A Contest for Tiny Operas
Amadeus Deli 
Host:Jennifer Hambrick
Classical 101 Midday Announcer and Host of the Amadeus Deli.
How Mozart Got Stiffed: The Story of Les petits riens
How dancers might have looked in Mozart's day.
Here’s some fun video of the choreography for Mozart’s only ballet, Les petits riens. The choreography got rave reviews from the Parisians. Too bad Mozart was neither listed in the program nor paid for his music.
Quirky Animation Brings Copland’s Hoe-Down to Life
Copland's ballet score, Rodeo premiered with choreography by Agnes de Mille in 1942.
This stop-motion animation video by Eleanor Stewart brings the Hoe-Down from Aaron Copland’s Rodeo to life.
Visit the Amadeus Deli at the Columbus Arts Festival, June 3
Even Mozart loves a street fair - or an arts festival.
Next Friday, June 3, you’ll be able literally to step into the Amadeus Deli when I broadcast a special two-hour Deli, 12-2 p.m., live from the grounds of the Columbus Arts Festival.
The Single Oboe Theory: Ensemble Sonnerie’s Bach Orchestral Suites
Ensemble Sonnerie's recording of J.S. Bach's Orchestral Suites simply can't be topped for compelling historical interpretation and sheer beauty of sound.
Ensemble Sonnerie’s Grammy-Nominated Bach album substitutes an oboe in the solo role for Bach’s Orchestral Suite in A minor, BWV 1067, a spot typically reserved for the flute.
Cubicle Concert: The Fry Street Quartet
Classical 101 was thrilled to welcome the Fry Street Quartet for a live, in-studio performance!
The Fry Street Quartet visited the Classical 101 studios to perform music of Beethoven in anticipation of their appearance at the Southern Theatre.
Classical Haiku: Maurice Ravel
Today’s Classical Haiku goes to Ravel, for making instruments dance and showing us the soul of the orchestra.
Classical Haiku: Richard Wagner
Today’s Classical Haiku goes to Richard Wagner, whose music dramas might be a bit much, but only too much of a good thing.
Classical Haiku: Giuseppe Verdi
Today’s Classical Haiku celebrates Verdi’s flair for the dramatic, still writ large on the great stages of the world.
Classical Haiku: Claude Debussy
Today’s Classical Haiku goes to Debussy, whose music takes us to an island paradise – if only in our minds.
Classical Haiku: Johannes Brahms
Today’s Classical Haiku is for the bachelor composer Johannes Brahms, who so loved the world – and his music says as much.
