It may not be spring, at least in this hemisphere, but today you can get a taste of it. We'll feature a performance of Robert Schumann's "Spring" symphony from the Music Academy of the West. Normally depressed and anxious, Schumann wrote this sunny work at a time when he was blissfully, if only briefly, happy.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in C Minor for Strings and Harpsichord, RV 119
Harpsichordist and conductor Nicholas McGegan with Capella Savaria
Frederic Chopin: Etude in A-flat, Op. 25, No. 1 ("Aeolian Harp") and Etude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 10, No. 4
Pianist Murray Perahia
Music Center at Strathmore, Bethesda, Maryland
Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B-flat, Op. 38 ("Spring")
The Academy Festival Orchestra with conductor Nicholas McGegan
Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara, California
Georg Philipp Telemann: Concerto for Three Trumpets, Two Oboes, Strings, and Continuo
The Stanislao Giacomantonio Music Conservatory Orchestra with conductor Michelangelo Gabbrielli
Basilica di San Francesco, Paola, Italy
Hour 2
Frank Martin: "Fox Trot"
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra with conductor Hugh Wolff
Camille Saint-Saens: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso for Violin and Piano, Op. 28
Violinist Chee-Yun and pianist Wendy Chen
Strings Music Festival, Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Cornelis Schuyt: Pavane and Galliard
The Royal Wind Music with conductor Paul Leenhouts
Boston Early Music Festival, Boston
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No.4 in A, Op. 90, ("Italian")
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra with conductor Pierre-Laurent Aimard
Ordway Center, St. Paul, Minnesota
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