Happy Halloween, Kids Commuters! We've got a whole week of spooky tunes coming your way - weird sounds of all shapes and sizes! Tune in to Classical IPR weekday mornings at 7:40, or listen any time at the links below.
We'll ask your our super-spooky Quizlet question on Friday!
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KC 341 - SPOOKY WEEK! Tuesday: Today, we'll hear "Devil's Dance" - wickedly gleeful music by John Williams from the film "The Witches of Eastwick." John Mauceri conducts the Hollywood Bowl Pops.
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KC 342 - SPOOKY WEEK! Wednesday: Today, we'll hear a really spooky arrangement of the "Infernal Dance" from the ballet "The Firebird" by Igor Stravinsky. Japanese composer Isao Tomita makes the weird even weirder with a Moog synthesizer!
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KC 343 - SPOOKY WEEK! Thursday: Happy Halloween!! Today, we'll hear a mind unravel - while whistling! - in music from Bernard Herrmann's score for "Twisted Nerve."
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KC 344 - SPOOKY WEEK! Friday: Today, we'll hear some extra-tricky music for violin and orchestra by composer Francois Dompierre - "Le Diable Boiteux" ("The Lame Devil" or "The Devil on Two Sticks.") Yoav Talmi conducts the Quebec Symphony Orchestra.
