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Afternoon Classical 05.15.15

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Richard Strauss's vivid Don Quixote, Op 83, epitomizes the composer's poetic prowess. Here our hero, Don Quixote, and his frightfully faithful squire Sancho Panza rise from the orchestral page as the cello and the viola. James Levine conducts the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Cellist Jerry Grossman is the soloist. 

Mark Munger first began listening to public radio as a child in the back of his Mom's VW Vanagon, falling in love with the stories on Morning Edition and Prairie Home Companion and the laughter of Click and Clack on Car Talk. Through KWIT, he was introduced to the great orchestras and jazz artists, the sounds of folk and blues, and the eclectic expressions of humanity. This American Life and Radiolab arrived in his formative college years and made him want nothing more than to be a part of the public radio world.
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