Selected to honor the birthday of Hans Christian Andersen, April 2 has been designated "International Children's Book Day—a day for promoting a love of reading among children. Classical music abounds with magical musical retellings of classic fairy tales and favorite children's books, and, on Thursday afternoon's Classical Music With Foley Schuler, we'll enjoy a wide selection in honor of the occasion. Andersen will be represented by a symphonic poem of Alexander Zemlinsky (based on The Little Mermaid), and fairy tales of Brothers Grimm by ballet music of Prokofiev. We'll have musical fairy tales of Mother Goose rendered by Mauric Ravel, as well as an exerpt or two from two from two contemporary one-act operas based on beloved children's books—Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are and Roald Dahl's The Fantastic Mr. Fox—by Oiver Knussen and Tobias Picker, respectively.
You can hear Foley Schuler's musical selections—and stories behind the music—every weekday from 1 until 4 on Blue Lake Public Radio.
