This Sunday night on “The Lost Chord,” it’s the sharing of the green.
Edward Joseph Collins (1886-1951) was born to Irish-American parents in Joliet, Illinois. Though he studied abroad with Max Bruch and Engelbert Humperdinck, it was in Chicago that he made his career. Nearly a generation older than Copland and Gershwin, he too found inspiration in African-American spirituals, cowboy songs, and jazz.
Collins’ relationship to the Irish was a complex one. Nonetheless, he couldn’t escape the pull of his heritage and its music. Tune in to hear three of his Irish meditations this week. “Irish Ties Are Smiling,” this Sunday night at 10:00 EDT, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.