As US clocks are wound back to standard time, the show moves from the twilight hours to nighttime, when music stimulates the imagination more than it might in daylight. To mark that seasonal transition, varied musical impressions and evocations of the night.
7-9 p.m. EST
2200-0000 UTC/GMT
WDCE, University of Richmond
90.1 FM
http://wdce.org
Johann Joseph Fux: Concerto in D major
(“The Gentleness and Bitterness of the Night”)
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra/Gottfried von der Goltz
(Carus)
Mozart: Serenade in C minor, K. 388 (“Nachtmusik”)
Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble
(Warner Classics)
Louis Moreau Gottschalk: “Symphonie romantique: a Night in the Tropics”
Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra/Richard Rosenberg
(Naxos)
Debussy: Nocturnes
Cleveland Orchestra & Chorus/Pierre Boulez
(Deutsche Grammophon)
Schoenberg: “Verklärte Nacht” (“Transfigured Night”)
Amsterdam Sinfonietta/Candida Thompson
(Channel Classics)
Dvořák: “Rusalka” – “O Silver Moon”
Renée Fleming, soprano
London Symphony Orchestra/Georg Solti
(Decca)
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