This is show #176 of the Series "Blues For Modern Times", (formerly called Blues For Modern Man). This show is produced to be broadcast as either a weekly Series, or it can be easily be used as a stand-alone episode. The focus of this Series is to support today's Modern Blues music and working Blues Artists, and it highlights the great variety of music that they record. My shows use mainly just received new, and artists latest Blues releases in each show, though I occasionally blend in other modern Blues music. Today’s Blues are a diverse and exciting genre, as todays Blues Artists play in various styles of Blues. This allows me to create a true Blues variety show that should appeal to most any curious music lover. These programs DO NOT have to be ran in order-however-the higher the show number, the newer the music in the program. These shows ARE NOT dated at all, so that this Series can begin to be run at any point or show number, at your Stations discretion.
  This show is designed for the music lover, with a great variety of music. It's also for the Blues lover, to check out the latest from some of their favorite artists, and to discover new Blues artists and their recordings. And this show is a good intro to the Blues for new Blues listeners, to help them discover the diversity in today’s modern Blues music. I produce this show solely to be a part of a NPR/Community Station's regular weekly 1 hour show lineup. This show focus is on the music, and I inform listeners of the songs I've played, what album it's from, and an occasional tidbit or two on the Artist or the tune.  I post my playlists and more on my Facebook Page for the Show, Blues For Modern Times. Since the show is aired regularly on several stations, I produce and upload NEW SHOWS EVERY WEEK. My hope is to grow both the number of stations and listeners of this program, thereby fulfilling my mission to support working Artists, and share today’s Blues music with as many listeners as possible...Upon request, I also can produce 25 second spots for each show if desired by your station, leaving :05 to announce show day and time.

TO: All Stations

FR: Tony Morris

DT: June 10, 2024

RE: ***CLASSICAL GUITAR ALIVE!   24-24 Cimarosa, Mertz, Ponce “Sonata Romantica,” Morel’s Fantasia de la Danza”

In Cue: MUSIC IN "Hello and welcome to..."

Out Cue: "...another edition of Classical Guitar Alive!"

Program Length: 58:57

INTRODUCTION:

 Bizet:  Carmen Suite: Prelude       Los Romeros, guitar quartet

                                                        (Philips 412-609)

PROGRAM BEGINS:

Cimarosa: Sonata in G Minor              Hannu Anala, guitar,  Mari Mantyla, decacorde

             “Musica Barocca a Due”   (Alba 2023) (3:39)

Mertz: Duo Concertant uber ein Theme aus Elisir d’amore     Brian Torosian, guitar,

                                                                                                 David Schrader, piano

                           “Mertz: Guitar & Piano Duos”      (Brian Torosian 2012) (9:13)            

Ponce: Sonata Romantica  “Homage a Schubert”      Jason Vieaux, guitar

                                “Manuel Ponce: Guitar Sonatas” (Azica 2001) (22:31)

Morel: Fantasia de la Danza                     Krzysztof Pelech, guitar,
                                              Capella Bydgostiensis,  Michal Nesterowicz, conductor
                                         (Luthier Music 2006) (20:05)

CLOSING THEME/FUNDING CREDITS

This week’s program features a keyboard sonata by Cimarosa arranged for guitar and decacorde (10-string guitar), Mertz’s Duo Concertant for guitar and piano on a theme from the Donizetti opera The Elixir of Love, Manuel Ponce’s Sonata Romantica in homage to Franz Schubert, and Argentine composer Jorge Morel’s “Fantasia de la Danza” for guitar and orchestra.

CLASSICAL GUITAR ALIVE! is a weekly one-hour music with interviews program that is sound-rich, energetic, and has a positive vibe. It is an audience bridge-builder program that attracts both core classical audience and fans of all kinds of acoustic music.

Classical Guitar Alive! celebrates 25 years of national distribution and airs each week on over 200 stations. FUNDRAISER EDITION of Classical Guitar Alive! is available here to all stations: http://www.prx.org/pieces/187790-fundraiser-editio

CGA! is a winner at PRX's 13th Annual Zeitfunk Awards: #1 Most Licensed Producer, and #2 Most Licensed Series.

On this Pumpkin prepping episode of YBYG Mike McGrath teaches you how to grow a great Pumpkin patch! Plus your fabulous phone calls!!

Elmore James: 1951-55

Elmore James never tried to have crossover success. He was a bluesman through and through; an ambassador of the Mississippi Delta Blues with a modern, 1950s electric twist. Elmore's blues was as pure as his ambitions when starting out as a sideman for now legendary blues harpist Sonny Boy Williamson II. James played on several Williamson sessions held in 1951 at Trumpet Records in Jackson, MS, until he was coaxed into playing the Robert Johnson tune, "Dust My Broom" in August. Trumpet gave James one side of the original 78 RPM release and in early 1952, "Dust My Broom" became a national R&B hit! Ike Turner, who was scouting for the Bihari Brothers of LA's Modern Records, found Elmore and got him signed to a four year deal with the Biharis. They issued his first record on their Meteor subsidiary and "I Believe," a reworking of "Dust My Broom," also became a top 10 national hit. Elmore James wouldn't score another hit record until 1960, but in those years in-between, James issued some incredible and highly influential blues sides, featuring his legendary slide guitar style. James would go on to inspire The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds, early Fleetwood Mac and others, but would not live to see it. This week, Matt The Cat dusts off some prime Elmore James 78s from several labels and in many blues styles. Many of these records built off the original "Dust My Broom" guitar lick, but they are also good enough to stard firmly on their own.

From a Valencian medieval legend to the seat of the ancient Incan empire to pre-Colombian Peru and Bolivia to Cuba and the Argentine tango, works by Ginastera, Rodrigo, Lecuona and Frank, featuring flutist Eugenia Zukerman, pianist Thomas Tirino, and conductors Enrique Bátiz and Keith Lockhart, exploring contemporary visions of times gone by.