TDCM: Week of January 29th Rushmore of Composers: Scandinavia

 

Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music 

Mount Rushmore of Composers: Scandinavia

Edvard Grieg, 1843-1907

Jean Sibelius, 1865-1957

Hugo Alfvén, 1872-1960

Niels Gade, 1817-1890

Music

Grieg's Piano Concerto in A Minor

Sibeilus' Symphony No. 2

Alfvén's Symphony No. 2

Gade's Symphony No. 1

Grieg's Holberg Suite

Sibelius' Symphony No. 5

Alfvén's Swedish Rhapsody No. 1

Gade's Piano Sonata in E Minor

Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite

Sibelius' Violin Concerto

Alfvén's Symphony No. 5

Gade's Echoes of Ossian

Grieg's Symphony in C Minor

Silbelius' Symphony No. 3

TDCM: Week of January 22nd Rushmore of Composers: Czechia & Slovakia

 

Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music 

Mount Rushmore of Composers: Czechia & Slovakia

Antonin Dvořák, 1841-1904

Bedřich Smetana, 1824-1884

Leoš Janáček, 1854-1928

Bohuslav Martinů, 1890-1959

Music

Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 The New World

Smetana's Ma Vlast

Janáček's In the Mists

Martinů's Symphony No. 6

Dvořák's Serenade for Strings

Smetana's String Quartet No. 1

Janáček's On an Overgrown Path

Martinů's Oboe Concerto

Dvořák's Symphony No. 4

Smetana's Piano Trio in G Minor

Janáček's Sinfonietta

TDCM: Week of January 15th Rushmore of Composers: Hungary

 

Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music 

Mount Rushmore of Composers: Hungary

Franz Liszt, 1811-1886

Ernst von Dohnányi, 1877-1960

Bela Bartok, 1881-1945

Zoltán Kodály, 1882-1967

Music

Liszt's Dante Symphony

Dohnányi's Piano Concerto No. 1

Bartok's Konzert für Orchester

Kodály's Háry-János-Suite

Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 1

Dohnányi's Variations on a Nursery Tune

Bartok's Der wunderbare Mandarin

Kodály's Symphony in C Major

Liszt's Symphonic Poem No. 6

Dohnányi's Symphony No. 1 in D minor