I wanted to call everyone's attention to a fine segment on NPR's
"Weekend Edition/Saturday" today (12/30).  They devoted about ten minutes
to the Boston Symphony's Orchestra's recent release of Peter Lieberson's
"Neruda Songs" performed by the late Lorraine Hunt Lieberson.  There was
an interview with the composer (who alas is currently hospitalized for
treatments of lymphoma), Alex Ross, music critic of The New Yorker
Magazine and blogger under the title "The rest is noise", and James
Levine.  Enough music from the CD was played to cause a run on Amazon
to order the recording which at this very moment is NUMBER FOUR among
all music CD's.  Wow...do you think the honcho's at NPR will observe
this phenomenon and conclude there actually IS a market for classical
music on the radio?

Laurence Glavin
Methuen, MA