“We’ll eat you up, we love you so!”

Who could make Maurice Sendak’s “Where the Wild Things Are” into an opera? Why Oliver Knussen, of course. Here’s a clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyU9E6hbsf4

Tune in to The Classical Network on this, Knussen’s birthday, to hear his “Music for a Puppet Court,” composed as a kind of break between his Sendak operas, “Where the Wild Things Are” and “Higglety Pigglety Pop!” We’ll also mark the birthdays of Polish composer Alexandre Tansman and fusion pianist Chick Corea.

Let the wild rumpus start, between 4 and 7 p.m. EDT, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.