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Olympic Music on Picture Perfect KWAX

Citius! Altius! Fortius!

This week on “Picture Perfect,” to coincide with the Summer Games in Paris, we’ll get the blood pumping, with selections from Olympic opening ceremonies and television broadcasts.

Featured composers with include Leo Arnaud (a Ravel pupil, who worked on “The Wizard of Oz” and went on to write THE classic Olympic theme), Angelo Badalamenti (David Lynch’s composer of choice), Basil Poledouris (composer of “Conan the Barbarian” and “The Hunt for Red October”), and John Williams (‘nuff said).

In addition, there will be a suite from the Olympic documentary “16 Days of Glory,” by Lee Holdridge (recipient of seven Emmys and a Grammy).

We’ll be shoveling in the Wheaties and going for the gold, on “Picture Perfect,” music for the movies – or at the very least music by film composers – now in syndication on KWAX, the radio station of the University of Oregon!

Clip and save the start times for all three of my recorded shows:

PICTURE PERFECT, the movie music show – Friday at 8:00 PM EDT/5:00 PM PDT

SWEETNESS AND LIGHT, the light music program – ALL NEW! – Saturday at 11:00 AM EDT/8:00 AM PDT

THE LOST CHORD, unusual and neglected rep – Saturday at 7:00 PM EDT/4:00 PM PDT

Stream them, wherever you are, at the link!

https://kwax.uoregon.edu/

July 26, 2024
Armchair Travel Musical Vacation on The Lost Chord

Armchair travelers, rejoice! This week on “The Lost Chord,” it’s an hour of musical impressions of composers on vacation.

Tune in for “Postcard Greetings” by Jenö Takács, “Four Breton Sketches” by Anthony Hedges, and “En Vacances” (“On Vacation”) by Deodat de Severac (who was born on this date in 1872).

No baggage! No fuss!

Kick back and enjoy the music, on “Leisure Treasures,” on “The Lost Chord,” now in syndication on KWAX, the radio station of the University of Oregon!

Clip and save the start times for all three of my recorded shows:

PICTURE PERFECT, the movie music show – Friday at 8:00 PM EDT/5:00 PM PDT

SWEETNESS AND LIGHT, the light music program – ALL NEW! – Saturday at 11:00 AM EDT/8:00 AM PDT

THE LOST CHORD, unusual and neglected rep – Saturday at 7:00 PM EDT/4:00 PM PDT

Stream them, wherever you are, at the link!

https://kwax.uoregon.edu/

July 20, 2024
Night Music on KWAX Cool Sounds for Sleep

This week on “Sweetness and Light,” we’ll be thinking cool and happy thoughts with an hour of night music – nocturnes, music reflective of the night sky, even sleep!

I hope you’ll join me for selections by Alexander Borodin, Antonín Dvořák, Jacques Offenbach, Claude Debussy, Manuel Ponce, John Field, and light music masters Charles Ancliffe, Archibald Joyce, and Robert Farnon.

Everything’s fine when the sun is asleep! I’ll be a fool for cool on “Sweetness and Light,” this Saturday morning at 11:00 EDT/8:00 PDT, exclusively on KWAX, the radio station of the University of Oregon!

Stream it, wherever you are, at the link:

https://kwax.uoregon.edu/

July 20, 2024
Bastille Day Music on Sweetness and Light

Admittedly, there’s not much “sweetness” or “light” in revolution. Nevertheless, I hope you’ll join me, as we anticipate Bastille Day this morning on “Sweetness and Light.”

We’ll have music on French patriotic themes by Franz Liszt, Georges Bizet, and Hector Berlioz, a symphony by Revolutionary Era composer Etienne-Nicolas Méhul (also a favorite of Napoleon), and a selection from the collaborative ballet “The Wedding on the Eiffel Tower” – set at the iconic Paris landmark on July 14 (Bastille Day) – by Germaine Tailleferre.

The playlist was thoughtfully curated in commemoration of the storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789, a defining moment of the French Revolution that toppled the monarchy and abolished feudalism. But I’m a lover, not a fighter.

Vive la sucrosité et la légèreté on “Sweetness and Light,” this Saturday morning at 11:00 EDT/8:00 PDT, exclusively on KWAX, the radio station of the University of Oregon!

Stream it, wherever you are, at the link.

https://kwax.uoregon.edu/

July 13, 2024
KWAX Classical Radio Home of Picture Perfect Sweetness and Light

I receive a shout-out in this write-up about KWAX from 2013 (at the link). I hasten to emphasize, the article is 11 years old! Still, the station is much the same, even if some of the shows on its roster have changed. It’s rare that classical music hosts are allowed to choose their own music. All the more reason to cherish the station.

https://northwestreverb.blogspot.com/2013/05/terry-ross-on-kwax-classical-radio.html

This week’s “Picture Perfect” and “The Lost Chord” are ready to go. I’m in the process of recording my Saturday morning show, “Sweetness and Light,” right now. It’s a celebration of Bastille Day, so yes, lots of French music to come (and some Franz Liszt). The current air times for all three shows are posted below.

PICTURE PERFECT, the movie music show – Friday at 8:00 PM EDT/5:00 PM PDT

SWEETNESS AND LIGHT, the light music program – Saturday at 11:00 AM EDT/8:00 AM PDT

THE LOST CHORD, unusual and neglected rep – Saturday at 7:00 PM EDT/4:00 PM PDT

Stream them, wherever you are, at the link!

https://kwax.uoregon.edu/

July 11, 2024

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