Interlude Richard Strauss By Peter Fox Smith | February 20, 2010 A Richard Strauss program will consist of an early work for winds, an early symphonic work, and a concerto written toward the end of his life.
Interlude Carmina Burana By VPR | February 13, 2010 Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana is a perennial favorite, especially in this vintage recording with Gundula Janowitz, Gerhard Stolze, and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, conducted by Eugen Jochum.
Interlude Johann Joachim Quantz By Peter Fox Smith | January 30, 2010 The flute virtuoso and composer Johann Joachim Quantz was born on this date in 1697.
Interlude Interlude: Edward MacDowell By Peter Fox Smith | January 23, 2010 We hear the Piano Concerto No.2 by the late 19th- early 20th-century American composer Edward MacDowell.
Interlude Interlude: Bizet By Peter Fox Smith | January 16, 2010 Interlude presents music by Georges Bizet, including his popular Symphony in C.
Interlude Interlude: Happy Birthday, Mili Balakirev By Peter Fox Smith | January 2, 2010 We hear a piano piece and a symphony by Mili Balakirev, born on this date in 1837.
Interlude Interlude: The Wood Dove By Peter Fox Smith | December 26, 2009 The Wood Dove is a grisly but beautiful tone poem by DvoÅ™ák.
Interlude Interlude: Dvořák’s American Quartet By Peter Fox Smith | December 19, 2009 DvoÅ™ák’s Quartet in F, Op.96, was written during his stay in New York and is subtitled “The American.”
Interlude Interlude: Haydn Symphony No. 86 By Peter Fox Smith | December 12, 2009 Haydn’s Symphony No. 86 is performed by the Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra conducted by Adam Fischer.
Interlude Interlude: Rhapsodies By Peter Fox Smith | December 5, 2009 We hear four famous rhapsodies in vintage performances.