"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
– Debussy – Rhapsodie Orientale for Saxophone and Orchestra – 1955 – To more familiar territory this week. Still by way of French Radio in the 1950’s. The repertoire is Debussy this time. The Rhapsodie Orientale for Saxophone and Orchestra…
– CBS Radio – This Was 1955 – December 30, 1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Starting our look at year-ends gone by – here is what December 30th 1955 sounded like. Another set of notches in the Cold…
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Year End Observations – 1955-1958 The only thing more fascinating than hearing how a year in history wound up, is hearing that year in history interpreted by a pundit – those elements we…
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Lalo – String Quartet op The music of (relatively) familiar 19th Century composer Edouard Lalo this weekend. But perhaps one of his lesser-known works. His String Quartet in E-Flat Major op. 19 as…
August 5th will mark the 58th anniversary since the passing of Marilyn Monroe. August 5, 1962, actress/icon/sex symbol/misunderstood/exploited artist checked out via overdose. Conspiracies persist, but the fact of the matter is – Marilyn Monroe was dead and that was…