Often referred to as the "fifth Beatle" due his extensive impact on the band's sound as producer for all but one their albums, George Martin would also write most of Beatles orchestral and string arrangements and play piano or keyboards on a number of their records as well. With the 100th anniversary of his birth falling back on January 3, we'll celebrate his centennial on Friday's Classical Music with Foley Schuler with a "Beatles Concerto" by John Rutter for two pianos and orchestra, as well as arrangements of the Beatle's music for guitar made by both Cuban composer Leo Brouwer and the Japanese master, Toru Takamitsu—and much more...
You can hear Foley Schuler's musical selections—and the stories behind the music—every weekday afternoon from 1 until 4 on Blue Lake Public Radio.
