Sunday Matinee

Classical music is still very much alive in our community. Tune in to 91.1 WSHU-FM (central Long Island and Connecticut) or 89.9 WSUF-FM (on the eastern end of Long Island, where very week David Bouchier puts a different spin on the great era of music from baroque to classical, and romantic to modern. Enjoy anecdotes about the great composers, poetry, musical history, and even musical jokes. Sunday Matinee may explore the hidden links between music and literature, composers’ letters, music for a special season of the year, or music designed to make you think. Whatever the theme, Sunday Matinee gives classical music a new dimension on Sunday afternoons, and you can hear it anywhere in the world from our live stream at www.wshu.org

All through the week you can hear more great music on 91.1 WSHU-FM. For details and play lists please go to our web page at www.wshu.org – look for “music” on the navigation bar.

Sunday, January 31, 2010 – Musical Horoscopes:

Sunday Matinée will take off into the realms of astrology with a program of Musical Horoscopes. David Bouchier will lead you on a tour around the Zodiac with the great composers. Mozart was an Aquarian, like David. But Mozart’s rival Salieri was a Leo, like Count Basie. What does it all mean? To find out, tune in to “Musical Horoscopes” on Sunday Matinée from 1 till 6, right after Sunday Baroque on WSHU and streamed live in the web at wshu.org

Sunday, February 7, 2010 – Classical Music in Classic Movies

Just about every well-known piece of classical music has been used by a movie director, and often by several. Mozart’s music turns up in movies as diverse as “Alien,” “JFK,” “Out of Africa,” and “Fame,” not to Mention “Amadeus.” Beethoven provides musical background for “Death in Venice,” “Howard’s End,” “Rosemary’s Baby,” and many more. Join David for ‘Classics of the Silver Screen’ on Sunday Matinee, from 1 till 6, right after Sunday Baroque, streamed live on the web at www.wshu,org

Sunday, February 14, 2010 – Music for your Valentine

Join David for a celebration of romance on Valentine’s Day – a whole afternoon of music for lovers and dreamers – Beethoven, Bizet, Ravel, Wagner, Tchaikovsky, and many more, plus romantic poetry by Shakespeare, Byron, and Coleridge.It’s on Sunday Matinee, from 1 till 6, right after Sunday Baroque, streamed live on the web at www.wshu,org

Sunday, February 21, 2010 – Music of My Country

This week on Sunday Matinée David Bouchier will look at how national pride has been expressed through music. Different cultures have always produced their own distinctive music, and in the 19th century composers like Chopin began to weave folk and traditional themes into their concert works. Patriots like Smetana, Mussorgsky, Grieg, Sibelius, and Aaron Copland created a whole new genre of nationalistic music, and that’s the theme of Sunday Matinée from 1 till 6, right after Sunday Baroque, streamed live on the web at www.wshu,org

Sunday, February 28, 2010 – Musical Inventions

Musical instruments, like other human tools, have been invented and re-invented over the centuries. This week on Sunday Matinee you can hear the instruments of the orchestra as they were and as they are – historic harpsichords and baroque flutes alongside the highly developed modern versions of the same instruments – and you’ll hear some marvelous music along the way. Join David Bouchier for “Musical Inventions” on Sunday Matinee from 1 till 6, right after Sunday Baroque, streamed live on the web at www.wshu,org

Sunday, March 7, 2010 – Monuments and Miniatures

Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony is a grand piece of music that lasts for about seventy minutes. His Bagatelle Op. 19 No. 10 is just nine seconds long. Mahler composed a symphony for a thousand performers, but Chopin wrote most of his music for just one pair of hands. Large or small, it’s all great music and you can enjoy the contrasts along with a special anniversary tribute to Maurice Ravel, on Sunday Matinee with David Bouchier. from 1 till 6, right after Sunday Baroque, streamed live on the web at www.wshu,org

Sunday, March 14, 2010 – Words into Music

This week on Sunday Matinée David Bouchier brings you a program about music and literature that explores the curious alchemy of words and music. Shakespeare, Pushkin, Voltaire and Alfred Lord Tennyson will all put in appearance, to show how often and in so many different ways composers have been inspired by the written word. That’s from 1 till 6, right after Sunday Baroque, streamed live on the web at www.wshu,org