This Week at The Classical Station

J.S. Bach: "I was obliged to be industrious. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed equally well."

Giacchino Rossini: “Nothing primes inspiration more than necessity.”

Giacomo Puccini: "Inspiration is an awakening, a quickening of all man's faculties, and it is manifested in all high artistic achievements."

“To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time.” - Leonard Bernstein

"If we understood the world, we would realise that there is a logic of harmony underlying its manifold apparent dissonances." – Jean Sibelius

"Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius." Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Strike up the tabret and play the shawm with George Douglas on Renaissance Fare, Monday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 5 p.m.

We observe the festivals of Passover and Easter this week. Western Wind graces our Passover program on Wednesday, April 8 at 6 p.m. Great Sacred Music celebrates Easter on Sunday, April 12 with Mozart's Coronation Mass, Hector Berlioz' Te Deum, and more.

Thank you for supporting the classical music you love here on The Classical Station during our Spring Membership Drive which ended last Sunday.

Our Spring Membership Drive 2020 is in full swing. Thank you for your support of our great classical music.

The great composer Johann Sebastian Bach was born on March 21, 1685. From Wikipedia: "He is known for instrumental compositions such as the Brandenburg Concertos and the Goldberg Variations, and for vocal music such as the St Matthew Passion and the Mass in B minor. Since the 19th-century Bach Revival he has generally been regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time."

As you listen to the orchestras and performers here on The Classical Station, please support these wonderful people with your thoughts and good wishes. Then, when the coronavirus epidemic abates, perhaps you could think about attending a concert and help an arts organization or an artist get back on its feet.

American artist agent Andrew Ousley is our guest on the March edition of My Life In Music. The founder and principal of Unison Media, Andrew has established it as one of the top public relations & marketing firms for classical music, opera and the performing arts.

Episode 7 of Cadenza is out. Cadenza is our fast-paced, classical news magazine offering classical music news and conversations with composers and performers, as well as excursions into the music you love.

On February 23 we observe the birthdays of English composer English composer John Blow (1649-1708), German-born English composer George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), and American composer Elinor Remick Warren (1900-1991).