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7/25: Cooperstown Chamber Music Festival presentation from August 9, 2009. It's a program called 'Beer & Beethoven,' and it features the Daedalus Quartet and friends in music of Beethoven, Ginastera and Bartok. Recorded at the Farmers' Museum in Cooperstown, New York.
8/1: Close Encounters with Music presentation from June 5, 2010. It's a program called 'Prague Spring—Czech Idyll,' with works of Janacek, Smetena and Dvorak. Recorded at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
8/8: Berkshire Bach Society presentation from January 2, 2010. It's the annual Bach at New Year's program with the Six Brandenburg Concertos. Recorded at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall in Troy, New York.
8/15: Schenectady Symphony Orchestra presentation from October 25, 2009. Piano soloist Wei-Jen Yuan joins the symphony in the Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1, plus works by Beethoven and Barber. Recorded at Proctor's Theater in Schenectady, New York.
8/22: Renaissance Musical Arts presentation from May 17, 2009. It's a program featuring cellist Carter Brey and pianist Christpopher O'Riley in music of Strauss, Poulenc and Chopin. Recorded at the Colonie Country Club in Voorheesville, New York.
8/29: Glens Falls Symphony Orchestra presentation from May 16, 2009. Flute soloist Yvonne Chavez Hansbrough joins the symphony in a concerto by Jaques Ibert, plus Brahms' Symphony No. 2. Recorded at the Maple Avenue Middle School in Saratoga Springs, New York
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7/23: Prokofiev: String Quartet #2 in F, Op.92. Avalon String Quartet. Recorded at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. (Close Encounters with Music Concert Series)
7/30: Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Violins, Op.3/8, arranged for 2 harpsichords by William Carragan. Taconic Harpsichordists; St. Paul's Orchestra. Recorded at St. Paul's Church in Albany, New York. (Music at St. Paul's)
8/6: Brahms: Trio, Op.114. Anthony McGill, clarinet; Inbal Segev, cello; and
Benjamin Hochman, piano. Recorded at the Farmers' Museum in Cooperstown, New York.
8/13: Dvorak: Piano Quartet in E-Flat, Op.87. Walden Chamber Players. Recorded at Kiggins Hall of the Emma Willard School in Troy, New York.
8/20: Chopin: Two Waltzes and Two Nocturnes. Findlay Cockrell, piano. Recorded at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall in Troy, New York.
8/27: Beethoven: String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op.95. Ariel String Quartet. Recorded at the Church of the Messiah in Rhinebeck, New York.
Welcome to 'Composer’s Classroom,' a new on-air/online/in-classroom partnership between WMHT-FM and the Mohonasen Central School District!
WMHT's 'Composer of the Month' for July is Robert Schumann (June 8, 1810-July 29, 1856).
The popularity of Schumann's piano music is an indicator of his talent. Although Schumann's time as a concert pianist was cut short due to his hand injury, his wife Clara played his pieces and helped them to become famous. Many of his piano works are collections of short pieces, each with a title, such as 'Papillons' (Butterflies). In Carnaval,' the two sides of Schumann's personality are represented by Florestan and Eusebius. Schumann's manic depression (the happy and the tragic moods that he had) can be heard side by side in his music. Other piano works include 'Scenes from Childhood,' 'Kreisleriana' and the popular 'Album for the Young,' which includes some quite easy pieces like 'Soldier’s March' and the famous 'Träumerei' (Dreaming). Schumann also composed longer works for piano: three sonatas, a Toccata and a Phantasie. His chamber music includes string quartets and a famous piano quintet.
For more information about Schumann, see:
• http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/schumann.php
• http://www.mfiles.co.uk/composers/Robert-Schumann.htm
• http://www.essentialsofmusic.com/composer/schumann_r.html
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