© 2026 WXXI Public Broadcasting, 280 State St. Rochester, NY 14614, (585) 325-7500
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Falling in love in Music Appreciation 101

REX/Shutterstock

Award-winning writer and broadcaster Armando Iannucci traces his love of classical music from the moment, at the age of 11, he walked into his first musical appreciation lesson. When the needle of the record player thumped onto a scratchy recording of Holst's The Planets, he was in love.  "Then I heard sounds that excited me in a way that somehow the recordings of Deep Purple and King Crimson my brothers played never did."  Read more.

Brenda Tremblay has served as weekday morning host on WXXI Classical since 2009.