"Hale Seize Air!" Shakespeare's historical tragedies are the inspiration for this week's episode. There's a word for it, as always, Wednesdays from 8-11am CT on 101.5 www.umfm.com.

Set #1 - 8:00am - 9:00am

1. Musique de la Grèce antique (rec. 1978)
Gregorio Paniagua - director, Atrium Musicae de Madrid
Harmonia mundi, HMA 1901015
52:39
(Fanciful recreation of unheard music.)

Set #2 - 9:00am - 10:00am

2. Elliot Goldenthal: Titus (2000)
Steven Mercurio & Jonathan Sheffer - conductors, London Metropolitan Orchestra, English Chamber Choir et al.
Titus Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Sony Classical, SK 89171
62'
(Polystylism.)

Set #3 - 10:00am - 11:00am

3. Lee Hyla: We Speak Etruscan (1992)
Tim Berne - baritone sax, Tim Smith - bass clarinet
New World Records, 80491-2
8:32

4. "Twenty-Three Knives against Caesar" from Crime Classics (broadcast CBS 10 Feb. 1954)
Bernard Herrmann - music
Lou Merrill - host
30'

5. Richard Rogers & Lorenz Hart: "This Can't Be Love", "You Have Cast Your Shadow on the Sea" & "The Ballet" from The Boys from Syracuse (1938)
Lehman Engel - conductor, Jack Cassidy - Antipholus, Holly Harris - Luciana
Sony, SK 53329
10'
(A convoluted plot. First use of split screen in the theatre.)