The Arrival of Spring

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The vernal equinox was at 7:02 this morning.  We’ll celebrate the arrival of spring with music by Goldmark, Debussy, Schumann, Tchaikovsky and many others.

 

 

Playlist:
9:02 am
  • Im Fruhling Overture , Op. 36 ("In Spring")
  • Composer: Karl Goldmark
  • Ensemble: Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Conductor: Andras Korodi
  • CD/Album: Goldmark: Overtures
  • Record co./Cat #: Hungaroton 12552
9:15 am
  • Images for Orchestra: #3 - Rondes de printemps ("rounds of spring")
  • Composer: Claude Debussy
  • Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra
  • Conductor: Pierre Boulez
  • CD/Album: Debussy: Images
  • Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 435766
9:24 am
  • Symphony #1 "Spring" in Bb , Op. 38
  • Composer: Robert Schumann
  • Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra
  • Conductor: Christoph von Dohnanyi
  • CD/Album: Schumann: Symphonies 1 & 2
  • Record co./Cat #: London 421439
10:01 am
  • Faith in Spring (German: "Fruhlingsglaube")
  • Composer: Alexander Zemlinsky
  • Ensemble: Cologne Gurzenich Orchestra
  • Soloists: Mulheimer Kantorei
  • Conductor: James Conlon
  • CD/Album: Zemlinsky: Complete Choral Works, etc.
  • Record co./Cat #: EMI 86079
10:07 am
  • The Seasons , Op. 37
  • Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  • Soloists: Vassily Primakov, piano
  • CD/Album: Tchaikovsky - Vassily Primakov, piano
  • Record co./Cat #: Bridge 9283
10:52 am
  • On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
  • Composer: Frederick Delius
  • Ensemble: Welsh National Opera Orchestra
  • Conductor: Charles Mackerras
  • CD/Album: Delius: Orchestral Works
  • Record co./Cat #: London 460290
11:01 am
  • The Seasons (complete ballet music) , Op. 67
  • Composer: Alexander Glazunov
  • Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra
  • Conductor: Edo de Waart
  • CD/Album: Glazunov: The Seasons; Scenes de Ballet
  • Record co./Cat #: Telarc 80347
11:41 am
  • Piano Sonata #26 "Les Adieux" in Eb , Op. 81a
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Soloists: Van Cliburn, piano
  • CD/Album: Beethoven Sonatas - Van Cliburn
  • Record co./Cat #: RCA 60356
11:57 am
  • Four Songs: Fruhlingslied , Op. 100/3 ("Spring Song")
  • Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
  • Ensemble: RIAS Chamber Choir
  • Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann
  • CD/Album: Mendelssohn: Choral Works
  • Record co./Cat #: Harmonia Mundi 901992
12:05 pm
  • Spring Beauties
  • Composer: Brian Dykstra
  • Soloists: Noel Lester, piano
  • CD/Album: Brian Dykstra: Concert Rags
  • Record co./Cat #: Centaur 2662
12:11 pm
  • Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky , Op. 35
  • Composer: Anton Arensky
  • Soloists: Soovin Kim, violin ; Kirsten Johnson, viola ; Lynn Harrell, cello ; Zuill Bailey, cello
  • CD/Album: Live from El Paso Pro-Musica January 7, 2006
  • Record co./Cat #: Delos 1040
  • Note: (from String Quartet #2)
12:26 pm
  • I Vespri Siciliani: Four Seasons ballet (The Sicilian Vespers)
  • Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
  • Ensemble: Bologna Comic Opera Theatre Orchestra
  • Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
  • CD/Album: Verdi: Ballet Music
  • Record co./Cat #: London 425108
  • Note: (from Act III, scene 2)
12:56 pm
  • Six Songs to be sung in the Open Air: Spring Festival , Op. 48/3
  • Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
  • Ensemble: RIAS Chamber Choir
  • Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann
  • CD/Album: Mendelssohn: Choral Works
  • Record co./Cat #: Harmonia Mundi 901992

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