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Music by Request for Playlist for October 24, 2020

By Gretchen Carr • Oct 24, 2020

Featured on today's program was Charles Gounod's Funeral March for a Marionette. The work gained popularity in the United States during the 1960's as the theme music for the television series Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

1. Paul Dukas, Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Jean Fournet

2. Sir Edward Elgar, Land of Hope and Glory, BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Barry Wordsworth

3. Camille Saint-Saens, arr. Franz Liszt/Vladimir Horowitz, Danse Macabre, Yuga Wang

The Interlochen Collection: Little music

By Amanda Sewell • Oct 24, 2020

This program features music that is "petite," "little," "miniature," "small" and, of course, "kleine."

Hear decades of student musicians from Interlochen Arts Camp and Academy perform music of Mozart, Gonoud, Turina, Bach, Haydn and Debussy.

Stateside: Prop N in Detroit; Flint theater project; missing and murdered Indigenous people

By Stateside Staff • Oct 23, 2020

Today on Stateside, we’ll hear about the Native Justice Coalition’s call to action in support of missing and murdered indigenous people. Also, we talk to artists working for a Flint theater project borne out of the civil rights protests sparked by George Floyd’s death.

Essay: Losing My Grandfather

By Karen Anderson • Oct 23, 2020

When I was about fourteen, my grandfather started acting oddly. He would call my mother to report a strange woman in the house, wondering where his wife had gone. She wasn’t gone, of course; he just didn’t recognize her.

So my mother would invite her father to our house, then tell him that the strange woman had left and his wife was waiting for him. I remember watching my grandfather climbing the porch steps to embrace Belle, weeping for joy at her return. But a few days later, it would start all over again.

Kids Commute - Campaign Songs Week!

By Kate Botello • Oct 23, 2020

It's Campaign Songs Week on Kids Commute!

Hey Kids Commuters!

You might be noticing lots of campaign advertisements as we head toward the election. Using catchy songs and slogans - and throwing side-eye to your opponents - has been a common campaign tactic throughout history.

This week on Kids Commute, we'll hear catchy campaign songs composed for Presidential candidates from George Washington to Lyndon Johnson.

We'll have an American historical Quizlet for you too!

Congrats to our Quizlet Aces this week:

Points North: Forests need human help

By Peter Payette • Oct 23, 2020

The cut at this site is called shelter wood. About half the tree canopy was left after harvest. The forest floor was later turned up with construction equipment to allow more seeds to germinate. — Peter Payette / Interlochen Public Radio

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Young trees have a tough time growing in many northern Michigan forests. That might sound strange since our region is full of trees, but many hardwood species can’t produce seedlings faster than deer can eat them. On this episode of Points North, hear about an idea to solve this problem that might sound counterintuitive: more aggressive logging.

Will outrage over the Grand Traverse County jail be enough to topple an incumbent sheriff?

By Max Johnston • Oct 22, 2020

The Grand Traverse County jail has had problems for years. Now the captain who ran it faces multiple felony charges. Residents have demanded changes from Sheriff Tom Bensley, who oversees the county jail and is up for re-election against reform candidate Greg Hall.

Listen now: Spooky Week!

By Kate Botello • Oct 22, 2020

Frankenstein's Monster loves this playlist of spooky tunes!

Halloween is fast approaching, and we have a special playlist for the spooky season.

Classical IPR has curated an eerie playlist to get you in the Halloween mood, or to play in the background for your trick-or-treaters.

From classic horror movie themes to avant-garde weirdness, we've got all kinds of creepy cuts to chill your bones! Some of these tunes might be too scary for radio!

Listen on demand below.

Interlochen performance on Performance Today: October 23, 2020

By Amanda Sewell • Oct 22, 2020

On Friday, October 23, the nationally syndicated program Performance Today will feature music performed and recorded at Interlochen Center for the Arts.

Listen during the 10 a.m. hour of the program on Classical IPR to hear guitarist Nicholas Goluses play a Fantasie by Fernando Sor in a recent recital at the Dendrinos Chapel and Recital Hall.

Michael Culler engineered the recording.

Making the Rounds with Kevin LaRose 79

By Amanda Sewell • Oct 22, 2020

Every week, Interlochen Center for the Arts campus safety officer Kevin LaRose records a new video of himself in a different location.

Watch this week's video below. Do you know where Kevin is or what instrument he's playing? Send us an email at classicalipr@interlochen.org - we'll send you a CD!

Last week, Kevin was playing the sopranino recorder at the Upton-Morley Pavilion.

This week's video is below - good luck!