Beethoven regarded him as the greatest living composer of his era, and yet by the end of the 19th Century Luigi Cherubini and his music, would, inexplicably be all but fogotten (a resurgance of interest in his work, has been growing in more recent years, however). Friday afternoon we'll remember Cherubini—the anniversary of whose death is coming up on March 15—with a performance of his great choral masterpiece, the Requiem in C Minor.
You can hear Foley Schuler's musical selections—and stories behind the music—every weekday afternoon from 1 unti 4 on Blue Lake Public Radio.