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From the most profound classical music recordings ever made, to genres and musical perspectives from around the globe, talk on music, art and recordings that changed our lives and the world around us. Tune-in as we explore why we only listen to "dead" people, and what is "alive" in music today. Special guests, call-ins welcome.

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Favoriting March 16, 2025: The Finale before the Finale
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Artist Track Album Label Year Comments Approx. start time
USSR State Radio Symphony, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, cond.  D. Shostakovich: Festive Overture in A Major, Op. 96   Favoriting         0:00:00 (MP3 | Pop-up)
System of a Down  Attack   Favoriting Hypnotize  Columbia Records  2005    0:11:17 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Talking Heads  Life During Wartime   Favoriting Stop Making Sense (Live)        0:22:39 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Philadelphia Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski, cond.  L. Stokowski Balance Test March   Favoriting   Victor  1927    0:28:02 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Alexander Sevastian, accordion  JS. Bach: Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067: VII. Badinerie   Favoriting J.S. Bach: Famous Works  Analekta  2017    0:38:17 (MP3 | Pop-up)
  Leopold Stokowski in Rehearsal           0:40:15 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Berliner Philharmoniker · Bernhard Klee · RIAS Kammerchor · Günther Arndt  Beethoven: The Ruins of Athens, Op. 113: 3. Du hast in deine Ärmels Falten   Favoriting Beethoven 2020 – Works for the Stage 2  Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin  1970    0:42:11 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Philadelphia Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski, cond.  Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565, arr. L. Stokowski   Favoriting Bach, J.S.: Stokowski Transcriptions, Vol. 1 (Stokowski) (1927-1939)  Victor  1927    0:53:20 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Andrew Clark, natural horn; Geoffrey Govier, period piano  L.v. Beethoven: Sonata for piano & horn in F Major, Op. 17, III. Rondo. Allegro moderato   Favoriting         1:15:43 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Robert Rolfe Feddersen  (Vicariously) Rock-N-Roll Died   Favoriting My Terri Ann        1:28:04 (MP3 | Pop-up)
New York Philharmonic, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, cond.  S. Prokofiev: Scythian Suite, Mvt. II The Evil God and the Dance of the Pagan Monsters   Favoriting Live Radio Broadcast    1988    1:38:30 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Louis Armstrong And The Dukes Of Dixieland  Bourbon Street Parade   Favoriting Louis Armstrong And The Dukes Of Dixieland  Audio Fidelity  1960    1:46:14 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Carol Gimbel (ViolaChica)  A Beethoven 9th Fantasy   Favoriting     2025  Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange (Music From The Soundtrack), Mr. Bean's European Anthem, London Symphony Orchestra · Georg Solti  1:53:11 (MP3 | Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:03pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...Beff - uh - NEE ! :D
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member 5:04pm
chresti:

Hi Carol and Cullan and Bethany and dead people show Marathon edition!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:05pm
StringOFperils:

Yeah for the station that plays the Artful Dead!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:07pm
joe mulligan:

Bethany Ryker!!!!! A440!!
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member 5:08pm
chresti:

Rozhdestvensky is a very long name. You think they called him Roz for short?
  🎻 5:08pm
Listener Robert:

It wuuld be so sweet if the "odometer" happened to hit the goal during this, your first Marathon show!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:09pm
joe mulligan:

oh yeah hell yeah! stochastic hit parade!!!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:10pm
StringOFperils:

↳ chresti @5:08
I think they called him маэстро
  5:10pm
Scott in Maryland:

Great to hear Bethany back on WFMU. Always enjoyed her eclectic program mix from the "classical" genre....
  5:11pm
Bookbabejg:

Good luck 🍀
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:13pm
ViolaChica:

Hi everyone!! What an exciting final marathon eve here at the station!!! Let's bring this baby home and across the finish line!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:14pm
joe mulligan:

↳ Scott in Maryland @5:10
what a wonderful moment to have Bethany helping raise funds for Carol and Cullen. for listeners of "Why Do We Only Listen to Dead People?", if they're anywhere close to Bethany's contributions, you have many years of fantastic listening from Carol and Cullen
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:17pm
ViolaChica:

Congratulations to everyone out there!! WFMU listeners are vibrating with community and shining light into the world!
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member 5:21pm
chresti:

In money in!
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member 5:22pm
tom from Manchester:

gang gang
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:22pm
Ike:

Wow, I don’t remember that at all, Bethany! That’s so funny!
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member 5:24pm
tom from Manchester:

Stochastovich
Avatar 5:24pm
Bethany Ryker:

Shhhhh. Quietly announcing that this is my 25th MARATHON here at WFMU. I want that to be 26, so KEEP us ALIVE. Pledge $26 and PAY IT FORWARD!
  5:26pm
Wilson in SO:

Who's dead here? The synth guy?
Avatar 5:29pm
Bethany Ryker:

Yes, Ike! You're a valuable volunteer!! Miss you!
Avatar 🎻 5:30pm
Jherweg:

Good luck you two! Thanks for your help last week!!
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member 5:31pm
tom from Manchester:

↳ Song: "L. Stokowski Balance Test March" by "Philadelphia...
rumbustious
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:31pm
ViolaChica:

↳ Jherweg @5:30
Heyyy!! Thank you!! We miss you here!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:31pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Song: "L. Stokowski Balance Test March" by "Philadelphia...
...almost thot Portland Sinfonia ! :D ...somewhat the model for the Hoof&Mouth...
Avatar 5:31pm
Mark T:

“It’s Leopold…” Bugs Bunny 😂
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:32pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @5:31
*Portsmouth Sinfonia
Avatar 🎻 5:32pm
Jherweg:

I’m off to a concert at LPR, you guys are going to put the station over the top, have fun at the party.
  Swag For Life Member 5:32pm
chris_from_east_sammich:

↳ Wilson in SO @5:26
Bernie Worrell
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member 5:33pm
chresti:

↳ Song: "L. Stokowski Balance Test March" by "Philadelphia...
There's dead people, and then there's VERY dead people
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member 5:33pm
tom from Manchester:

old A440s are always a sound bet tbh
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:37pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ tom from Manchester @5:33
...not to say a Sound Bethany...
  Swag For Life Member 5:39pm
Shamar Morales:

My Sangean HDR 16 just died so I switched it to a gray emergency radio and cranked it up to full power.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:40pm
erik:

↳ Shamar Morales @5:39
Are the Sangean's really that much clearer than others?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:43pm
Webhamster Henry:

↳ Song: "Leopold Stokowski in Rehearsal"
Hi Bethany! PRESTO!
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member 5:43pm
tom from Manchester:

here is my fun classical fact of the day. did you know Louis Spohr invented both manuscript rehearsal letters and the violin chin rest
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member 5:44pm
AMYGDALA:

Darn, bit time snoozement...

I didn't realize the show got crackin' earlier than usual. What did I miss, in 240 words or less?

(Kidding... I'm all caught 'cause I've taken the Evelyn Woodhead sped reddin' curse and my resultant comprension has increased wonder fully).

Hola Carol, Cullan and all patrons of the arts!
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member 5:44pm
john_zilla:

↳ Song: "Beethoven: The Ruins of Athens, Op. 113: 3. Du ha...
wow!!
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member 5:45pm
AMYGDALA:

↳ AMYGDALA @5:44
* (big) time, that is.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:48pm
joe mulligan:

↳ Jherweg @5:32
alabaster deplume? great show, enjoy!
  5:49pm
Cosmic:

Yeeeeeeww!!!
  🎻 5:50pm
BS From MD:

Wow! Thanks to Carol, Cullan and Bethany. So much fun. Looking forward to the cards. Will let you know who the Joker is. Or was it Ace of Spades?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:54pm
ViolaChica:

↳ BS From MD @5:50
Joker :)!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:55pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Joker must be Cage.
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member 6:08pm
tom from Manchester:

what in the WORLD
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member 6:15pm
tom from Manchester:

like the Hendrix of French horn
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member 6:15pm
tom from Manchester:

or Hendricks i guess it would be
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member 6:18pm
PaulRobeson1925:

Could’a been an emergency
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member 6:23pm
tom from Manchester:

(you make me feel like) a natural horn
  6:23pm
H:

heard on the jury bummer woof
  6:25pm
H:

as a saxophonist, horn 4 horn
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member 6:25pm
tom from Manchester:

The Temple City Kazoo Orchestra's "Kazooed on Klassics", which has certainly been played on FMU, includes some Bach iirc
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member 6:29pm
tom from Manchester:

↳ Song: "(Vicariously) Rock-N-Roll Died" by "Robert Rolfe ...
both kinds of music - country AND Western classical
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member 6:31pm
No Big Thing in Chicago:

↳ Song: "(Vicariously) Rock-N-Roll Died" by "Robert Rolfe ...
Oh man, not necessarily where I expected to run into RRF! Absolute prince of a dude and his wife Terri is great too.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:31pm
Dan S:

↳ Song: "(Vicariously) Rock-N-Roll Died" by "Robert Rolfe ...
Great song! Maybe rock-n-roll died, but is this guy still alive? If so, does that violate your program title? :-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:32pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Under $5k to the goal!
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member 6:36pm
john_zilla:

ok f it I'm pledging again. let's go!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:38pm
ViolaChica:

↳ john_zilla @6:36
YES! AMAZING!!!!
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member 6:39pm
chresti:

Time to
P L E D G E
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:42pm
ViolaChica:

PLEDGE!!! 1- 800-989-9368 It's the final moments of the marathon!!! Ken, Irwin, Jim, Bethany! Everyone is in the house dancing!!! GO GO GO!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:42pm
DjLorraine:

One of the little green men Is sitting on the hat!
  🎻 6:44pm
Listener Robert:

↳ Song: "S. Prokofiev: Scythian Suite, Mvt. II The Evil Go...
My friend Cary asked, "Is that Emerson, Lake, and Palmer?" Seriously.
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member 6:45pm
chresti:

Make the pagan monsters dance!
Avatar 6:46pm
Charles in Chicago:

Hey Andre in Chicago! Way to go!
  6:46pm
goes211:

Where do we watch the marathon finale?
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member 6:47pm
john_zilla:

the main page switches to a stream I think?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:47pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

↳ goes211 @6:46
This here is the playlist for the finale. www.wfmu.org...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:48pm
David The Splatter:

Evening, Carol and Cullen and everyone. I'm ready for the finale (and enjoying the classical music as well).
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:48pm
doctorjazz:

$573 left (according to the home page), cool!
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member 6:49pm
tom from Manchester:

Louis!
  6:49pm
@tomchiuonthis:

THANK YOU ALL for that awesome shoutout!!!
Carol, soooo AMAZING you experienced the Feldman in Toronto, Wowww !!!! I’ll give y’all a shoutout for the next Feldman TRIP !!!!
  6:49pm
No Big Thing in Chicago:

Hey Charles! Oddly enough, RRF was a frequent Albini contributor. A great example of wonderful WFMU randomness!
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member 6:53pm
chresti:

only 430 to go!
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member 6:53pm
john_zilla:

we can wipe that out let's go!!
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member 6:53pm
chresti:

I mean 250!
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member 6:54pm
john_zilla:

wellly Welly Welly well
  6:55pm
Acid Rich:

shit is it possible to change which DJ you donated to? it will be a conundrum as to who i'd switch out, but i totally meant to pledge to this show and forgot dammit and have no more funds to give.
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member 6:55pm
john_zilla:

never get tired of Wendy Carlos
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member 6:55pm
NotARealDoctor:

Fantastic job Carol, Cullen, and Bethany! See you on stage soon!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:55pm
DanFA:

Pledgy wedgy you droogs.
Avatar 6:55pm
Jeff Moore:

One of your hosts, in action on another show:

www.flickr.com...

If you have a gigantic desktop monitor and want to see this without distractions:
www.flickr.com...
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member 6:56pm
john_zilla:

↳ Acid Rich @6:55
Joe McGasko can help you
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:56pm
Dan S:

And the Dead People put us over the top! :-) Seriously, though, congrats to Cullan and Carol, and most of all to WFMU!
Avatar 6:56pm
Charles in Chicago:

Interesting, I never heard the guy before. And here's the "w" I missed in your name: 𝐖
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member 6:57pm
mattymatt:

Digging this!
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member 6:57pm
PaulRobeson1925:

By thy magic is united
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member 6:57pm
tom from Manchester:

cheers Carol, Cullan, Bethany!
  6:57pm
Acid Rich:

↳ john_zilla @6:56
right you are, i'll get on it. does anyone know if donations actually have any influence whatsoever on any particular show's longevity?
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member 6:58pm
john_zilla:

thanks!!!!!
  6:58pm
P-90:

Great to hear Bethany! Thanks and congratulations everyone!
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member 6:58pm
john_zilla:

are we hitting the goal at last second???
  6:58pm
P-90:

Don’t be a stranger Bethany…!
  🎻 6:58pm
BS From MD:

Thanks for a great and fun two weeks! Congrats on your first marathon!
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member 6:58pm
Bobby:

Winning show
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member 6:59pm
chresti:

Only 2 minutes for 200!
  6:59pm
Acid Rich:

and in case it wasn't clear, i fucking LOVE this show. you guys are awesome and i am so happy WFMU has a "classical" show now. and those quotation marks are meant in only the best sense.
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member 6:59pm
PaulRobeson1925:

CLAP CLAP CLAP clap clap clap clap
  🎻 6:59pm
BS From MD:

↳ P-90 @6:58
This. ^
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member 6:59pm
john_zilla:

↳ PaulRobeson1925 @6:59
👏👏👏👏
Avatar 6:59pm
Buck Flummox:

Fantastochastic to hear Bethany on the airwaves tonight!
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member 6:59pm
PaulRobeson1925:

↳ john_zilla @6:59
Goood morninggggg babyy
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member 7:00pm
john_zilla:

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏💲
Avatar 7:00pm
Buck Flummox:

So great, so grand!
  7:00pm
Acid Rich:

my wife always derides the very last bit as the cancan :/ she's french, oh well
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member 7:00pm
john_zilla:

yeah!!!! what a powerful lead out for the marathon shows
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member 7:01pm
AMYGDALA:

So good - what a finale - lovin' life!
Many thanks Carol, Cullan and Bethany!
Avatar 🎻 Swag For Life Member 7:03pm
tom from Manchester:

↳ Acid Rich @7:00
can't-can't, more like
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