This month, we’re pleased to share two new classical music specials:
Available now through March 1, “The Movies & The Music” features movie history and Oscar-winning film scores from the 1930s to today.
Available January 22 through May 1, “Kaddish” features conversations with Holocaust survivors, and works by composers whose lives were, in some way, touched by the Holocaust.
APM Celebrates: “The Movies & The Music”
Our new special, “The Movies & The Music: A history of Oscar-winning film music,” is a three-part, three-hour series featuring the greatest Oscar-winning scores – from the first statuette in 1934 to the present day. Available now through March 1, “The Movies & The Music” offers audiences musical history and context before the red carpet rolls out for The Academy Awards on February 26.
Host Lynne Warfel presents an overview of the winners by decade, starting with Part One – the 1930s through 1950s, from “Korngold” to “Ben-Hur”. Part Two highlights the 1960s through the 1980s, when radical social change and a generational shift influenced filmmaking along with a new generation of composers. Part Three features film scores from the 90s to today.
“The Movies & The Music” offers approximately 45 minutes of music, with approximately 15 minutes of commentary. Preview audio, program and promo spots available now:
BROADCAST WINDOW: Through March 1, with multiple airings permitted.
About the Host
Lynne Warfel started a career in radio in 1984 at L.A.’s venerable commercial classical station, KFAC, and also worked at KUSC. She then lived in Edinburgh, Scotland for five years, working in a classic rock format at Radio Forth before returning to the U.S. and joining Minnesota Public Radio in 1993. Lynne trained as an actor, graduating from Northwestern University and also trained at Second City Workshop. She’s a 35-year member of Actor’s Equity and Screen Actors’ Guild. She has a Masters in Theology from Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, CA. Lynne’s interests and passions include: laughing, dog rescue, her Collies and Gordon Setters, her Lipizzan horse, and her two extremely funny, smart and sweet sons, Peter and Josh.
APM Honors: “Kaddish”
“Kaddish” draws upon the reminiscences of Holocaust survivors, recorded in conversation with APM classical music host Mindy Ratner.
Each story is unique, and yet all contrast tragedy with a sense of courage, resilience, and serendipity, often in astonishing circumstances. The narrative is scored throughout with works by composers whose lives were, in some way, touched by the Holocaust. Featured composers include Gideon KIein, Luka Foss, Paul Ben-Haim, Ilse Weber and more.
International Holocaust Remembrance Day is January 27 – the day the Auschwitz camp was liberated.
Holocaust Remembrance Day (domestic) is 27 Nisan – sundown Sunday, April 23 to sundown Monday, April 24. It was on the 27th day of the Hebrew month of Nisan that the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising began.
This moving, one-hour program pays tribute to survivors, and offers audiences thoughtful reflection and beautiful music.
“Kaddish” features approximately 30 minutes of music, and approximately 30 minutes of commentary, at a gentle, serene pace. Music is present throughout, with some pieces serving as interludes between segments. Preview audio, program rundown and promo spots available now:
BROADCAST WINDOW: January 22 through May 1, with multiple airings permitted.
About the Host
Mindy Ratner is a host and producer on the Classical Music Service of Minnesota Public Radio, where she is heard on weekends. She began her career in public broadcasting following her graduation from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, working first for the local public television station and then for Wisconsin Public Radio. She moved on to stations in Cincinnati and Philadelphia before joining Minnesota Public Radio in 1983. In 1998 and ’99, Ratner took a leave of absence to work as a music host and producer for China Radio International in Beijing. Her spare time is devoted to international travel; folk, ballroom and contra dancing; singing in the Minnesota Chorale; her two cats, and trying to stay ahead of the weeds in her garden.