Sunday afternoons are special on WSHU. Every week, David Bouchier puts a different spin on classical music - anecdotes about the great composers, poetry, musical history, and even musical jokes. Sunday Matinée may explore the hidden links between music and literature, composers' letters, music for a special season of the year, or music designed to make you think. Whatever the theme, David Bouchier gives classical music a new dimension on Sunday afternoons.

This is the time of year when many of us start dreaming about our summer travel plans. Get some new vacation ideas this Sunday afternoon by joining David Bouchier on a musical fantasy tour of the world, touching down in France, England, Greece, Spain, Egypt, Australia, even Tibet, and many other places that have been imagined in music. Enjoy some familiar favorites with a seasoning of exotic treats, plus an eccentric geography lesson.

Among the highlights (Subject to change):

  • John Field: Nocturne No. 16 (Ireland)
  • Claude Debussy: Marche Ecossaise (Scotland)
  • Sir Edward Elgar: Overture Cockaigne - in London Town
  • Haydn Wood: Paris Suite
  • Hugo Alfven: Swedish Rhapsody No. 1
  • Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 "Italian"
  • Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 1
  • Ludwig van Beethoven: The Ruins of Athens Overture
  • Camille Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 5 in F (Egypt)
  • Georg Friedrich Handel: Largo from Xerxes (Persia)
  • Reinhold Glière: Russian Sailor's Dance from The Red Poppy
  • Alexander Borodin: On the Steppes of Central Asia
  • Kuan Nai-Chung: Potala Palace, from "Journey to Lhasa" (Tibet)
  • Ton San: Yellow River Piano Concerto (China)
  • John Williams: Memoirs of a Geisha - selection from the film music (Japan)
  • Percy Grainger: Colonial Song (Australia)
  • Colin McPhee: Nocturne inspired by Balinese Songs
  • Leonard Bernstein: Hawaii (film music)
  • Alberto Ginastera: Danzas Argentinas
  • Frederick Rzewski: Variations on a Chilean Song (theme)
  • Heitor Villa Lobos: Little Country Train from Bachianas Brazileras
  • Celso Machado: Boliviana
  • Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in e "From the New World"


    • Join David Bouchier for A Musical World Tour on Sunday Matinee, from 1 till 6, right after Sunday Baroque, only on WSHU and WSUF.

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