Seasons as inspiration
A new spring, a familiar sound. Seasons have been and will continue to be a source of inspiration for poets and composers. Sometimes, it’ll be a composition with all seasons, sometimes just one season will be the inspiration. Today’s episode is all about spring. We will listen to six well-known and a few obscure works and see how spring was given a musical life by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), Josef Suk (1874-1935), Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) and Darius Milhaud (1892-1974).
Spring is here!
Playlist
1. Wolfgang Mozart: Sehnsucht nach dem Frühlinge, KV 596
– Elly Ameling, soprano and Dalton Baldwin, piano
2. Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for violin and piano no. 5 op. 24 in F major, Frühling
I. Allegro
II. Adagio molto espressivo
III. Scherzo. Allegro molto. Trio
IV. Rondo. Allegro ma non troppo
– Isabelle van Keulen, violin and Hans Minnaar, piano
3. Frédéric Chopin: Polish songs op. 74 – no. 2 Wiosna
– Aleksandra Kurzak, soprano and Nelson Goerner, piano
4. Josef Suk: Spring op. 22a
a. Jaro – Le Printemps; Allegro con brio
b. Vánek – Le Zehphyr
c. Vocekavani
d. Andante
e. V Roztouzeni
– Christian Spring, piano
5. Jean Sibelius: Spring’s spell, op. 61- no. 8
– Ritva Auvinen, soprano and Gustav Djupsjöbacka, piano
6. Darius Milhaud: Printemps, suite for piano
a. op. 25 no. 1 Printemps. Moderé
b. op. 66 no. 4 Doucement
c. op. 66 no. 5 Vivement
– Christian Spring, piano
7. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Frühlingsgruss
– Vokalzeit
