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Classical Challenge
'Dr. Mike and Mark Andruss share 'The Classical Challenge' and present classical music for 2 1/2 hours every Wed. 9--1130 pm. This program concentrates on music composed in the last 100 years, with special emphasis on recently created works, as well as local performances. This is KKFI's only classical music program (although we hope for more!) so tune in to the sublime.....and enjoy.
For Wednesday, January 10, from 9-11:30pm CT or streaming at kkfi.org, The Classical Challenge presents “Classical Pieces We Avoid and Why…but are We Right?”
We’ll hear a piece you may be avoiding because of suspicion regarding its popularity. After all, classical music is for the elite, right? So if high school Latin students think a piece of music is great make-out music, there must be something wrong with it.
We’ll hear an equally popular piece you may be avoiding because of overexposure. Familiarity breeds contempt, right? Why resurrect a tired old warhorse? (Well, maybe because you could get nominated for Best Picture and countless other awards. But that’s another story.)
Finally, we’ll hear a piece you may be afraid of or intimidated by. People say it’s a hard listen, so why even go there? So many other things to listen to. But what if they’re wrong?
None of these reasons stand up to scrutiny. So we’ll hear:
1. Carmina Burana – Carl Orff – Orchester und Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Eugen Jochum conducting, soloists Gundula Janowitz, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, and Gerhard Stolze For lyrics and translations see: http://www.classical.net/…/comp.l…/works/orff-cb/carmlyr.php
2. Violin Concerto – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Russian National Orchestra, Yakov Kreizberg conducting, Julia Fischer violin
3. Il prigioniero – Luigi Dallapiccola – Grazer Philharmonisches Orchestrer, Dirk Kaftan conducting, Markus Butter as The Prisoner
