{"id":42406,"date":"2018-05-25T10:36:23","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T17:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiosurvivor.com\/?p=42406"},"modified":"2018-05-25T10:47:53","modified_gmt":"2018-05-25T17:47:53","slug":"minnesotas-classical-safe-harbor-hour-cellos-and-weddings-sacred-and-profane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.radiosurvivor.com\/2018\/05\/minnesotas-classical-safe-harbor-hour-cellos-and-weddings-sacred-and-profane\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota’s classical safe harbor hour; cellos and weddings (sacred and profane)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>On Wednesday, into my classical\/radio newsfeed fell this notification<\/a> about Minnesota Classical Radio (MPR)’s playlist for May 23, 2018. Through the day you get the usual stuff: Schubert, Elgar, Vivaldi. Then the 10 PM hour arrives, and\u00a0 . . . KABOING:<\/p>\n

Refuge<\/strong>
\nBaljinder Sekhon
\nRobert McCormick
\nMcCormick Percussion Group<\/p>\n

Gumboots<\/strong>
\nDavid Bruce
\nCarducci Quartet
\nJulian Bliss, clarinet<\/p>\n

Aguas da Amazonia: Amazon River<\/strong>
\nPhilip Glass
\nThird Coast Percussion<\/p>\n

Nihavent Semai<\/strong>
\nSokratis Sinopoulos
\nJean-Guihen Queyras, cello<\/p>\n

Electric Counterpoint: 3rd movement<\/strong>
\nSteve Reich
\nKasia Kadlubowska, percussion<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Interestingly, the Federal Communications Commission’s safe harbor hour also begins at 10 pm. That’s when broadcasters can air “indecent” and “profane” material through 6 am. And, apparently, that’s also when Minnesota classical radio lovers can listen to Steven Reich and Philip Glass.<\/p>\n

Speaking of the opposite of profanity, yes, I watched and listened to cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason wow the guests at the Royal Wedding with his moving performances of pieces by Faur\u00e9, Schubert, and a beautiful work generally attributed to\u00a0Theresia von Paradis,\u00a0Sicilienne<\/em>.<\/p>\n