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Mendelssohn Birthday Schroeder’s Spinning Song

On Felix Mendelssohn’s birthday, Schroeder takes a break from Beethoven with the “Spinning Song” from the “Songs without Words.”

Here it is played by Earl Wild at the age of 88:

A broader selection played by Danielle Laval:

For those of a us of a certain vintage, the best known of these will have been absorbed at any early age, thanks to its prevalence in classic cartoons. The “Spring Song” kicks in at around 1:37:

Happy birthday, Felix Mendelssohn. Six more weeks of winter, but spring in our hearts.

February 3, 2022
MacDowell’s Birthday Fireside Tales & Wild Rose

The American pianist and composer Edward MacDowell was born on this date in 1860. Why not cozy in for his “Fireside Tales?”

Of course, MacDowell’s best-known music would be the old chestnut “To a Wild Rose,” from his “Woodland Sketches.”

Earl Wild performs MacDowell’s Piano Concerto No. 2. The composer’s admiration for Grieg (as well as Saint-Saëns and Liszt) is evident:

Happy birthday, Eddie.

December 18, 2020
Joshua Roman on The Classical Network

This afternoon on The Classical Network, it’s a Roman holiday, albeit it a whirlwind one.

Cellist Joshua Roman will join me by telephone to talk a little bit about his upcoming recital, with pianist Gilles Vonsattel, which will take place at New York’s Baruch Performing Arts Center tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. On the program will be works by Beethoven, Brahms, Janáček, Arvo Pärt, and Amy Williams. Our conversation will take place at 5:00 p.m. EST.

I’ll also celebrate the birthdays of two enormously talented pianists, Earl Wild and Eugene Istomin, and remember the late Harold Farberman. The revered conducting pedagogue died on Saturday at the age of 89.

Say ‘cello to Roman. Go wild for Wild. It will be more thrilling than a Colosseum full of lions, from 4 to 7 p.m. EST, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.

November 26, 2018

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