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Sunday on Blue Lake: Happy Birthday, Holst!

Gustav Holst, 1921, by Herbert Lambert
Gustav Holst, 1921, by Herbert Lambert

Tune in Sunday morning for a musical birthday tribute in the form of four different short works be the great English composer—each expressive of a different facet of his wide-ranging interests and passions.

On this week's edition of Sunday on Blue Lake, a celebration of the birthday of Gustav Holst, with selections including the composer's St. Paul's Suite, his Walt Whitman Overture, as well as four Chorale Hymns from the Rig Veda based on his own translations from the Sanskrit. Complementing these will be selections reflective of the composer ancestry—both musical and genealogical—including that of Latvia, Germany and Sweden.

You can hear Sunday on Blue Lake with Foley Schuler every Sunday morning from 9 until noon on Blue Lake Public Radio.

Encouraged by creative parents, Foley began his music career at age 7, studying violin with Jean Manning at North Muskegon Public Schools. As a Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp camper, he became Blue Lake Public Radio’s first high school intern. Foley earned an English Literature degree from Hope College, and Masters in Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing from the Warren Wilson College. He has performed with the West Michigan (formerly West Shore) Symphony; served on the English Department faculty at Muskegon Community College, and been the Music, Art & Theatre reviewer for the Muskegon Chronicle. He follows his love of the arts around the globe, but says, “There is no place like the Blue Lake setting, sharing extraordinary music with our listeners.” Foley hosts Blue Lake Public Radio’s weekday classical music from 1 to 5 p.m. and “Sunday on Blue Lake”.