Now that it’s summer, it’s time to catch up on our reading! Whether it’s a beach book or a timeless literary classic, reading for pleasure is its own reward. This week on “Sweetness and Light,” imagine yourself in a lawn chair, under a good shade tree, perhaps with a beverage at your side, and enjoy an hour of music, hand-picked to get you in the spirit.
It will be a veritable lending library of compositions for concert hall, opera house, musical theater, salon, and film, with works inspired by J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter, Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn, Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, Leo Tolstoy’s “War and Peace,” Voltaire’s “Candide,” Victor Hugo’s “The Hunchback of Notre-Dame,” Jonathan Swift’s “Gulliver’s Travels,” Peter Benchley’s “Jaws,” Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird,” and Henry Fielding’s “Tom Jones.”
Celebrate two of life’s great pleasures – music and books! Set aside your cares. They’ll still be here when you get back. Get yourself in the mindset to unplug and enjoy some quiet time. Prime yourself for a carefree summer of reading, on “Sweetness and Light,” this Saturday morning at 11:00 EDT/8:00 PDT, exclusively on KWAX, the radio station of the University of Oregon!
Stream it wherever you are at the link:
https://kwax.uoregon.edu/
Summer Reading on “Sweetness and Light”
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9 responses to “Summer Reading on “Sweetness and Light””
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I have starting to read this. Good so far: https://www.amazon.com/Tarzan-Conqueror-Adventures-Edgar-Burroughs/dp/1618274562/ref=asc_df_1618274562?tag=bingshoppinga-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=80470717338137&hvnetw=o&hvqmt=e&hvbmt=be&hvdev=m&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=51639&hvtargid=pla-4584070209171609&psc=1&hvocijid=13304399890234013870-1618274562-&hvexpln=0
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Brennan Morsette I’m a big Edgar Rice Burroughs fan, and enjoy both the John Carter and Tarzan books, but I draw the line at continuations by other hands (as in the countless post-Doyle Sherlock Holmes stories). I’m glad you’re enjoying it, though. I have the same author’s “King Kong vs. Tarzan,” which was given to me as a gift. I read a little of it, but I’m too slow a reader to squander my time, when I could actually be reading authentic Burroughs! I’d be happy to send it to you, though, if you think you’d like it.
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Classic Ross AmicoNo that’s ok. Although I may read it at some point. I have enjoyed his other books re: Doc Savage, King Kong, the Spider et al.
I enjoyed Haggard’s Heart of the World which you gave me recently though btw. 😊 -
Brennan Morsette Found this one the other day. I didn’t even realize it existed. I thought there were only three “She” books. This one’s a prequel. Can’t say it will be my next read — although, as you know, I just reread “She” fairly recently, after having finished that very pleasant surprise, “Eric Brighteyes” — but I am glad to have it. Of course, I would prefer an older edition. That said, I’m sorry not to have paid attention to these Del Rey paperbacks when they were out in the ’70s. I guess I didn’t realize then that it was the same Haggard who wrote “King Solomon’s Mines,” and that he was a real writer whose books have been around for quite a long time!Media: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1885123742406680&set=p.1885123742406680&type=3
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Classic Ross Amicoyeah you don’t get covers like that anymore.
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Hi Ross, might there be a link or reference for this morning’s Cheshire Cat piece & composer?
Enjoyed all. Thank you!-
Eliza Wall Oh! I just responded to your private message. Let me know if you need any more info. If it was sheet music you were interested in, I would have to look a little harder, but I’m sure I could direct you someplace.
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Hi,
The only message I see is here. Just the composer name and original title will be fine.
There’s a lot of Cheshire Cats out there 🐱-
Thank you for this🌷
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