It’s been quite a week, weather-wise, so we’re not about to leave anything to chance. Tomorrow morning on WPRB, we’ll be conjuring plenty of cool thoughts with musical journeys to the Arctic and Antarctic regions.
We’ll hear Ralph Vaughan Williams’ “Sinfonia Antarctica,” of course, his Symphony No. 7, which grew out of his film score for “Scott of the Antarctic.” I will be interpolating readings from Scott’s journals by Sir John Gielgud, from another recording.
We’ll also hear Nigel Westlake’s “Antarctica Suite,” written for guitarist John Williams. Then we’ll travel north to experience the struggle through darkness to light in George Lloyd’s “Arctic Symphony,” his Symphony No. 4.
We’ll set foot in Lapland with “The White Reindeer” by Einar Englund. In addition, we’ll hear musical (and aseasonal) evocations of the aurora borealis, or northern lights, by Uuno Klami, Geirr Tveitt and Paul Moravec.
Get ready to travel north and south, anywhere to beat the heat, tomorrow morning from 6 to 11 EDT on WPRB 103.3 FM and at wprb.com. I’ll be handing out the Eskimo pies, on Classic Ross Amico.