Morning Classics: An Ode To Poet Billy Collins

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One of today’s most popular poets is Billy Collins. A brand new recording on the Chicago-based Cedille label offers contemporary musical settings of Collins classics like "The Willies", "Fogetfulness", and "The Invention of the Saxophone". Every day should start with a few laughs – listen for the unforgettable Billy Collins Suite in the 8 o’clock hour this morning!

 

Playlist:
8:14 am
  • Overture to a Picaresque Comedy
  • Composer: Arnold Bax
  • Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Conductor: Bryden Thomson
  • CD/Album: "Bax: Cello Concerto etc."
  • Record co./Cat #: Chandos 8494
8:25 am
  • The Man in the Moon
  • Composer: Vivian Fung
  • Soloists: John Bruce Yeh, clarinet ; David Cunliffe, cello ; Marta Aznavoorian, piano ; Steve Robinson, narrator
  • CD/Album: "The Billy Collins Suite"
  • Record co./Cat #: Cedille 90000115
  • Note: (on poetry by Billy Collins)
8:29 am
  • The Willies
  • Composer: Vivian Fung
  • Soloists: John Bruce Yeh, clarinet ; David Cunliffe, cello ; Marta Aznavoorian, piano ; Steve Robinson, narrator
  • CD/Album: "The Billy Collins Suite"
  • Record co./Cat #: Cedille 90000115
  • Note: (on poetry by Billy Collins)
8:33 am
  • Humoresques , Op. 6
  • Composer: Edvard Grieg
  • Soloists: Antonio Pompa-Baldi, piano
  • CD/Album: "Grieg: Works for Piano, vol. 2"
  • Record co./Cat #: Centaur 2712
8:46 am
  • A Musical Joke in F , K 522
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
  • CD/Album: "Mozart: A Little Light Music"
  • Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 429783
  • Note: (German: Ein Musikalischer Spass)
9:00 am
  • Pulcinella: Ballet Suite
  • Composer: Igor Stravinsky
  • Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
  • Conductor: Yoel Levi
  • CD/Album: "Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring - Pulcinella Suite"
  • Record co./Cat #: Telarc 80266
9:21 am
  • Xerxes: Frondi Teneri / Ombra mai fu
  • Composer: George Friederich Handel
  • Ensemble: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
  • Soloists: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo-soprano
  • Conductor: Harry Bicket
  • CD/Album: "Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Handel Arias"
  • Record co./Cat #: Avie 30
  • Note: (Act I, the King of Persia's [Xerxes'] aria: "tender and beautiful fronds......never was made a plant more dear...")
9:26 am
  • Ma Vlast: From Bohemia's Fields & Forests
  • Composer: Bedrich Smetana
  • Ensemble: Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
  • Conductor: Zdenek Macal
  • CD/Album: "Smetana: Ma Vlast"
  • Record co./Cat #: Telarc 80265
9:40 am
  • Harmony Music #4 for Wind Quintet "The Farmyard"
  • Composer: Edward Elgar
  • Ensemble: Athena Ensemble
  • CD/Album: "Elgar: Music for Wind Quintet Vol. 2"
  • Record co./Cat #: Chandos 6554

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