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WQXR is at 105.9 on the FM dial in the New York City metropolitan area and at 90.3 FM in Westchester, NY.
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Good morning. Thanks to "Alexa" I can listen to WQXR from Wellfleet, MA on Cape Cod. To me, QXR is a the last hold out for classical music broadcasting with imagination and creativity. So please tell me; why are you playing that "Mary Poppins "suite or whatever it is. Such drivel is so beneath you.
just heard jeff spurgeon.
annie bergen: be well soon.
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Thank you QXR for being sensitive and accurate in your music selection honoring Jackie Robinson. Beethoven's
Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica" is more than suitable for Mr. Robinson's outstanding achievements and impact on America. Not to mention the strength of his character and humility while people threw vegetables, eggs and even spat on him. Let's add to that the death threats against him and his family. I hope that today the children of those violent people have found the meaning of true love. The kind of love that comes with compassion and an understanding of our interconnectedness. Yes Eroica is the PERFECT homage to JacKie Robinson, may he rest in eternal peace.
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Appalachian Spring ❤🎶
Question for those who used to listened to the late Karl Haas. I recently started listening to WQXR, on the computer, while I was doing other work on it. I suddenly thought "that sounds like Karl Haas's voice". It was Jeff Spurgeon. It brought back such fond memories and will make me a regular listener to his show. Am I alone, or have others noticed a resemblance in their voices?
Robert Schumann wrote his Arabeske in C major, Op. 18 in 1839 when he was 29 years old, dedicating it to Frau Majorin Friederike Serre auf Maxen. In the autumn of 1838 Schumann had left Leipzig for Vienna. His relationship with Clara Wieck had reached a point of no return. In Vienna, Schumann found himself beset by depression and professional disappointment. He was influenced by Christian Schuburt's book on musical aesthetics, in which C major, the key of the Arabeske, was identified with the childish and simple, relegating more intense emotions to the sharped keys. Schumann wrote in the year of the creation of the Arabeske, "Never refer me again as Jean Paul II or Beethoven II […] I am willing to be ten times less than these others, and only something to myself."
#Schumann #arabesque #pianomusic
For some reason I can no longer get WQXR on my radio. I am in New Brunswick NJ and was getting it until about two weeks ago. Please share any idea to pull lt in and/or suggest a radio that may be better suited to a loved Classical FM station. Thank you.
I REALLY like the new online setup. Much easier to see who is playing. Thank you!
