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Sunday’s Evening Music sets sail on a sea of music: of course there is Debussy’s “La Mer,” but also Mendelssohn’s “Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage” Overture, Ravel’s “Une Barque sur l'ocean,” and other watery delights.

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With a career spanning over sixty years, Richard Rodgers (1902-79) was the most popular composer of American musical theater of the Twentieth Century. His lengthy collaboration with lyricist Lorenz Hart yielded dozens of songs which became integral to American popular culture such as “Manhattan,” “My Funny ...

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"What A Beautiful Morning" is an hour-long tribute to the revolutionary Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma!, originally created to mark the 50th anniversity of its Broadway premiere. Oklahoma! was presented to the world at the St.James Theatre on March 31, 1943, and its unprecedented combination of ...

The CD is devoted to Andres Segovia (Suh-GO-vee-uh). Just out this week, The Segovia Collection is on the Deutsche Grammophon label. Eliot Fisk will perform Bach and Paganini August 16th at the Skaneateles Festival in upstate New York.

7:00 PM HOUR

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Concert No. 3 Jean-Philippe Rameau ORCHESTRA/ENSEMBLE: The Queen's Chamber Band SOLOIST(S): Elaine Comparone, harpsichord Lyrichord 8040

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Double-bass Concerto in b Giovanni Bottesini CONDUCTOR: Hugh Wolff ORCHESTRA/ENSEMBLE: St. Paul Chamber Orchestra SOLOIST(S): Edgar Meyer, double bass CBS/Sony 60956

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Simple Symphony," Op. 4 Benjamin Britten CONDUCTOR: Iona Brown ORCHESTRA/ENSEMBLE: ...