Sorry to be posting so late, but I had some computer woes this morning, so I am racing to ketchup – er, catch up, I mean. Not surprisingly, I am distracted by thoughts of Labor Day.
Get ready for a real labor of love, as we hear selections about work and the worker, punctuated by music inspired by man-made and natural wonders. On the roster is Tobias Picker’s “Keys to the City” (written to mark the 100th anniversary of the Brooklyn Bridge), John Alden Carpenter’s ballet “Skyscrapers,” Samuel Jones’ Symphony No. 3 (a musical response to Texas’ Palo Duro Canyon), and Jett Hitt, Composer’s “Yellowstone” for violin and orchestra. Hitt, who holds a doctorate in composition, conducts guided horseback tours at the national park!
In addition, there will be lighter pieces about picnic foods and gazebo dances.
I hope your Stanley thermos is full of iced coffee. Put away your hard hat and lunch pail and join me for one final helping of baked beans and corn-on-the-cob for Labor Day, this afternoon from 4 to 7 p.m. EDT, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.
PHOTOS: Bernstein, Gershwin, and Copland wring the last from their summer
