Vive la France! Tomorrow morning on WPRB, we celebrate Bastille Day.
Among other musical confections, we’ll enjoy the collaborative ballet, “Les mariés de la tour Eiffel” (“The Wedding Party on the Eiffel Tower”), by members of Les Six, a surreal romp set on the Parisian landmark on July 14.
We’ll also hear selections from the album “Tower Music,” a recent release on the Innova Recordings label, in which mad visionary Joseph Bertolozzi plays the actual Tour Eiffel like a giant percussion instrument.
There will also be music by French Revolution Era composer Étienne Nicolas Méhul, Napoleon’s cellist, Jean-Louis Duport, and Hector Berlioz’s setting of “La Marseillaise.”
I’ll be chain-smoking baguettes, tomorrow morning from 6 to 11 EDT, on WPRB 103.3 FM and at wprb.com. “Liberté, égalité, fraternité” is our motto, on Classic Ross Amico.

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