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Classical Music Posts
Variations on a Theme: Hearing Homework
NWPB receives no funding and has no control over ads played on Spotify. All great composers were students and one time or another. Danse bohemienne by Debussy was written when
Variations on a Theme: Gardens
There’s nothing better than sun-warmed ripe fruits from the garden. Gardens are also very nice to walk in and to bask in their fragrance. In the Country Gardens, a standard
Reeder’s Movie Reviews: Oppenheimer
Biopics are notoriously fraught with difficulty. They have to achieve an emotional and intellectual resonance, as well as a period look and feel. The script has to reflect and enhance the inherent drama in the lives of its characters, and the main one really has to matter. In Oppenheimer, the British-American writer-director Christopher Nolan embraces the challenge of telling the story of the “most important person who ever lived,” as he puts it.
Comedian Paula Poundstone talks the importance of librarians and how to ‘Get back to being human’
We heard a rumor that Paula Poundstone was heading to our neck of the woods, so NWPB’s Thom Kokenge caught up with her to find out what she’s up to.
Reeder’s Movie Reviews: Barbie
You might not have imagined a connection between the new Barbie and the acclaimed 2001: A Space Odyssey. True enough, Barbie the toy character does have pilot and astronaut on her résumé. In this case, however, she makes her big screen appearance to the accompaniment of Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss, enhanced by the droll narration of Dame Helen Mirren. 2001’s director, Stanley Kubrick, would not have seen that coming.
Variations on a Theme: Moon Music
Music to commemorate the lunar landing of Apollo 11, July 20th, 1969. Music about the moon and moon related things.
