Letter V Classical Radio Dec. 3

The past and the future collide in the early romantic period – music of Schubert, Berlioz, Wagner, Mendelssohn, and a long-overlooked English composer of the period, Alice Mary Smith.

7-9 p.m. EST
2200-0000 UTC/GMT
WDCE, University of Richmond
90.1 FM
http://wdce.org

Berlioz: “Rob-Roy Macgregor” Overture
Montreal Symphony Orchestra/Charles Dutoit
(Decca)

Alice Mary Smith: Symphony in C minor
London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley
(Chandos)

Wagner: “Lohengrin” – Act 1 Prelude
Orchestre du Théâtre national de l’Opéra/André Cluytens
(Erato)

Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue in E minor, Op. 35, No. 1
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
(Decca)

Schubert: String Quintet in C major, D. 956
Alban Berg Quartet
Heinrich Schiff, cello

(Warner Classics)

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