This Sunday will mark 721st anniversary of the trial and brutal execution of legendary hero of the Scottish rebellion, William Wallace. Hung, drawn and quartered on August 23, 1305. he would pass with his gruesome end from warrior to martyr of mythic proportions. Wallace has long a source of fascination for host Foley Schuler (having discovered they are first cousins, 22 times revoved), and on this week's Sunday on Blue Lake, we will pay tribute to this icon of Scotland with a stirring symphonic, portrait by his namesake, the early 20th Century Scottish composer William Wallace. We’ll pair that with another work of William Wallace—the composer—his Symphony, “The Creation.” That in turn will anchor several other musical creation stories on the program, including And God Created Great Whales by Alan Hovhaness and Darius Milhaud’s landmark jazz ballet based on an African creation myth, The Creation of the World.
You can hear Sunday on Blue Lake with Foley Schuler every Sunday afternoon from 1 until 4 on Blue Lake Public Radio.
