TDCM: Week of February 26th Rushmore of Composers: Belgium

 

Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music 

Mount Rushmore of Composers: Belgium

César Franck, 1822-1890

Joseph Jongen, 1873-1953

Orlando de Lassus, 1532-1594

Henri Veiuxtemps, 1820-1881

Music

Franck's Symphony in D Minor

Jongen's Symphonie Concertante

Orlando's Psalmi poenitentialis

Vieuxtemps' Violin Concerto No. 1

Franck's Piano Quintet in F Minor

Jongen's Rhapsodie

Orlando's Motets and Chansonse

 

Vieuxtemps' Violin Concerto No. 4

Franck's Violin Sonata

Jongen's Flute Sonata

Orlando's The Lamentations of Job

Vieutemps' Violin Concerto No. 2

Franck's Piano Concerto No. 2

Joseph Jongen's Piano Quartet

TDCM: Week of February 19th Rushmore of Composers: Switzerland

 

Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music 

Mount Rushmore of Composers: Switzerland

Joachim Raff, 1822-1882

Ernest Bloch, 1880-1959

Arthur Honegger, 1892-1955

Frank Martin, 1890-1974

Music

Raff's Symphony No. 1

Bloch's Concerto Grosso No. 1

Honegger's Pacific 231

Martin's Concerto for 7 Wind Instruments

Raff's Symphony No. 2

Bloch's Symphony in C Sharp Minor

Honegger's Symphony No. 2

Martin's 8 Préludes pour le piano

Raff's Symphony No. 3

Bloch's Violin Concerto

Honegger's Symphony No. 5

Martin's Piano Quintet

Raff's Symphony No. 4

Bloch's Helvetia

Honegger's Symphony No. 3

Martin's Three Dances for Oboe, Harp, String Quintet & Orchestra

Raff's Symphony No. 5

Bloch's String Quartet No. 1

Honegger's Intrada

Martin's Petite Symphonie Concertante

Raff's Symphony No. 6

TDCM: Week of February 12th Rushmore of Composers: Proto-Italy

 

Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music 

Mount Rushmore of Composers: Proto-Italy

Luigi Cherubini, 1760-1842

Muzio Clementi, 1752-1832

Niccolò Paganini, 1782-1840

Antonio Vivaldi, 1678-1741

Music

Cherubini's Symphony in D Major

Clementi's Piano Concerto in C Major

Paganini's Violin Concertos 1 & 2

Vivaldi's La Stravaganza

Cherubini's String Quartet No. 1

Clementi's Two Capriccios

Paganini's 24 Caprices

Vivaldi's The Four Seasons

Cherubini's String Quartet No. 3

Clementi's Symphony No. 4

Paganini's Sonatas

TDCM: Week of February 5th Rushmore of Composers: Ireland

 

Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music 

Mount Rushmore of Composers: Ireland

Charles Villiers Stanford, 1852-1924

John Field, 1782-1837

Herbert Hamilton Harty, 1879-1941

Arnold Bax, 1883-1953

Music

Stanford's Irish Rhapsody No. 1

Field's Piano Concerto No. 2

Harty's An Irish Symphony

Bax's The Tale the Pine Trees Knew

Stanford's Piano Concerto No. 2

Field's Sonatas

Harty's With the Wild Geese

Bax's Tintagel

Stanford's Symphony No. 3

Field's Nocturnes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5fYN5lNCZ0

Harty's A Comedy Overture

Bax's Symphony in F Major

Stanford's Irish Rhapsody No. 4

Field's Rondos