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Air date: January 8, 2024
Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor, Opus 66, Frederic Chopin
Suggested by Mary Sue in Beaverton, Oregon
Air date: January 5, 2024
Danny Boy, Traditional Irish
Suggested by Elaine in Oregon City, Oregon
Air date: January 4, 2024
Theme from Inspector Morse, Barrington Pheloung
Suggested by Michael in Oregon City, Oregon
Air date: January 3, 2024
A Mountain Vision, Ole Bull
Suggested by Miriam in London, England
Air date: January 2, 2024
Standchen (Serenade), D. 957, Franz Schubert
Suggested by Helena in Portland, Oregon
Air date: January 1, 2024
Candide: Make Our Garden Grow, Leonard Bernstein
Suggested by Ann in Salem, Oregon
Air date: December 29, 2023
The Pirates of Penzance: I Am The Very Model of A Modern Major General, Sir Arthur Sullivan
Suggested by Jacqueline in McMinnville, Oregon
Air date: December 28, 2023
Girl with the Flaxen Hair, Claude Debussy
Suggested by Laurie in Silverton, Oregon
Air date: December 27, 2023
Piano Sonata No. 14, “Moonlight”: 1. Adagio sostenuto, Ludwig van Beethoven
Suggested by Michael in Tucson, Arizona
Air date: December 26, 2023
River, Joni Mitchell
Suggested by Pie in Portland, Oregon
Air date: December 21, 2023
Ave Maria, Franz Schubert
Suggested by Jayne in Gleneden Beach, Oregon
Air date: December 20, 2023
O Come, O Come Emmanuel, Traditional
Suggested by Finley in Portland, Oregon
Air date: December 19, 2023
The Trees: The Spruce, Jean Sibelius
Suggested by Iria in Salem, Oregon
Air date: December 18, 2023
Black Swan (Original Score): Perfection, Clint Mansell
Suggested by Pie in Portland, Oregon
Air date: December 14, 2023
Pirates of Penzance: Overture, Sir Arthur Sullivan
Suggested by Tina in Portland, Oregon
Air date: December 13, 2023
The Turtle Dove, Ralph Vaughan Williams
Suggested by Maurice in Roseburg, Oregon
Air date: December 12, 2023
Symphony No. 2 “Romantic”: Movement 3, Howard Hanson
Suggested by John in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
Air date: December 11, 2023
Victory at Sea: Beneath the Southern Cross, Richard Rodgers
Suggested by Elizabeth in Lake Oswego, Oregon
Air date: December 8, 2023
Ma Vlast: The Moldau, Bedrich Smetana
Suggested by Galen in McMinnville, Oregon
Air date: December 7, 2023
Caucasus Sketches: In a Mountain Pass & Procession of the Sardar, Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov
Suggested by Kirke in Albany, Oregon
My mother was a gifted pianist; gifted and frustrated. Her primary musical outlet in our small town was playing for weekly services - 55 years worth - at a church whose members would have appreciated more Buck Owens and less Bach. My sister and I provided her other musical outlet: when her anger at our quarrelsome ways boiled over, she would head for the piano and pound out one of her "mad songs": Mendelsohn’s Rondo Capriccioso, or Grieg’s Piano Concerto, or some up-tempo Chopin. We have yet to find a version of one of these pieces played with her particular vigor. Were she still alive, January 6 would have been her 100th birthday. Perhaps one of her more reflective mad songs would fit the bill today? How about Chopin’s Fantaisie-Impromptu in C Sharp Minor? It captures her spit and vinegar, her wistfulness and sadness - and possibly some of ours today, as well.