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From the most profound classical music recordings ever made, to genres and musical perspectives from around the globe, talk on music, art and recordings that changed our lives and the world around us. Tune-in as we explore why we only listen to "dead" people, and what is "alive" in music today. Special guests, call-ins welcome.

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Artist Track Album Label Year Comments Approx. start time
Ben E. King  Stand By Me   Favoriting Don't Play That Song!  Atco  1960     
S. Rachmaninoff, piano, Stokowski, cond. Philadelphia Orch.  S. Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto in C minor. No. 2, Op. 18   Favoriting multi-sided 78s  Victor  1924  1st recording of this work.  0:14:39 (MP3 | Pop-up)
George Michael  Faith Instrumental   Favoriting Faith (Promo Edition)  Columbia Records  1987    0:48:51 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Stuttgart Südfunk-Chor, Rupert Huber, cond.  F. Liszt: Ave verum corpus S.44   Favoriting   haenssler CLASSIC  2018    0:55:34 (MP3 | Pop-up)
The Choir of King's College,Matthew Martin, organ, Daniel Hyde, cond.  W.A. Mozart: Ave verum corpus, K. 618 in D major   Favoriting Live from BBC 2's Easter from King's    2022    0:59:54 (MP3 | Pop-up)
VOCES8  William Byrd: Ave verum corpus   Favoriting Live in the VOCES8 Centre (London)    2022    1:03:00 (MP3 | Pop-up)
The Rolling Stones  Paint It, Black   Favoriting Aftermath  Decca  1966    1:07:39 (MP3 | Pop-up)
The Trashmen  Surfin' Bird   Favoriting Bird Call! Twin City Stomp  Atlantic  1998    1:11:08 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Juilliard String Quartet  B. Bartok: String Quartet No. 5, Sz. 102, BB 110   Favoriting Bartok: The Six String Quartets  Sony Music Entertainment  1963  Violin: Robert Mann Violin: Isidore Cohen Viola: Raphael Hillyer Cello: Claus Adam  1:19:58 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Muhammad Abdel Moteleb  Ramadan Jana   Favoriting single  Sono Cairo  1965    1:56:24 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Roberta Flack  Ain’t No Mountain High Enough   Favoriting Roberta Flack Lost Takes  Arc Records  c. 1968    2:00:54 (MP3 | Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:01pm
steveo:

Happy to be alive and here to commune with those whose times have gone by 💗
  6:02pm
Bookbabejg:

From our time!!❤️
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:03pm
Woo:

That's Ben Eeeee King
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:04pm
steveo:

Thanks AI!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:05pm
coelacanth∅:

Greetings Carol and Cullan and dead fans
  6:05pm
Avspuk:

Blimey! In unison & no tech issues!

Are you sure you are alright?

😉
  6:05pm
AskJoe:

The string players just got a royalty when you played stand by me
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:07pm
Woo:

you got 25 pledges already!
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:13pm
NotARealDoctor:

Gooooooood evening Carol and Cullan! Happy Marathon Eve to all my fellow Dead Heads.
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:13pm
chresti:

Hi Carol and Cullan and live people listening to dead people show!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:16pm
ViolaChica:

Hi everyone! So happy you all are here. ...and yes, we are ok! :))))
  6:16pm
Dan from PEI.:

A very quiet and respuctful "good evening" to you all.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:21pm
ViolaChica:

↳ Woo @6:07
It's exciting! We want to do everything we can to keep WFMU safe and sound.
  6:23pm
AskJoe:

Who is the Philly trumpet player Amazing time
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:24pm
ViolaChica:

↳ NotARealDoctor @6:13
I like that "Marathon Eve"....I feel the electricity! It's going to be an amazing 2 weeks. Pianoman and I are singing with the Hoof and Mouth Sinfonia for the Grand Finale!
  6:26pm
s jons:

'All by myself..."
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:27pm
Peter from Saranac Lake NY:

Carol. Cullen. Assembled fans of dead people.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:27pm
JB:

↳ Song: "S. Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto in C minor. No. 2,...
Wow first recording. This is incredible. I'm lucky to be listening.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:28pm
ViolaChica:

↳ AskJoe @6:23
Pianoman has a book with the info...we'll get back to you on that. The trumpet playing on the Firebird 1924, two weeks before this recording, is also amazing. Funny you noted it because I was noticing it too, but more on the Stravinsky.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:30pm
ViolaChica:

Hi to everyone who joined since my last hello. We feel lucky too! Rachmaninoff / Phila Orch just killing it. So different from today's performance style.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:32pm
ViolaChica:

↳ s jons @6:26
<3
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:33pm
Juli P:

Hey FMU fam!
  6:34pm
Bookbabejg:

We also noticed the clarinet solo that reminded us of Mike S
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:34pm
Juli P:

Eating chips, dancing around.
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:34pm
listener 126464:

Hey, ya deadbeats.
  6:35pm
loquat:

I am hearing strains of that kinda morbid song
All by Myself by Eric Carmen
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:35pm
ViolaChica:

↳ Bookbabejg @6:34
Aw! Was recently at John Wanamaker's and always think of him there.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:36pm
ViolaChica:

↳ ViolaChica @6:35
You and s jons both!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:36pm
ViolaChica:

↳ Juli P @6:34
Love that!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:36pm
ViolaChica:

↳ listener 126464 @6:34
Howdy! Welcome to the party
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:38pm
Juli P:

Now a have a lollipop
Laying on a bed.
Lol.
I'll give you a play by play.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:38pm
ViolaChica:

↳ Juli P @6:38
Lol! Nice!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:41pm
Juli P:

I*
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:41pm
Peter from Saranac Lake NY:

↳ Song: "S. Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto in C minor. No. 2,...
How many 78s did this take up?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:42pm
Juli P:

I'm giving myself till 43 to move to LA to sell my film.
Thank you for the music to make life decisions to DJ!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:43pm
ViolaChica:

↳ Peter from Saranac Lake NY @6:41
Pianoman says he is almost positive it was eight 12 inch sides
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:45pm
JB:

WOW incredible
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:48pm
swivs:

As you may know, Harpo Marx and Rachmaninoff were neighbors at some point. "Harpo complained to the management that Rachmaninoff's piano playing was disturbing him. Harpo knew that the management wouldn't ask Rachmaninoff to move out, so he played the opening four bars of Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C Sharp Minor repeatedly at full volume. Rachmaninoff later demanded to be moved to a cabin as far away as possible from Harpo." 🥸🤘
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:49pm
listener 126464:

A piano out of the garbage, not bad.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:49pm
swivs:

↳ listener 126464 @6:49
Well I guess it would be nice.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:50pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ swivs @6:48
Like a lowbrow solution to a highbrow's challenge in one of their movies...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:52pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Groucho : How much if you don't play ?
Chico : ...oh - you couldn't afford it...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:52pm
swivs:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @6:50
Easier than clipping off Rachmaninoff's coat tails with oversized scissors, surely.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:52pm
Peter from Saranac Lake NY:

↳ ViolaChica @6:43
Dang. How did people have the patience to change the rekkids.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:52pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ swivs @6:52
...well ...that's Visual...
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hectic:

hi there! time to listen to dead people
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:53pm
swivs:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @6:52
and that's Harpo.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:56pm
ViolaChica:

↳ Peter from Saranac Lake NY @6:52
With that performance? I'd do whatever it too... :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:56pm
JB:

Screw the Oscars and all that grab-assing. We listening to dead folk
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:57pm
ViolaChica:

↳ swivs @6:48
Look up "Wreckmaninoff" on youtube! Harpo makes me laugh every single time!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:57pm
ViolaChica:

↳ JB @6:56
YES!! HAHA
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:58pm
ViolaChica:

↳ hectic @6:52
Hello hello! Glad you are here with us.
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:59pm
listener 126464:

↳ swivs @6:49
chuckle :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:59pm
Peter from Saranac Lake NY:

↳ ViolaChica @6:56
@ ViolaChica: In that era, did the USSR lean on composers to write "patriotic" music? I believe that Stalin did, and Shostakovich suffered for it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:00pm
ViolaChica:

↳ Peter from Saranac Lake NY @6:59
A loaded question....Pianoman is writing you an answer.
  7:02pm
Pianoman:

↳ Peter from Saranac Lake NY @6:59
Shostakovich figured out how to write sarcastic music that sounded patriotic to the stuff-shirts. Made fun of them right to their ignorant faces! But yes he had a very sad life there.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:03pm
Peter from Saranac Lake NY:

↳ Pianoman @7:02
Thank you to you and ViolaChica. I'm an old rocker who happens to like classical music. However my knowledge is thin.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:04pm
B R M:

Gorgeous recordings...
  7:04pm
Ilsa:

Roberta Flack learned Scarlatti, Bach, and Handel growing up. She went to Howard at 15, where she was the first vocal student there to sing classical. She also conducted a performance of Aida there. She was told that a career in classical music was not a realistic option for a Black woman so she became a teacher instead.

Nina Simone dearly wanted to be a classical pianist. With the help of a few supporters in her hometown, she enrolled at Juilliard. She then applied for a scholarship to study at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where, despite a well received audition, she was denied admission, which she attributed to racism.

Kip Winger of the band Winger was the principal dancer of the Colorado Ballet.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:04pm
ViolaChica:

↳ Peter from Saranac Lake NY @7:03
You are most welcome. We learn something every show too. That's the beauty of WFMU.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:05pm
Peter from Saranac Lake NY:

↳ ViolaChica @7:04
Love the Woof Moo community.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:06pm
Peter from Saranac Lake NY:

↳ Ilsa @7:04
Whoa. I'd known about Nina Simone's interest in classical music, but not about Roberta Flack.
  7:07pm
Ilsa:

↳ Peter from Saranac Lake NY @7:06
I think maybe that's where a lot of the rage came from. Dashed dreams.
  7:07pm
peter:

left channel dropped out
Avatar 7:07pm
hectic:

does anyone know what the latin means? i'm taking latin and verum means true, corpus means corpse, and ave could mean greetings or could be a command to desire something. i can't peice it together though.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:08pm
ViolaChica:

↳ peter @7:07
Yes....I had a heart attack...but it came back Automagically!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:09pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Song: "Paint It, Black" by "The Rolling Stones"
Not to be that dood but I am so - 1966.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:10pm
Peter from Saranac Lake NY:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @7:09
Dang. My mind drifts back to 1982 and a gig at the Dutch Mill Inn, Seaside Heights NJ. We were playing this song and a fight broke out.
Avatar ♥ 7:11pm
Pianoman:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @7:09
I view the recording year as more significant when known. But yes, released 1966
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:11pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Peter from Saranac Lake NY @7:10
It was 'Under My Thumb' did it for Altamont...
Avatar ♥ 7:12pm
Pianoman:

↳ Pianoman @7:11
Oops revolutionrabbit thank you YES recorded in 66
Avatar 🎻 ♥ 7:12pm
AMYGDALA:

↳ hectic @7:07
Hi Hectic,
The Latin dude over at Google Translate says... Ave verum corpus = Hail, true body!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:12pm
ViolaChica:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @7:09
Be that DOOD! YES!
Avatar 7:12pm
Dr. Nathaniel Ward:

↳ Song: "Surfin' Bird" by "The Trashmen"
This song is rockin'!
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:13pm
NotARealDoctor:

↳ hectic @7:07
Corpus is body not corpse, really, so it means "Hail true body!" as in the body of Christ, hail true body born of the virgin Mary, it's a very old hymn dating back to the middle ages I believe
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:13pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Pianoman @7:11
' Released
7 May 1966 (US)
13 May 1966 (UK)
Recorded 6–9 March 1966 '
One thing happens to be - the Beatles & Stones actually cooperated to stagger their releases. Which makes metering them to each other Culturally ...a little awkward. Things changed by the month then...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:14pm
Peter from Saranac Lake NY:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @7:11
Hell's Angels for security. What could go wrong?
  7:16pm
carlos danger:

↳ Song: "Paint It, Black" by "The Rolling Stones"
That comma caused a bit of controversy, with some accusing the Stones of racism. I think they removed it as a result.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:16pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Peter from Saranac Lake NY @7:14
To be fair - Meredith Hunter drew a gun reportedly.
Avatar 7:16pm
hectic:

↳ AMYGDALA @7:12
usually i don't trust google translate but that's probably right. i was confused about whether verum was agreeing with corpus or not. and i did see that hail mary uses ave. that makes sense, thanks notarealdoctor and amygdala.
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:16pm
NotARealDoctor:

↳ NotARealDoctor @7:13
The full text of the hymn translates as:

Hail, true Body, born
of the Virgin Mary,
truly suffered, sacrificed
on the cross for mankind,
from whose pierced side
flowed water and blood:
Be for us a foretaste [of the Heavenly banquet]
in the trial of death!

O sweet Jesus, O holy Jesus,
O Jesus, son of Mary,
have mercy on me. Amen.

Translation stolen from Wikipedia because I don't feel like dusting off my Latin dictionary right now lol
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:17pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @7:16
...but it wasn't the only incident. &tc.
Avatar 7:17pm
hectic:

↳ NotARealDoctor @7:16
cool thanks!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:18pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

The comma's just a typo obvsly.
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:18pm
NotARealDoctor:

↳ hectic @7:16
FWIW, I graduated with a bachelor's in classical studies so this was actually my field of study albeit 20 (is that right??) years ago
  7:20pm
carlos danger:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @7:18
yes, slip-up by Decca.
Avatar 🎻 ♥ 7:21pm
herb.nyc:

Hola. I submitted an illustration of a recording format that is very unknown. I hope Kendraplex accepts it for the zine
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:24pm
NotARealDoctor:

↳ herb.nyc @7:21
I requested a copy with my pledge this year, hopefully it'll be in there and I'll get to see it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:25pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Ilsa @7:04
Knew that like Nina, Roberta was a pianist as well as singer. Didn't know she was that accomplished ! Did know she was a teacher. Makes sense considering how powerful, accurate - & as it happened tender in timbre & phrasing Roberta Flack's voice was.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:26pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Song: "B. Bartok: String Quartet No. 5, Sz. 102, BB 110"...
Absolutely love this.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:29pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...compare maybe to the stories of Brubeck & Bill Evans - both white - who basically said they had to decide between Classical & Jazz - & just chose where they were more talented...
Avatar 🎻 ♥ 7:32pm
herb.nyc:

↳ NotARealDoctor @7:24
Thx for saying. But did carol say 300 people submitted? For I think there was room for only 299. I prob got left out. (Sigh)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:32pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Song: "B. Bartok: String Quartet No. 5, Sz. 102, BB 110"...
That plucked string sounds almost like a Tabla
...thinking then of George Harrison - who realized there were several students of Ravi Shankar who were always going to be better on Sitar than him. So maybe he still had something to say on Guitar...
Avatar 7:36pm
hectic:

↳ NotARealDoctor @7:18
that's cool. i probably won't get that far. i'm only on latin II haha.
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:40pm
NotARealDoctor:

↳ hectic @7:36
I took 6 years of Latin and 3 of Greek for some fool reason. Then I went on to a career that uses neither of them lol
Avatar 🎻 ♥ 7:40pm
AMYGDALA:

↳ hectic @7:36
Kudos hectic... Really commendable to be taking Latin; wished I did in - such a great base to other languages and many other fields of study.

Would have def. helped me speak well English and write more good.
  7:41pm
carlos danger:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @7:29
Some manage to do both. The first time I ever heard of Wynton Marsalis was when I saw him performing a Haydn trumpet concerto on TV.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:42pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ carlos danger @7:41
Indeed. But when asked why he doesn't do more Classical - even the mighty Wynton said ...yerknow ...it's *hard* man !!
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:43pm
NotARealDoctor:

↳ ViolaChica @6:24
Just now saw this comment. I can't wait to see it. I'll be there in person cheering you on!
Avatar 🎻 ♥ 7:44pm
AMYGDALA:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @7:42
That's what she said!

[sorry, I'll show myself out]
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:45pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ AMYGDALA @7:44
...not to blow your own trumpet...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:48pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ carlos danger @7:41
...& for all Wynton's does for Music ...anything as distinctive as either Brubeck or Bill Evans ?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:49pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @7:48
*done
Avatar 🎻 ♥ 7:51pm
AMYGDALA:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @7:45
I think trumpets are in the wind-u-endo section of the orchestra.

[okay, now I'm band; I mean banned]
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:51pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ AMYGDALA @7:51
I dunno ...Miles was pretty direct...
Avatar ♥ 7:53pm
HyperDose:

What a lovely show. Thank you, Carol and Cullan!
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:53pm
NotARealDoctor:

Thanks Carol! Thanks Cullan! See y'all in person soon! Good luck with marathon!
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:55pm
chresti:

Thanks C&C!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:55pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Song: "B. Bartok: String Quartet No. 5, Sz. 102, BB 110"...
Seriously Thanks for exposing my uninformed backside to that performance.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:56pm
ViolaChica:

↳ NotARealDoctor @7:53
Thank you! Say hello!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:57pm
Megaroni:

Ramadán
Mubarak Olson
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:58pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

~ TY Always DJs CGCBs ~
  7:59pm
carlos danger:

Thank you C&C!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:59pm
Peter from Saranac Lake NY:

↳ Peter from Saranac Lake NY @7:14
Thanks for a great show, Carol and Cullan.
Avatar 🎻 ♥ 8:00pm
AMYGDALA:

Amazing how fast this show whizzes by; time sure flies when you're loving every minute!

Great program C&C - many thanks to you!

Thanks too to all the super-awesome listeners. 'night
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:01pm
ViolaChica:

Bye everyone! Thanks for the big love and all the awesome chat and music sharing. We love you!
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