It is hard to say goodbye.
I will lay my sweet Hannah to rest musically this morning on WPRB, by honoring her memory with works related in one way or another to our beloved pets and companions. Among the featured works will be John Alden Carpenter’s ballet “Krazy Kat,” George Crumb’s “Mundus Canis,” Peter Schickele’s “Thurber’s Dogs,” Robert Russell Bennett’s “Suite for Skip and Sadie,” Alan Rawsthorne’s “Practical Cats” (after T.S. Eliot), Alan Hovhaness’ “Fred the Cat,” and Kenneth Leighton’s “Household Pets.” There will also be pieces inspired by Noah and St. Francis of Assisi.
In addition, we’ll hear many, many shorter works by composers such as Leroy Anderson, George Antheil, Samuel Barber, Frederic Chopin, Zez Confrey, Aaron Copland, Ernst von Dohnanyi, Daniel Dorff, Sir Edward Elgar, George Gershwin, Carlos Guastavino, Howard Hanson, William Lloyd Webber, Arthur Pryor, Maurice Ravel, Elie Siegmeister, Igor Stravinsky, Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky, and Laurel Zucker.
It will be more engaging than a length of yarn or even a wayward cricket, this Thursday morning from 6 to 11 EDT, on WPRB 103.3 FM and wrpb.com. I’m really missing my baby, on Classic Ross Amico.