Of course St. Patrick ordered whiskey…
Category: Daily Dispatch
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Edward Collins Irish Music Sunday
This Sunday night on “The Lost Chord,” it’s the sharing of the green.
Edward Joseph Collins (1886-1951) was born to Irish-American parents in Joliet, Illinois. Though he studied abroad with Max Bruch and Engelbert Humperdinck, it was in Chicago that he made his career. Nearly a generation older than Copland and Gershwin, he too found inspiration in African-American spirituals, cowboy songs, and jazz.
Collins’ relationship to the Irish was a complex one. Nonetheless, he couldn’t escape the pull of his heritage and its music. Tune in to hear three of his Irish meditations this week. “Irish Ties Are Smiling,” this Sunday night at 10:00 EDT, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.
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Boost My Facebook Page Likes Please?
If you like it, why not “like” it?
I don’t know what’s going on, but for some reason, in the last week or so, my Facebook “follows” have taken off like a Mannheim rocket. So much so, in fact, that there is now a great disparity between my “follows” and “likes.”
I have a favor to ask: If you have recently started to follow the page, would you consider liking it? If enough of you could find it in your hearts to do so, it would put me well up over 400 likes.
It shouldn’t cost you anything to do it, and you might even find some vicarious satisfaction in lending my empty life some purpose and validating my existence. Please consider liking Classic Ross Amico.
Thank you!
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Bach’s Birthday: Celebrate with WWFM and the Bach 500
That time Bach met Frederick the Great – what a ball they had.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdmcabpiGYU
Only five days left until March 21st – Bach’s birthday! We at WWFM – The Classical Network would love to celebrate by sharing Bach’s music on that day, all day. But in order for us to do so, we need 500 altruistic music lovers to help make it happen.
Every March, we pitch the “Bach 500.” We request that 500 listeners step up and make a contribution IN ANY AMOUNT. When we reach that goal of 500 contributions, we immediately shut our pie holes and start spinning the platters like nobody’s business. No more talk of filthy lucre. Only pure enjoyment of some of the most transcendent music ever written.
In order to make this paradisal vision a reality, we need to have those 500 contributions in hand by March 21st. So if you’ve received a renewal notice in the mail, get your check in that return envelope and send it back to us ASAP! We’d like it to count toward this important goal.
Of course, you can contribute ANYTIME over the weekend at our website, wwfm.org. Click on “Donate.” You can also monitor our progress there by watching the mercury rise in the giant thermometer on the right side of the page. We’ve got a fever, and the only prescription is Bach!
Thank you in advance for your generosity, and here’s hoping that Thursday is a day of music, and not some bastardized version of a celebration interrupted by tiresome fundraising . Bach deserves more than that, and so do you!
Note to self: don’t use words like “pie hole” and “bastardized” in front of the king
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Ides of March Roman Movie Music on WWFM
Beware the Ides of March!
March 15th lives in infamy as the anniversary of the murder of Julius Caesar in 44 B.C. Shortly after declaring himself Dictator for Life, Caesar was set upon by members of the Roman Senate and stabbed 23 times.
This week on “Picture Perfect,” toga is the dressing for a Caesar salad of films set in Ancient Rome. We’ll hear selections from “Julius Caesar” (1953) by Miklós Rózsa, “Cleopatra” (1963) by Alex North, “Gladiator” (2000) by Hans Zimmer, and “The Fall of the Roman Empire” (1964) by Dimitri Tiomkin.
Rome wasn’t built in a day. It falls in an hour, this week, on “Picture Perfect” – music for the movies – this Friday evening at 6:00 EDT, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.
Great Caesar’s ghost! Louis Calhern shares a cup of coffee with Marlon Brando on the set of “Julius Caesar”
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