Round-numbered anniversaries are to classical music as confetti is to New Year’s Eve: a decorative but somehow necessary part of the proceedings. So, for the first show of the year, (mostly) characteristic works by composers born 150 and 200 years ago.
7-9 p.m. EST
2200-0000 UTC/GMT
WDCE, University of Richmond
90.1 FM
http://wdce.org
Holst: “The Perfect Fool” – Ballet
BBC National Orchestra of Wales/Richard Hickox
(Chandos)
Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No. 2 in E flat minor
Orchestre de Chamber de Lausanne/Heinz Holliger
(Zigzag)
Ives: Symphony No. 3 (“The Camp Meeting”)
Los Angeles Philharmonic/Gustavo Dudamel
(Deutsche Grammophon)
Smetana: Quartet No. 1 in E minor (“From My Life”)
Talich Quartet
(La Dolce Volta)
Bruckner: Te Deum
Maria Stader, soprano
Sieglinde Wagner, contralto
Ernst Haefliger, tenor
Peter Lagger, bass
Wolfgang Meyer, organ
Deutsche Oper Berlin Choir
Berlin Philharmonic/Eugen Jochum
(Deutsche Grammophon)
Josef Suk: “Meditation on the Old Czech Chorale ‘Saint Wenceslas’ ”
Prague Philharmonia/Jakub Hrůša
(Supraphon)
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