Every weekday at 10 a.m., the hosts at Classical MPR play a standout work based on the theme for the week. We call these works Morning Glories.
This week, flutist Sir James Galway turns 75. We'll celebrate "the man with the golden flute" with five Morning Glories, drawn from the bumper harvest of recordings he's made over his long and stellar career.
Monday
Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 1
James Galway was born on Dec. 8, 1939. Here's some Mozart to say "Happy Birthday, Sir James!"
Tuesday
Prokofiev: Flute Sonata
This sonata is best known as a violin sonata, but we'll hear it on the instrument for which Prokofiev originally wrote it.
Wednesday
C. P. E. Bach: Flute Concerto in D
James Galway cites his recording of Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach as one of his very favorites.
Thursday
Lowell Liebermann: Flute Concerto
One day Galway was thinking about commissioning a work from Lowell Liebermann. And then, who should come down the street but — Lowell Liebermann? From that chance meeting came this attractive concerto.
Friday
Mercadante: Flute Concerto No. 1
The 19th century was the age of opera in Italy. But occasionally Italian composers ventured into the world of instrumental music, as in this concerto from 1819.
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