Debussy's 1913 ballet Jeux ("Games")—in which three dancers, a young man and two women, during a game of tennis, go searching for a lost tennis ball—will be one of several works in which tennis and/or tennis players make an appearance on this afternoon's program. Others include Sports et Divertissements by Erik Satie, as well as Darius Milhaud's 1924 ballet, Le train bleu, among whose characters is a tennis player based on the 1920s French champion, Suzanne Lenglen,
You can hear Foley Schuler's musical selections—and stories behind the music—every weekday from 1 until 5 on Blue Lake Public Radio.