(Will be posted as soon as show is available)Shift on Wednesday March 20th 2013, streamed at your convenience. Press play.
Welcome to Shift, where Tom Allen takes you on a daily musical journey from the stalwarts of Classical music to the cutting edge of Contemporary tunes. Join us here on CBC music for a round-up of the stories of the day, some videos of music (or maybe just videos interesting to music fans) and a place to speak your voice.
On shift we celebrate the first day of Spring March 20th (the Vernal Equinox). We're playing springy music to put some pep in your step.
Here Igor Stravinsky frightens us out of our winter slumber with his "Sacre Du Printemp" from the 'Rite of Spring'.
Stravinsky provides the perfect soundtrack for offering a sacrifice to the gods of Spring, be those offerings jewels, pottery, or pushing a dead Mayan in the cenote!
This just blossomed from the mind of Ravel one spring morning. Many thanks miraculous Maurice.
We welcome the gusts of spring wind with Claudio Montevdi's "Zefiro Torna".
In other news:
Beware of Red-Winged Blackbirds if you are out jogging in Ottawa along the Rideau canal today.
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