on the Radio This Sunday

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I’d be the first to admit that some of my shows have been more like groundouts to first. But this one is a guaranteed Homer.

This Sunday night on “The Lost Chord,” tune in for an hour of high adventure and satisfied bloodlust, as we listen to musical evocations of “The Odyssey.”

We’ll hear Ernst Boehe’s symphonic poem “Departure and Shipwreck,” from his cycle “From Odysseus’ Voyages” (1903-05), and Benjamin Britten’s radio play “The Rescue of Penelope” (1943), narrated by Dame Janet Baker.

Odysseus, of course, is one of the heroes of the Trojan War, waylaid time and again, on his homeward journey, by Poseidon and the frailties of his own men. It takes him ten years to make his way back to Ithaca. When he gets there, he finds his wife beset by boorish suitors all vying for her hand and his throne.

What happens next pushes all the same buttons that are still pushed whenever Sylvester Stallone or Arnold Schwarzenegger apply the camouflage, strap on the bandoliers, and sheathe the big knives. Along the way, there’s also some meaningful father-son bonding. Leave it to Homer, who always knew how to lend a little class to the classics.

Zing goes the string of Odysseus’ bow! Just as Grandma rendered in needlepoint, there’s no place like “Home Sweet Homer,” this Sunday night at 10:00 EDT, on WWFM – The Classical Network and at wwfm.org.


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