Classical Music with Joe Goetz (VPR Classical)
3 p.m.-7 p.m. Weekdays
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Wednesday April 30, 2008
Afternoon Classics
Haydn's 45th Symphony, 20th century American works by Creston and Griffes, and Yundi Li in a recent recording of all four Chopin scherzi.
Tuesday April 29, 2008
Afternoon Classics
Rachmaninoff's last work featured today, his Symphonic Dances, Op. 45. We'll also hear poety set for choral music by Brahms, and music inspired by ancient Persia by Arthur Foote.
Monday April 28, 2008
Afternoon Classics
Mahler's Fourth today, and music of England from the 16th and 20th centuries.
Friday April 25, 2008
Afternoon Classics
After a day filled with live performances, we'll hear more great music.....but all studio recordings, I'm afraid. Rachmaninoff's 2nd Piano Concerto caps a full day of wonderful selections.
Thursday April 24, 2008
Beethoven's "Eroica" Symphony, rarely-heard chamber music by Bax and Kreisler, and a piano concerto by Shostakovich.
Wednesday April 23, 2008
Afternoon Classics
Two birthdays today: Sergei Prokofiev (1891), and William Shakespeare (1564). We'll hear Prokofiev's 2nd Piano Concerto, and music related to Shakespeare by Tchaikovsky and, more indirectly, Sibelius.
Thursday April 17, 2008
Afternoon Classics
German masterworks featured today: Schubert's "Death and the Maiden" string quartet, and Schumann's 2nd Symphony.
Wednesday April 16, 2008
Afternoon Classics
The celesta featured prominently today in a well-known movement by Tchaikovsky and a much grander work by Bartok, plus Brahms' 2nd Symphony and a piano concerto for left hand alone by Maurice Ravel.
Tuesday April 15, 2008
Afternoon Classics
Celebrating Sir Neville Marriner's birthday today with a performance of Gounod's 2nd Symphony, with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Monday April 14, 2008
Afternoon Classics
Music for two pianists by Debussy and Schubert, and some great American music by Irving Fine.
Friday April 11, 2008
Afternoon Classics
Rachmaninoff 2nd piano sonata, Beethoven's 5th Symphony, and many others to get you through a rainy Friday afternoon.
Thursday April 10, 2008
Afternoon Classics
Going Russian today....Rimsky-Korsakov's "Scheherezade," Mikahil Ippolitov-Ivanov's "Caucasian Sketches," and Borodin's Symphony #2.
Wednesday April 9, 2008
Afternoon Classics
The two sides of Beethoven....we have the soft side (Fur Elise) followed by the not-so-soft side (his Piano Sonata #29 "Hammerklavier") in the 3 pm hour. Franz Berwald's First Symphony rounds out today's show.
Tuesday April 8, 2008
Prokofiev's Seventh Symphony, chamber music by Schumann and Poulenc, and more great piano music by Gottschalk...
Monday April 7, 2008
Afternoon Classics
Great piano sonatas today by Schubert and Grieg (the latter performed by Leif Ove Andsnes, who turns 38 today)...we also heard Respighi's Pines of Rome and a short example of the highly unusual but captivating music of Alexander Scriabin.
Friday April 4, 2008
Afternoon Classics
American piano music by Barber and Gottschalk featured today, as well as Janacek's gorgeous "Taras Bulba" rhapsody.
Thursday April 3, 2008
Afternoon Classics
Celebrating Rachmaninoff's birthday (two days late, but better late than never!) with some of his lesser-known works....plus 20th century works by Copland, Prokofiev, and Allwyn.
Wednesday April 2, 2008
A mystery dinner with Elgar's "Enigma" Variations, Dvorak's 7th Symphony, and 20th century vocal music by Richard Strauss and Benjamin Britten.
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