Our modern day observance of Memorial Day derives from "Decoration Day," a day once set aside for decorating the graves of the Civil War dead. On this week's program we'll honor those origins with music inspired by the Civil War in both the first and third hours, including Margaret Buechner's Symphonic Trilogy The American Civil War in the first, and James Horner's stirring score to the classic film Glory, featuring a beautiful performance from the Boys Choir if Harlem, in the final hour. The 10 o'clock hour will be given over to celebrations of two great American poets, Robert Creeley (the 100th anniversary of whose birth was earlier this week on May 21) and Bob Dylan, who turns 85 on Sunday. These will include several sections from a suite for organ by Peter Garland entitled Plain Song, after Robert Creeley's celebrated poem "Love Comes Quietly." Our celebration of Bob Dylan's 85th birthday will take the form of selections from John Corigliano's Grammy Award-winning song cycle for soprano and orchestra based on Dylan lyrics, Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan.
You can hear Sunday on Blue Lake with Foley Schuler every Sunday morning from 9 until noon on Blue Lake Public Radio.
