performed by the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig under Riccardo Chailly, or below with the London Symphony Orchestra under István Kertész (cover image by Saketh Garuda) In our discussion of Brahms on the blog over the years, we first addressed his symphonies, and … Continue reading Brahms Serenade no. 2 in A, op. 16
performed by the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig under Riccardo Chailly, or below with the London Symphony Orchestra under István Kertész (cover image by Liam Pozz) Brahms may have only written four symphonies, but the symphonic works that come before it, of which … Continue reading Brahms Serenade no. 1 in D, op. 11
performed by the Wiener Mozart Ensemble under Wili Boskovsky (cover image by Aaron Burden) If YouTube video descriptions are to be believed (and that is one of the only sources of information I have about this work), then we are … Continue reading Mozart 4 Contredanses in F major (Serenade No. 2), K. 101
performed by The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, or below by Le Concert des Nations under Jordi Savall (cover image by Aleyna Rentz) Now this is something a little different. This three-movement work was written in (or at least … Continue reading Mozart Serenade no. 6 in D, K. 239, ‘Serenata Notturna’
performed by the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields under Sir Neville Marriner, or as below by The Smithsonian Chamber Players under Jaap Schröder (cover image by Alex Block) So we’ve talked about a lot of Mozart lately, right? … Continue reading Mozart Serenade no. 5 in D, K. 204
performed by the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields under Sir Neville Marriner, or below with Pinchas Zukerman and the English Chamber Orchestra (cover image by Alex Block (also here)) We’re moving away from the more famous form of the … Continue reading Mozart Serenade no. 4 in D, K. 203, ‘Colloredo’
performed by the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields under Sir Neville Marriner, or below by the Camerata Academica des Mozarteums Salzburg (now known as the Camerata Salzburg) under Sándor Végh (cover image by Karl) I should say that I’m … Continue reading Mozart Serenade in D, K. 185, ‘Antretter’
performed by the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields under Sir Neville Marriner, or below by the Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester Mannheim under Jirí Malát https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYM6PzuhSBc (cover image by Arash Asghari) We should consider it one of the great luxuries of living … Continue reading Mozart Cassation (Serenade) in D, K. 100
for violin, viola and cello, performed by the Zurich String Trio, or below by the Grumiaux Trio So it’s 2017 and all… We’ve yet to complete even our traversal of the op. 18 string quartets, and that will slowly but surely … Continue reading Beethoven Serenade in D major, op. 8
performed by the English Chamber Orchestra under Johannes Somary I wanted to share a quote here of the composer expressing his desire to write music “to entertain and please, and compose listener-friendly ‘modern’ music,” as paraphrased in his Wikipedia article, but … Continue reading Dag Wirén: Serenade for Strings, op. 11
performed by the Uppsala Chamber Orchestra under Paul Magi, or below by the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic under Michael Schonwandt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbcVo7aq9jo Carl Wilhelm Eugene Stenhammar was born on 7 February, 1871 in Stockholm, where he began studying music. At some point … Continue reading Wilhelm Stenhammar: Serenade in F, op. 31
The nonet. And Louis Spohr. What do they have in common? They both seem to be rarely if ever heard these days. An older gentleman who I see at (literally) every concert I attend waved to me excitedly during the intermission, shuffling … Continue reading Concert Review: NSO’s The Principals
Fugue for Thought 