Episode 45: 1345 Mahler: Symphony No. 6 "Tragic"
Symphony No. 6 in A minor by Gustav Mahler is a symphony in four movements, composed in 1903 and 1904 (revised 1906; scoring repeatedly revised). Mahler conducted the work's first performance at the Saalbau concert hall in Essen on May 27, 1906. It is sometimes referred to by the nickname Tragische ("Tragic"). Mahler composed the symphony at what was apparently an exceptionally happy time in his life, as he had married Alma Schindler in 1902, and during the course of the work's composition his second daughter was born. This contrasts with the tragic, even nihilistic, ending of No. 6. Both Alban Berg and Anton Webern praised the work when they first heard it. Berg expressed his opinion of the stature of this symphony in a 1908 letter to Webern: "Es gibt doch nur eine VI. trotz der Pastorale." (There is only one Sixth, despite the Pastoral.) Purchase the music (without talk) for only $2.99 at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p440/Mahler%3A_Symphony_No._6_%22Tragic%22.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @khedgecock #ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive #LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans #CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain #ClassicalMusicLivesOn #Uber Please consider supporting our show, thank you! http://www.classicalsavings.com/donate.html staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com
12 Dec 20201h 34min
Episode 44: 1344 Stravinsky: Violin Concerto in D
The Violin Concerto was commissioned by Blair Fairchild, an American composer, diplomat, and the patron of the young Polish violinist Samuel Dushkin. Purchase the music (without talk) for only $2.99 at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p429/Stravinsky%3A_Violin_Concerto_in_D.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @khedgecock #ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive #LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans #CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain #ClassicalMusicLivesOn #Uber Please consider supporting our show, thank you! http://www.classicalsavings.com/donate.html staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com
12 Dec 202029min
Episode 43: 1343 Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
Rachmaninoff composed the concerto in the peaceful setting of his family's country estate, Ivanovka, completing it on September 23, 1909. Contemporary with this work are his First Piano Sonata and his tone poem The Isle of the Dead. Purchase the music (without talk) for only $2.99 at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p425/Rachmaninoff%3A_Piano_Concerto_No._3_in_D_minor%2C_Op._30.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @khedgecock #ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive #LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans #CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain #ClassicalMusicLivesOn #Uber Please consider supporting our show, thank you! http://www.classicalsavings.com/donate.html staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com
12 Dec 202047min
Episode 25: 17025 Rising
Rising w/ The Crossing Track List 1. David Lang (b. 1957) – protect yourself from infection (2019) [5:30] 2. Joby Talbot (b. 1971) – Lost Forever (2000) [3:46] 3. Ēriks Ešenvalds (b. 1977) – Translation (2016) [4:25] 4. Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707) – IV. Ad latus from Membra Jesu nostri, BuxWV 75 (1680) [8:10] 5. Paul Fowler (b. 1978) – First Pink (2016) [3:54] 6. David Lang – I. our land with peace from the national anthems (2014) [5:17] 7. Alex Berko (b. 1995) – Lincoln (2018) [5:45] 8. David Lang – IV. keep us free from the national anthems (2014) [4:09] 9. Ted Hearne (b.1982) – What it might say (2016) [4:34] 10. Dieterich Buxtehude – II. Ad genua from Membra Jesu nostri, BuxWV 75 (1680) [8:00] 11. Ēriks Ešenvalds – Earth Teach Me Quiet (2013) [7:18] 12. Santa Ratniece (b. 1977) – Horo horo hata hata (2008) [10:02] Purchase the music (without talk) for only $2.99 at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p1112/Rising.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @khedgecock #ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive #LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans #CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain #ClassicalMusicLivesOn #Uber Please consider supporting our show, thank you! http://www.classicalsavings.com/donate.html staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com
12 Dec 20201h 17min
Episode 42: 1342 The World's Most Difficult Piano Sonatas
Joana Filipe Martinez performs the world's most difficult piano sonatas. 1. Prokofiev: Sonata No. 8 2. Beethoven: Hammerklavier 3. Rachmaninoff: Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor 4. Scriabin: Sonata No. 5, Op. 53 Purchase the music (without talk) for only $2.99 at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p422/The_World%27s_Most_Difficult_Piano_Sonatas.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @khedgecock #ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive #LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans #CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain #ClassicalMusicLivesOn #Uber Please consider supporting our show, thank you! http://www.classicalsavings.com/donate.html staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com
12 Dec 20202h 2min
Episode 24: 17024 Music for Young Ears
24 selections of music for Young Ears Purchase the music (without talk) for only $2.99 at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p1111/Music_for_Young_Ears.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @khedgecock #ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive #LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans #CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain #ClassicalMusicLivesOn #Uber Please consider supporting our show, thank you! http://www.classicalsavings.com/donate.html staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com
11 Dec 20201h 54min
Episode 41: 1341 Shostakovich: Symphonies 2 and 3
Dmitri Shostakovich wrote his Symphony No. 2 in B major, Op. 14 and subtitled “To October,” for the 10th anniversary of the October Revolution. It was first performed by the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra and the Academy Capella Choir under Nikolai Malko, on 5 November 1927. After the premiere, Shostakovich made some revisions to the score, and this final version was first played in Moscow later in 1927 under the baton of Konstantin Saradzhev. It was also the first time any version of the work had been played in Moscow. Purchase the music (without talk) for only $2.99 at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p419/Shostakovich%3A_Symphonies_2_and_3.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @khedgecock #ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive #LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans #CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain #ClassicalMusicLivesOn #Uber Please consider supporting our show, thank you! http://www.classicalsavings.com/donate.html staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com
11 Dec 202057min
Episode 40: 1340 Mahler: Symphony No. 5
Another landmark recording under the baton of Kenneth Hedgecock, the greatest and yet, the almost completely unknown conductor of Gustav Mahler. Hear Symphony No. 5 in its truest form with absolutely NO apologies for having too much brass in the symphony. You may have heard Mahler's 5th Symphony before, but never like this! Purchase the music (without talk) for only $2.99 at: http://www.classicalsavings.com/store/p412/Mahler%3A_Symphony_No._5.html Your purchase helps to support our show! Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival and Uber. @khedgecock #ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive #LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans #CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain #ClassicalMusicLivesOn #Uber Please consider supporting our show, thank you! http://www.classicalsavings.com/donate.html staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com
11 Dec 20201h 24min
