Composers are inspired by many sources. Today, I'm focusing on literary inspirations in Classical Music. Sources will include Shakespeare, Cervantes, Milton Poe, Goethe, and possibly others, and I'll be choosing from works by Rossini, Verdi, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Gounod, Berlioz Mendelssohn, Lindley, Beethoven, Minkus, Haydn, Rachmaninoff, Glass and Debussy.
To get more information on each CD that is played, you can follow the program in one of two ways:
1. Go to hawaiipublicradio.org. Click on Programs, then HPR-2 Schedule, then find today's Classical Pacific link at 3pm. Information on each album will be displayed as the music plays, often with the cover of the album showing, too.
2. Go to the HPR App on your smart phone (you can download it for free, if you don't already have it). Choose HPR2. As the program plays, you'll see the information on each album, just as you do on the website.
Enjoy!
Questions? Comments? Email me: llanzilotti@hawaiipublicradio.org
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