WHRB has begun their Spring Orgy® Period with the Warhorse Orgy on Sunday. For readers who haven't read earlier posts about the Orgies, what they call orgies are continuous playing of virtually all the works of a particular composer (or performer). These began way back as an easy way for the students to handle programming during exam periods at Harvard, where the station is located. They would just play all they had of someone's music, and then someone else. It is a little different now. They used to run their orgies around the clock. Now the classical music orgies are suspended between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. And the Winter Orgy® no longer is precisely aligned with the first semester exams. But the basic idea is the same: a chronological run through the entire recorded work of a particular composer or performer.
Orgies this month will include
- Richard Strauss — to begin at 1 p.m. on Teusday, May 3 and end at 10 p.m. on May 6
- Einojuhani Rautavaara — Sunday, May 8, from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m., with a break from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for the service from Harvard's Memorial Church
- Pablo Casals — Monday, May 9, 5 a.m. to 10 p.m.
- Ballets Russes — Wednesday, May 11, noon to 10 p.m.
- Sir Thomas Beecham — Sunday, May 15, 1 p.m. to Monday, May 12, 10 p.m.
- Alan Hovhaness — Thursday, May 19, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
- Jean-Philippe Rameau — Sunday, May 22, 12:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Again, the Strauss and Beecham orgies will be suspended during the overnight hours from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. So you won't have to stay up all night for them. During other times, including the overnight hours, there will sometimes be orgies of other types of music.
Times are Eastern Daylight Savings (or summer time, as it's known elsewhere).
And WHRB will stream this on the web.
Enjoy.
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