Sunday Matinee

Classical music is still very much alive in our community. Tune in to 91.1 WSHU-FM (central Long Island and Connecticut) or 89.9 WSUF-FM (on the eastern end of Long Island, where very week David Bouchier puts a different spin on the great era of music from baroque to classical, and romantic to modern. Enjoy anecdotes about the great composers, poetry, musical history, and even musical jokes. Sunday Matinee may explore the hidden links between music and literature, composers’ letters, music for a special season of the year, or music designed to make you think. Whatever the theme, Sunday Matinee gives classical music a new dimension on Sunday afternoons.

All through the week you can hear more great music on 91.1 WSHU-FM. For details and play lists please go to our web page at www.wshu.org.

Next week on Sunday Matinee: May 25, 2008

Musical Memorials and Dedications

This Memorial Day weekend David Bouchier has a program about musical memorials and dedications. The obscure sixteenth century Flemish statesman the Count of Egmont has a memorial more durable than anything in stone: Beethoven’s “Egmont Overture.” Hear the fascinating stories of individuals and historical events immortalized in music, in a program called Musical Memorials, on Sunday Matinée from 1 till 6, right after Sunday Baroque.

Among the highlights (subject to change):

• John Philip Sousa: Foshay Tower Washington Memorial March
• Ludwig Van Beethoven: Egmont Overture
• Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
• Pierre Boulez: Mémoriale
• Joaquin Rodrigo: Concierto Andaluz for Four Guitars
• Edvard Grieg: Holberg Suite
• Benjamin Britten: Gloriana - Courtly Dances
• Ludwig Van Beethoven: Archduke Trio
• Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto (to be selected)
• Morton Gould: Memorials
• Ralph Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music
• Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-Flat (selection)
• Sergei Rachmaninoff: Vocalise
• Archangelo Corelli: Trio Sonata in a
• John Ireland: Piano Concerto in E-Flat (selection)
• George Frederic Handel: Music for the Royal Firewworks

Join David Bouchier for Musical Memorials and Dedications on Sunday Matinee, from 1 till 6, right after Sunday Baroque, only on WSHU 91.1 FM and and WSUF 89.9FM