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Did you ever have one of those mornings? You dream of being awakened by a kiss, but instead you get a four-legged friend panting (or worse) for his or her breakfast.
This morning, we turn our backs on reality to immerse ourselves in the fantasy worlds of the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Perrault, Aesop and others.
Okay, so maybe sometimes things turn out even worse in fairy tales. But the subjects invariably offer a blank canvas for the imaginative flights of some of the world’s great composers.
I hope you’ll join me this morning for music by Havergal Brian, Daniel Dorff, Paul Hindemith, Gustav Holst, William Hurlstone, Nikolai Medtner, Robert McBride, Robert Moran, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Ernst Toch, Siegfried Wagner, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Alexander Zemlinsky, and others of their ilk.
Musical subjects will include Pinocchio, Snow White, Old King Cole, The Little Mermaid, Three Blind Mice, and Beauty and the Beast.
It all takes place from 6 to 11 a.m. ET, on WPRB 103.3 FM or at wrpb.com. Keep the ogres at bay – and the earbuds in – with Classic Ross Amico.
Once upon a time (yesterday), I decided it might be fun to do a show of fairy tale music and music inspired by nursery rhymes. This is the kind of thing I often did for Mother’s Day, back when I had my regular weekend air shifts. But a lazy August morning seems as good a time as any to spend with the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Perrault and others.
To this end, we’ll hear music by Havergal Brian, Daniel Dorff, Paul Hindemith, Gustav Holst, William Hurlstone, Nikolai Medtner, Robert McBride, Robert Moran, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Ernst Toch, Siegfried Wagner, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Alexander Zemlinsky (or variations thereof).
Musical subjects will include Pinocchio, Snow White, Old King Cole, The Little Mermaid, Three Blind Mice, and Beauty and the Beast.
Fall under the enchantment tomorrow from 6 to 11 a.m. ET, on WPRB 103.3 FM or at wprb.com. Awake to a musical kiss from Classic Ross Amico.
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