Amanda Sewell

Peter Myles has been a Hollywood film music editor for over 20 years. 

He recently spoke with Classical IPR's Amanda Sewell about his career, starting from his time as a student at Interlochen Arts Camp and Academy.

After earning degrees from the New England Conservatory and Northwestern, Myles played the trumpet professionally and then became a producer for the Delos record label.

We heard some unusual instruments during this week's program, including the zither, played by Anton Karas, and the gyile, played by Bernard Woma.

Music for the Easter weekend was at the forefront of this week's requests.

See the entire playlist below.

Every year since the 1930s, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presents the Academy Award for Best Original Score. 

You may not have heard the name Peter Myles before, but you've almost certainly heard his work.

Myles has been a sound editor for some of the biggest Hollywood blockbusters of the last two decades.

His credits include several films in the Harry Potter, Jason Bourne and Star Wars series.

This week's program featured requests from all over the state of Michigan, plus Illinois, North Carolina and South Carolina.

Pictured: pianist Jeeyoon Kim performs Edvard Grieg's "Wedding Day at Troldhaugen" in IPR's Studio A (heard at number 21 on this week's program).

This week on Classical IPR in Concert, we present a special from the WFMT Radio Network that honors the musical legacy of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Last week, Byron Hanson passed away at the age of 79.

Classical IPR is celebrating Hanson's music and life on the air on Thursday, March 24.

We grieve his loss along with the entire Interlochen community.

On Thursday, March 25, the nationally syndicated program Performance Today will feature music performed at Interlochen Center for the Arts.

Listen during the 11 a.m. hour of the program on Classical IPR to hear violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky, cellist Nicholas Canellakis and pianist Wu Han perform the Elegiac Trio in G minor by Sergei Rachmaninoff.

This performance took place during a recent visit that members of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center made to the Dendrinos Chapel and Recital Hall.

Michael Culler engineered the recording.

On Tuesday, March 23, the nationally syndicated classical music program Performance Today will feature music performed at recorded at Interlochen Center for the Arts.

Listen to Classical IPR during the 10 a.m. hour of the program to hear violinist Stefan Jackiw and pianist Conrad Tao perform Igor Stravinksy's Suite Italienne. 

Michael Culler engineered the recording, which took place in the Dendrinos Chapel and Recital Hall.

IPR listeners were inspired by spring and by Bach on this week's program.

Requests included J.S. Bach's music for organ, tuba ensemble, piano, orchestra, and steel pan and jazz combo. 

We also heard springtime music by John Rutter, Christian Sindig and Sergei Rachmaninoff. 

Classical IPR has curated an on-demand playlist of music for the classical guitar.

The music comes from composers all over the world, including the United States, Argentina, France, Greece, China and, of course, Spain.

On this week's program, listeners requested music of Richard Rodgers, Gustav Mahler, Gustav Holst, Florence Price and many others.

We also had requests for "The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam" by Alan Hovhaness, music from the first musical film adaptation of "The Phantom of the Opera" and James Earl Jones (pictured) narrating Aaron Copland's Lincoln Portrait.

See all of this week's requests below.

On Monday, Mar 15, the nationally syndicated program Performance Today will feature music performed at recorded at Interlochen Center for the Arts.

Listen to Classical IPR during the 11 a.m. hour of the program to hear the Telegraph String Quartet in a recent recital at Corson Auditorium.

They performed Three Divertimenti by Benjamin Britten.

Michael Culler engineered the recording.