We’ll have some French sports and divertissements this afternoon on The Classical Network, including “Rugby” by Arthur Honegger (Swiss-born, I know), “Jeux” by Claude Debussy, and “Bugler’s Dream,” the iconic Olympic fanfare by Leo Arnaud, whose birthday it is today.
Later on, we’ll take a side trip to Scandinavia to observe the birthday of Swedish composer Erland von Koch. Then we’ll head back home, for recordings of American music with the Eastman-Rochester Orchestra conducted by Howard Hanson, including “Adventures in the Perambulator” by John Alden Carpenter, on the anniversary of his birth.
As always, we’ll be serving up great music for your afternoon commute, from 4 to 7 p.m. EDT, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.