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Welcome to Intermezzo from Interlochen Public Radio, where we take a few minutes to bounce some ideas around about classical music.
Christy L'Esperance will be exploring music and life lessons from the musical "Wicked" with her co-host this week, 12-year-old Quinn.
"Wicked" teaches us about friendship, the power of confidence, propaganda, good and evil and free will. Yesterday we talked about propaganda and today we will talk about good versus evil.
You can hear the effects of thinking of someone as all bad in the song "No One Mourns the Wicked." It's the very first scene in the musical where Oz is told that the Wicked Witch is dead.
Stephen Schwartz - "No One Mourns the Wicked"
Modest Mussorgsky's "Night on Bald Mountain" shows the triumph of good over evil. The piece depicts a witches' sabbath on Bald Mountain where evil spirits gather in demonic revelry. The music is dark and turbulent.
Modest Mussorgsky - "Night on Bald Mountain"
This week's Mystery Melody
It's time to test your ears. Each week we have a mystery melody that we have to figure out together. It relates to our topic. (We'll make the melody less mysterious each day.)
If you know the mystery melody, text your name and the title and we’ll give you a shout out on Friday. The number to text is (833) 490-4718.
