FM in the Morning

Join host Barb Heller on Sunday mornings from 7 to 9 for a wide variety of classical music, ranging from Spanish guitar and ragtime piano to ballet and Broadway scores.

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NCPR News FM in the Morning (stream archive) 02/28/10
The best variety of classical music each week. Here's your place to listen to the latest edition of FM in the Morning, hosted by Barb Heller, anytime you want. The 02/28/10 edition is the lead segment of this stream. (This archive will only be available until next week's show is posted.)
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At 7 and 8 am you can hear NPR news. At 7:30 am I'll bring you news headlines from the Associated Press, sports scores and headlines, and a look at the weather forecast. Join me at 8:30 for the Community Calendar, a good look at what's happening around the North Country, followed by our weekend regional news feature. Just before 9 Martha Foley and Dr. Curt Stager discuss the natural world on Natural Selections. However you enjoy your Sunday mornings I hope you'll invite me to join you by tuning in to FM in the Morning. News, weather, sports, great classical music—just add hot coffee and a window seat.

By the way—for something completely different—check out my flip side on String Fever—two hours of bluegrass and acoustic music, every Thursday afternoon from 3-5. Is there a piece of music you'd like to hear on the show? You can email your request from this web page. Happy listening, and I'll see you on the radio!

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Classical Music
March 12, 2010 | WDAV· Verdi's opera showcases the city of Venice's complex and lethal political history in a dramatic version of the life of 15th-century doge Francesco Foscari.
 
March 11, 2010 | NPR· Dozens of band instrument makers used to be part of the local economy in Elkhart, Ind. But since the city was battered by the economy, only three major companies remain. One says it will manufacture instruments only in the U.S. — and it will hire new workers to grow the business and regain market share.
 
March 9, 2010 | NPR· He was once dismissed as a composer for "high middlebrow taste." But Barber, who wrote the famous Adagio for Strings, would not be criticized if he were an emerging composer today, 100 years after his birth.
 
March 9, 2010 | NPR· There's a simple logic behind Samuel Barber's emotional Adagio. It progresses from a single note to high emotional wailing to release to final acceptance. On today's centennial of Barber's birth, take a guided tour of the music with commentator Rob Kapilow.
 
March 9, 2010 | APM· Barber's beautiful concerto came about at the request of a soap magnate named Samuel Fels. Although the business end of the commission was sullied, the concerto came out sparkling. Hear violinist James Ehnes play the piece in concert.
 

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Finding Music

You can find or special order any of the music heard on this program from local music stores, including:
Northern Music & Video, Potsdam: 315-265-8100
Strawberry Fields, Potsdam: 315-265-7700
Ampersound, Saranac Lake:
518-891-3114
Peacock Music, Plattsburgh:
518-561-0555