This Saturday morning on “Sweetness and Light,” it’s April in Paris.
We’ll hear April-and-Paris themed songs by Charles Trenet (“En avril, à Paris”), Georges Bizet (“Chanson d’avril”) and, of course, Vernon Duke (“April in Paris”), alongside a symphony for wind instruments by Charles Gounod (first performed in Paris in April 1885), a love song by Erik Satie, a suite (“Paris”) by British light music master Haydn Wood, and a work by Darius Milhaud as good as spring itself.
It will be an hour of cafés and croissants, blossoms and bisous, on “Sweetness and Light,” this Saturday morning at 11:00 EDT/8:00 PST, exclusively on KWAX Classical Oregon!
Stream it, wherever you are, at the link:
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Tag: France
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April in Paris on “Sweetness and Light”
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Zardoz Beethoven’s 7th? France Says Hold My Wine
Until now, I thought John Boorman’s “Zardoz” was the most peculiar use of Beethoven’s 7th.
France: Hold my wine.
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Notre Dame Tributes on The Classical Network
Join me this afternoon on The Classical Network, as we commemorate Notre Dame Cathedral and celebrate its legacy as a center of sacred, cultural, historical, patriotic and – not least – musical significance.
Miraculously, reports are coming in that the cathedral’s Grand Organ has survived the fire – though in what condition it is in is anyone’s guess. This is the instrument on which Louis Vierne and Maurice Duruflé regularly improvised. Vierne even died at the console!
The organ will be represented in recordings this afternoon, following today’s Noontime Concert.
First, we’ll hear two selections for Holy Week, courtesy of Gotham Early Music Scene (GEMS). The ensemble Artek will perform “Lamentations of Jeremiah” by Johann Rosenmüller and Bourbon Baroque, Inc. will perform the “Stabat Mater” of Luigi Boccherini.
These works were presented as part of the Midtown Concerts series, held at the chapel of St. Bartholomew’s Church, 325 Park Avenue, in New York City. Free concerts take place at St. Bart’s on Thursdays at 1:15 p.m. For more information, visit GEMS’ website, gemsny.org, and click on the events calendar.
Following today’s Noontime Concert broadcast, I’ll share an hour of sonic impressions of Notre Dame de Paris, featuring the Grand Organ, the cathedral choir, and the tolling of its magnificent bells. The remainder of the afternoon will be a celebration of France and its iconic centerpiece.
“Our Lady” will rise again, from 12 to 4 pm. EDT, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.
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