Which works do you not hear enough?

By this, I mean on whichever broadcasts you enjoy. I have a few certain radio stations I listen too, but the playlists seem to rely on many "standards". I hear the Brandenburgs a lot, for example. I enjoy them, but sometimes I hanker for works I know but rarely if ever hear.

Case in point: the Chaminade flute concertino is played fairly regularly nowadays. Being a flautist of fifty or so years I've come to wish for more of the lesser known repertoire.

There is a d minor concerto (of course I've forgotten the composer's name ATM) which I've played and enjoy but never hear it broadcast. Another example: Sousa's Stars & Stripes. I'd like to hear Chimes of Liberty instead, once in a decade or two.

I know what you're thinking: just look it up on the you tube thing. Not the same. I want to be surprised and say, "AH! Haven't heard that in years..." What's your wish to hear out of the blue on a broadcast?

You might want to stream WFMT, Chicago's classical music station: https://www.wfmt.com/ While they do, of course, play some standards, they definitely don't "rely" on them.

More Gerald Finzi

I was quite excited when I discovered that there is a Classic FM station here in Kenya, until I listened to it and found that "classic" referred to pop music from the 1980s and '90s.

South Africa has a good Classic FM station if you can cope with the incessant adverts and the fact that for two one-hour periods during the day, the morning and evening peak hours, the music stops and they have business and financial reports. A bit frustrating if that happens to be the hour you're driving between Jo'burg and Pretoria, but I suppose in countries which don't have the likes of BBC or PBS, that's the only way they can fund serious radio.

>1 clammer: >4 John5918: That's what I was wondering about. Our local classical station plays a lot of music performed by Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. But given that they are local-ish, perhaps they are played more often because the radio station has better access to their recordings. Maybe stations play a lot of one thing because that is what was donated (or they were able to purchase with limited funds)? Also, I know the local ballet does Swam Lake and Nutcracker every year because those are the best sellers. Maybe radio has better access to best sellers, instead of more randomized pieces? It's been a while since I worked in radio so I don't know how it works these days.

Also, >4 John5918: Classical music time is interrupted here once an hour for brief news (5-15 min) and then once a block for longer (30-45). It's annoying when I am in the car for 1hr and half of that is jabber. :)

>2 lilithcat: To my surprise, I found WFMT is on ITunes list! I gave it a shot and was greeted by High Renaissance "Eight Courtly Masking Ayres" so I put on some pointy toed shoes and pranced a bit to the recorder. Refreshing!

>6 clammer:

I think we need pics.

>6 clammer: LOL to the pointy shoes! I often listen to WFMT (Chicago). I especially like the program 'Through the Night' with Peter de Graaf. Last night I listened for several hours to Alexander Glazunov. Love my Russian composers! He was head of the St. Petersburg Conservatory in the early 20th century. He was a piano prodigy and composer. His teacher was Rimsky-Korsakov and he himself mentored Dmitri Shostakovich. Not enough Glazunov!

Yes, the "Through the Night" program I have heard a few times, very nicely done.

Reminds me of Karl Haas and his program (I forget the name) I recall when I was just a wee lad tuning in his program on WRR Dallas. Fur Elise always brings a tear to me eye now.