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Gloomy Saturday

by | 5:26 pm | Aug 20, 2010

advice_cieca_collins_thumbAll the cool kids will be watching Die Walküre from Bayreuth tomorrow afternoon.

That leaves Betsy Ann Bobolink and the rest of us  sitting by the radio and chatting, chatting.

11:00-2:00 LRT KLASIKA: CARMEN from Vilnius

Carmen delecti, the musical slut,
A rose ‘tween her teeth and a cob up her butt,
Saying that this one will just entertain ya
Is only a way to rhyme Lithuania.

12:00-5:00 WRTI: GOTTERDAMMERUNG from LA.

A cult, a cabal, you can call me a liar
But I can see there’s frat in the Freyer.

1:00-5:00 CBC TWO: THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN

A Cunning Little Vixen from Florence
Has music that pours out in torrents
But when it is done
I ain’t had much fun
And so I view this with abhorrence

1:00-3:00 DEUTSCHLANDRADIO KULTUR: ORFEO ED EURIDICE

Lethe’s disturbed, oh ye sad sons and daughters,
I suspect someone has Muti-ed the waters.

1:00-4:00 FRANCE VIVACE: LAKME

On your Amazon shelves this set can be bought,
To hear Natalie say “You can Lak me or not.

1:00-5:00 KBYU: SIEGFRIED from LA

Have I died? Is this Heaven?
I suspect not; I can still hear Treleaven.

1:00-5:00 NPR World of Opera: TOSCA from Orange

“Purple” and “orange” are words that won’t rhyme,
To that list, I add “Tosca”, “Cavaradossi,” and “Sacristime.”

1:00-3:30 NRK P2: Chopin and Handel from Oslo

Some piano from Chopin, from Handel some arias.
From Oslo some music, from Yorkshire just terriers.

1:00-2:00 RADIO CLASICA DE ESPANA: Bach with Goerne and Shafer

Matthias and Lisa regale us with song,
And sharing the load, neither goes on too long.

1:00-5:00 RTP ANTENA 2: ORFEO ED EURIDICE

This particular opera is not one of Gluck’s.
Instead, it’s the brainchild of one Johann Fux.
The potential for wordplay being so enormous,
I yield the floor for Manou to inform us.

1:00-5:00 WFMT Network: DIE GEZEICHNETEN from LA.

I yield now the floor to Monsieur BPK.
Of Schreker our resident devotee.
I shall sit in my corner fumin’ and fettin,’
And think of a way to rhyme “Gezeichneten.”

2:00-5:00 CESKY ROZHLAS VLTAVA: THE DEVIL’S WALL

Smetana’s time has, alas, not yet come,
Except, of course, for the Czechs.
I still have hope that his fuczure
Might be brighter than – say — Janacek’s.

2:00-5:00 ESPACE TWO: PIRAMO E TISBE

I resist the temptation to sermonize
On the charms of the obscure Baroque.
The music that pleasures the ear
And how it can vistas invoque.

2:00-6:00 KLARA: HANSEL UND GRETEL

Gretel is bossy; Hansel’s a boor,
And Pete’s an inveterate souse.
I keep a shotgun right close at hand
If someone comes eating my house.

4:00-5:30 NRK KLASSISK: Schubert recital by Katherina Gericke

When it comes to Schubert,
I’m really sort of picky.
Has anyone ever heard
Of Katherina Gericke?

The doors never close at La Casa della Cieca.

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