Franz Schubert was a musical Peter Pan, who never got the chance to grow old. By contrast, Richard Strauss (pictured) lived well into his 80s. In today's show, a musical snapshot of each man as he came of age. We'll hear Schubert's Symphony No. 3 from Paris, and Richard Strauss' Serenade for 13 Wind Instruments from the Marlboro Music Festival in Vermont, both written when the composers were 18.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Franz Schubert: Excerpt from Six Moments Musicaux, D. 780
Shai Wosner, piano
Frederic Chopin Society, St. Paul
Richard Strauss: Serenade in E-flat, Op. 7
Festival Musicians
Marlboro Music Festival, Marlboro, Vermont
Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 3 in D, D. 200
The French National Orchestra, Manlio Benzi, conductor
Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris, France
Ballake Sissoko: Chamber Music
Ballake Sissoko, kora, Vincent Segal, cello
Savannah Music Festival, Savannah, Georgia
Cornelius Dufallo: Lighthouse
Jeff Peterson, slack key guitar, Robert Mirabal, Native American flute, ETHEL
Grand Canyon Music Festival, Grand Canyon, Arizona
Hour 2
Antonin Dvorak: Legend No. 5
The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Mackerras, conductor
Nino Rota: Excerpts from La Strada Suite
The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly, conductor
Waldbuhne, Berlin, Germany
Andrea Falconieri: Ciaccona
The Masques Ensemble, Olivier Fortin, conductor and harpsichord
Our Lady of Good Help Chapel, Montreal, Quebec
Robert Schumann: Farewell, from Waldszenen (Forest Scenes), Op. 82, No. 9
John Chen, piano
Opera House, Sydney, Australia
Joseph Rivers: Forest Journey, from Trio for Piano, Violin, and Violoncello
Trio Tulsa
Tulsa Community College Performing Arts Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Antonin Dvorak: Excerpts from Cypresses, B. 152
Kerry McDermott and Jennifer Frautschi, violins, Paul Neubauer, viola, Peter Wiley, cello
OK Mozart Festival, Bartlesville, Oklahoma
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