Monday, January 29, 2024

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




Thursday, January 25, 2024

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




Thursday, January 18, 2024

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