Imagine we’re strolling in a sunny meadow in the Swiss Alps. Birds call from overhead, boat horns echo from nearby lakes, and a gentle cow joins our walk with her bell chiming along the way. On today's show, hear a piece that Franz Doppler wrote with the intent of capturing that idyllic scene.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Gabriel Faure: Barcarolle No. 1 in A minor, Op. 26
John Novacek, piano
Album: Last Kiss: Romantic piano music for love and passion
Four Winds 3016
Franz Doppler: Souvenir de Rigi, Op. 34
Julie Thornton, flute | Michael Thornton, horn | Susan Grace, piano | Liam Candib, handbell
Colorado College Summer Music Festival, Packard Performance Hall, Colorado Springs, CO
Gabriel Faure: Piano Quartet in C minor, Op.15
Jinjoo Cho, violin | Eric Wong, viola | Max Geissler, cello | Hyun Soo Kim, piano
Geneva Music Festival, Froelich Hall, Gearan Center for the Performing Arts, Hobart & William Smith College, Geneva, NY
Manuel de Falla: Ritual Fire Dance, from El amor brujo (Love, the Magician)
Polish Radio Orchestra in Warsaw | Christian Vasquez, conductor
Witold Lutoslawski Polish Radio Concert Studio, Warsaw, Poland
Hour 2
Franz Schubert: German Dance, D 783, No 10; Landler D 790, No. 3; Moment Musical D 780, No. 3
Gil Shaham, violin | Goran Sollscher, guitar
Album: Schubert for Two
DG 471 568
Bela Bartok: Quartet No. 5 Movement 1: Allegro
Doric Quartet
Capital Region Classical, Union College, Memorial Chapel, Schenectady, NY
Claude Debussy: Sacred and Profane Dances
Madeline Olson, harp | The Buffalo Philharmonic | JoAnn Falletta, conductor
The Buffalo Philharmonic, Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
Franz Schubert: Sonata in A major, D 664
Orli Shaham, piano
Kaufman Music Center, Merkin Hall, New York, NY
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