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Radio 2 Newsletter: August 28th, 2009


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Road Trip
This Friday, on Radio 2 Drive's summer-long series of celebrity road trip playlists: award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter Jann Arden.
Every Friday this summer we'll hear from Canadian celebrities who have picked out their essential road trip tunes. The lists will be revealed on Radio 2 Drive and then listeners can download the whole thing by visiting our website at cbc.ca/radio2.



CBC Radio now available as a free application on iPhone and iPod Touch!
Listen to CBC Radio live on your iPhone or iPod Touch! This new application allows users to enjoy CBC Radio One, Radio 2 and Radio 3 on the go, along with 19 different live stream options and over 60 of CBC’s most popular programs on-demand. It’s available over 3G or wi-fi, so you can listen at home, in the car, or on the bus.
The CBC Radio for iPhone or iPod Touch application is free for users. To install the application or for further information, visit www.cbc.ca/mobile/iphone.
 



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This is My Music
This Saturday morning on This is My Music comedienne Mary Lou Fallis takes the spotlight once again for two hours of her favourite music.
Her hilarious revue Primadonna set the stage for a number of one-woman shows that have taken Mary Lou Fallis to Expo 86, Radio City Concert Hall in New York, the Edinburgh Fringe and beyond. She’s also appeared in operas and on concert stages in more serious fare, and teaches at the University of Western Ontario.
Music includes excerpts from Midsummer Night's Dream by Mendelssohn, excerpts from the Carnival of the Animals, Richard Strauss 4 Last Songs (all of them) in the classic recording with Elisabeth Schwartzkopf, and Anna Russell's take-off on the German lied versus the French chanson. Also Percy Grainger's English Country Garden, and the finale from Brahms' Symphony 1.
This is my Music - Saturdays on Radio 2 starting at 10:00 am (11:00 AT, 11:30 NT).



The original "horror" opera?
In 1821 Carl Maria von Weber found overwhelming success with his opera Der Freischütz. As a result he became an international celebrity and the leading exponent of German opera in the 1820s, influencing composers as diverse as Marschner, Mendelssohn, Wagner, Meyerbeer, Berlioz and Liszt.
Der Freischütz ('The Freeshooter' or 'Marksman') is a "Singspiel," a type of dramatic work, partly in dialogue and partly in song, which was popular in Germany in the late 18th and 19th century. Der Freischütz is _base_d on an old German folktale that seven unerring bullets may be obtained by selling one's soul to the Demon Hunter. Redemption can only be achieved by providing another victim within the appointed term.
This production comes from the Grand Théâtre in Geneva and stars tenor Nikolai Schukoff as Max, the gamekeeper who is gunning for the hand of Agathe (sung by soprano Ellie Dehn). Jaco Huijpen, bass, sings the role of Caspar, a fellow hunter whose "magic bullets" fire the action. Conductor John Nelson leads L'orchestre de la Suisse Romande.
Airs this Saturday, August 29th, on Radio2 at 1:00 pm (2:00 AT, 2:30 NT).











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