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Arctic Adventure Radio Journey

Once upon a time, a trip to the Pole required dog sleds, pack animals, and an unimaginable surplus of grit. Now all you need is a radio.

I hope you’ll join me this morning on WPRB as we armchair travel to the Arctic, subarctic, and Antarctic, with musical evocations by John Luther Adams, Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, Paul Moravec, Einar Englund, Nigel Westlake, George Lloyd, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Uuno Klami, Geirr Tveitt, and perhaps even Billy Mayerl. Our itinerary includes stops in Alaska, Lapland, Antarctica, Siberia, and the Arctic Ocean.

We strike camp at dawn. Grab a thermos and some mukluks, and tune in from 6 to 11 EDT on WPRB 103.3 FM and at wprb.com. Expect a chilly reception, on Classic Ross Amico.

August 18, 2016
Escape the Heat Arctic & Antarctic Music

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.

August 17, 2016

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