M. Luciana Lombardi

Comments,  Official Award and Letters

From Our Listeners: A representative selection of brief comments received every week by telephone, USPS mail, and email to live @ kusp.

• "thank you"
• "I love your show"
• “beautiful music” 
• “great show” 
• “interesting program”
• “selections are inspired” 
• “lovely” 
• “enjoying the music” 
• “wonderful recording”
• “brilliant show” 
• “wonderful selections” 
• “great programming” 
• “excellent programs” 
• “incredible”
• “unusual”
• “favorite classical program”
• “stayed in my car listening”
• “pulled off the road to hear”

Selected comments

• Each week I listen to Luciana Lombardi’s Musical Offering. This week I must write to thank you for such outstanding programming I am constantly impressed by the quality and variety of music Luciana plays. This alone is quite an accomplishment; Luciana goes even further and presents interesting interviews on important artistic themes that reflect the political and social fabric of our culture. Without question, her interviews are the best I have ever heard on KUSP. Luciana’s knowledge of music (composers, instruments, periods, and so forth) is skillfully blended with an astonishing awareness of the current artists and works. I have never heard a program that can compare. Thank you very much.
  March 1990
• Thank you for some very interesting programming. Sometimes I can only listen “on the run,” but I always hear something that makes me stop and listen! … It is such a relief to have some interesting programming for people truly interested in Classical Music. All the other channels have resorted to the same “canned” elevator stuff, so I had to switch to talk radio. In my younger years, when I was in the process of being educated about repertoire and all aspects of music, I depended on excellent radio programming. (I do have a degree in music, but our education is ongoing.) Thank goodness I have located you! Thank you, and keep up the excellent work.
  July 2001
• Listening to your gem of a program as I do almost every Thursday AM, I always want to thank you for this gift to my spirit and, I know, countless others – … Many, many thanks & joyous holiday wishes –
  December 1996
• I love Luciana Lombardi !! (and, I’m a faithful repeat-member of KUSP …) Her programming is a joy to have in the midst of all the “modern” classical music programming. Thank you for Luciana, and early music. Keep up the good work!! July 1987
• I always try to catch your “Musical Offering” on Thursday because I love the early music you play. … With much gratitude for your volunteering time each week to bring such pleasure into our ears and hearts!
  November 1991
• Thank you for the music on KUSP which I find a perfect accompaniment to painting in my studio. Your selections are quite wonderful and a joyous reprieve from the “top 10” classical compositions played and re-played elsewhere. Keep up the great selections / program. -
  2000
• You played … just in time for my bassoon-playing child to hear it … Thanks for your perfect timing [programming selections when he can hear it, after he returns home from his weekly boy scout meetings]. We would really appreciate if you can continue to play bassoon music (like you have) and same a couple after the 9pm hour. P.S. I really missed your program when the Bach Festival was being aired.
  August, 2003
• Dearest host of the morning classical music program, I had the pleasant experience of hearing a beautiful Bach cantata (I think) while driving. … Thank you very much
  January 2002
• I continue to be staggered by the excellence of your choices …
  July 2003
• I’ve enjoyed your programs a lot even though early music is not always my favorite, but you have taught me to extend my music appreciation significantly. … all good wishes, and thanks for the fine entertainment and music lessons.
  October 2002
• My commute to work yesterday was actually enjoyable because of this wonderful music you were playing at about 10:30 AM. … Thank you for your show in the morning,
  November 2002
• I want to compliment you on your choice of music. I’m so happy I happened to tune in tonight.
  September 2003
• Thanks for the program. I like the selections very much. I will be relying on them for my musical education and enjoyment.
  May 2004
• Appreciating what you’ve played tonight. Beautiful stuff … Also played …What was that? I loved it. Thanks.
  October, 2003
• Just a note to let you know how much I’m enjoying tonight’s program.
  July 2003
• Thanks again for the wonderful and enlightening music.
  April 2003
• I really appreciate the music you play. … Thank you so much for your program and we are very lucky to have you.
  March 2003
• I love your show and especially liked …
  February 2003
• There’s nothing like a Luciana Wednesday
  December 2002
• Thank you very much for taking the time to reply, and for presenting such rich and satisfying Wednesday programs!
  November 2002
• Listening to one weekday morning classical music show … I heard a fascinating selection
  November 2002
• I love the unique music you play on your show. Thanks again
  November 2001
• Your show today is “a bouquet of flowers”
  September 2000
• Your selections today were particularly wonderful!
  February 1999
• Luciana Lombardi is a real gem.
  May 1998
• … a faithful listener. Really loves your show.
  March 1998
• … I do so enjoy your program!
  November 1998
• Happy holidays and the best of the season to you. We love hearing your show during the year.
  December 1998
• … favorite program is Luciana’s – and today’s show ending with a ragtime interlude was a wonderful surprise.
  April 1997
• … dulcet tones of Luciana Lombardi …
  November 1994
• I’m moving … out of your range … I’ll especially miss Luciana’s show Thursday, and all the other classical music programs. I can get classical music … there, but not Luciana’s warm voice and wonderful selection of old music. …
  September 1993
• [we] love Pizzicato … Luciana Lombardi does a wonderful job and her taste in music is impeccable.
  Sept 1986
• Thank you so much … for all your contributions to this community over the years. …
  November 2002
• You used to be an institution, like the Cooper House [in downtown Santa Cruz before the earthquake]
  August 2004

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