This week on Kids Commute - for years, people have told musicians to give up on their music dreams and "get a job!"
Composing is certainly a worthy line of work, and some classical composers had patrons, people who would pay their way so they could create music without having to worry about money. Many more had to keep their "day jobs" - ways to make money when the composing dollars weren't rolling in.
We'll hear music from composers who had to keep a 9-t0-5 - it's Get a Job Week! We have a new Quizlet to flex your brain, too.
Tune in to Kids Commute M-F at 7:40 a.m. or listen any time at the links below!
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KC 461 - GET A JOB WEEK! Tuesday: The first movement of the Symphony No. 2 in D Major by Sir William Herschel. Matthias Bamert leads the London Mozart Players.
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KC 462 - GET A JOB WEEK! Wednesday: "Milonga" by Jorge Cardoso. Gohar Vardanyan, guitar
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KC 463 - GET A JOB WEEK! Thursday: "The Country Band March" by Charles Ives, played badly (on purpose) by the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra led by Frederick Fennell.
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KC 464 - GET A JOB WEEK! Friday: "Minuet in G major" by Ignace (Ignacy) Paderewski, Prime Minister of Poland. Etsuko Terada, piano.
Here's this week's MAYA MIX, featuring all the music from "Get a Job!" Week, plus some extras from our hardworking composers!
