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An hour of “non-threatening” Classical music with information about the music,composers and performers (some of it true), plus weather and road reports and Public Service Announcements.
This week, “Snooze Button” recognizes “National Victims of Crime Awareness Week” in Canada (Apr 18 - 24). Today’s show: Glenn Gould starts things off with the 2nd and 3rd movements of Beethoven’s Sonata # 8 in C minor; the 2nd movement of Shostakovich’s 6th Symphony; to conclude the last 3 movements of Ernest Chausson’s “Concert” for solo violin, piano and string quartet.
Vocal music bookends today’s show. Two songs (“An die Musik” and “Seligkeit”) by Schubert to begin; the 2nd movement of Haydn’s Symphony #104; Sergei Lyapunov’s tuneful 1st piano concerto; Fritz Wunderlich sings an aria from Johann Strauss II’s operetta “A Night in Venice” to end the show.
Today’s show moves backward chronologically. Er…I mean the music moves backward - you won’t get an hour younger by listening to the show. Two songs for men’s chorus by Schubert; a symphony by Sammartini; Bach’s Sonata #2 - originally for solo violin but here played on viola; 2 anonymous dances from the Renaissance period. In the context of the Bach selection, I theorize about why the viola “can’t get no respect” and share a few of the hundreds of viola jokes that exist somewhere out there.
Today’s show features a concerto by Baroque composer Johann David Heinichen, the lyrical second movement of Beethoven’s String Quartet Op. 18 #3, Liszt’s 1st Piano Concerto played by Janina Fialkowska, and a couple of “encores” for brass ensemble.
Greetings dear listeners! It’s been a while since I posted a show here on the website but I’m going to try to get back to doing it regularly. Today is a “Piano Wednesday” featuring music that all has a Spanish connection. Music by Scarlatti, Granados and Gottschalk. Pianists featured are Horowitz, Angela Hewitt, Douglas Riva and Cecile Licad. Enjoy.
The theme of today’s show is “Music from places that are warmer than Lillooet is right now”. To begin, 2 pieces from Manuel De Falla’s ballet “El Amor Brujo”; Canadian violinist Scott St. John and guitarist Simon Wynberg play Paganini’s “Variations on Barucaba”; Louis Moreau Gottschalk’s Symphony #2, subtitled “A Montevideo” (written while he was in Uruguay; more Gottschalk to conclude his glittering and infectious “Grande Tarantelle” for piano and orchestra.
Piano Wedneesday! All Liszt! “Hymne du Matin” to begin, illustrating the composer’s religious side; “Valse-Impromptu” - Liszt the charmer; “Patineurs” - a scherzo based on an ice-skating scene from Meyerbeer’s opera “Le Prophete” shows Liszt’s skill and originality as a transcriber; to finish, the lively gypsy rhythms of Hungarian Rhapsody #8. Today’s show is dedicated to the memory of my friend John Parker.
