[Car tune] Symphony #3: III. Poco Allegretto Op 90

Rich Capparela's car tune.

"... after all, ___ them ..."



"Symphony #3: III. Poco Allegretto Op 90" by Johannes Brahms
Performance by Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Marek Janowski.

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Beethoven & Rachmaninoff

The Pacific Symphony is having a concert this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday (tonight) at the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall.

I am not attending this one, but it will broadcast on KUSC next year, on March 1.

Listen to Alan Chapman's preview on SoundCloud.

Symphony No. 7 is one of my favorite Beethoven symphonies.

(3, 5, 6, and 9 are my other favorites.  :))

I think I got addicted after I heard it on the Pacific Symphony's Classical Connections concert.

Carl St. Clair went in depth into the piece, explaining how Beethoven brilliantly weaves the ideas into each movement.

[Car tune] Rinaldo: Lascia ch'io pianga

Rich Capparela's car tune.

"... heck, folks don't even need major storms to drive badly, do they?"



"Rinaldo: Lascia ch'io pianga" by George Frideric Handel
Performance by Anthony Robson, oboe, Collegium Musicum 90, conducted by Simon Standage.

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[Car tune] Two Sunsets

Rich Capparela's car tune.



"Two Sunsets" by Ludovico Einaudi
Performance by Ludovico Einaudi, piano, Marco Decimo, cello.

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[Car tune] Silent Night

Rich Capparela's car tune.

"... after all, even though the break lights are so festive this time of year, it's kind of a drag ..."



"Silent Night" by Franz Gruber
Performance by Joshua Bell, violin, Young People's Chorus of New York City.

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[Car tune] Peer Gynt: Suite #1: Morning Mood

Rich Capparela's car tune.

"...lets say this morning when you were driving in, you started to hear the news about, what looked like, you know, a conflagration in the middle of downtown Los Angeles and we still got the closures and the folks at Caltrans are saying until further notice until they can get this all cleared up.  Yeah, it was one of those kind of mornings, and it may be another one tomorrow, who knows..."

"Peer Gynt: Suite #1: Morning Mood" by Edvard Grieg

Performance by James Galway, flute, Berlin Philharmonic, conducted by Herbert von Karajan

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Rich Capparela

Rich Capparela is the funniest classical radio host I have ever heard.

I first heard him when he was doing the morning show in K-Mozart.

After KMZT converted to country music, I just happened to google him for some reason, and found that he was now on KUSC.

He also does the Pacific Symphony concert broadcasts, Voice of God, and intermission interviews.

I wish KUSC would air it live again, or at least include the intermission in the Sunday broadcasts.

Anyways, one of my favorites is Rich's "classical anti-road rage melody", or "car tune".

Every weekday at around 5 PM PST, he will play a calming piece to reduce the adrenaline level of south Californian drivers.

This is from today, a request from a listener.

"This is the only thing that will make me feel better when I'm stuck in bed sick."

"Thais: Meditation" by Jules Massenet.

Performance by Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by James Levine.

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