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Classical Music Today on The Classical Network

As the day wanes, I’ll do my best to keep your late afternoon and early evening bright, here on The Classical Network.

At 4:00, I’ll lead off with Arthur Foote’s “At Dusk.” This will commence an All-American hour, which will include a set of works by New England composers, all born in the 19th century. Then we’ll have a couple of pieces by Meredith Monk (on her birthday) and Robert Moran, respectively.

“Music from Marlboro” gets an early start, at 5:50 p.m., to accommodate a complete performance of Franz Schubert’s Octet in F major, D. 803.

What comes in between – in the gloaming, so to speak – is anyone’s guess.

For now, I can pretty much guarantee a quintet of Americans and an octet of Schubert, from 4 to 7 p.m. EST, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.

November 20, 2019
Schubert’s Octet Marlboro Music Festival

It’s foolish to attempt to play something like the Schubert Octet all by yourself. Many have tried – mad dreamers! – only to come up looking ridiculous. Not even the gloss of extraneous percussion instruments or transposition to the banjo can disguise the bald fact of the matter – that to really enjoy this work as Franz Schubert intended, you can’t do better than eight superb musicians from the Marlboro Music Festival.

On the next “Music from Marlboro,” we’ll hear Schubert’s Octet in F major, D. 803, performed in its entirety, by violinists Joseph Genualdi and Felix Galimir, violist Steven Tenenbom, cellist Peter Wiley, double-bassist Peter Lloyd, clarinetist Shannon Scott, bassoonist Alexander Heller, and hornist David Jolley. Marlboro musicians toured the piece, alongside Mozart’s “Eine kleine Nachtmusik,” in 1987.

Tune in for this expansive masterwork a little earlier than usual – there’s too much melody and charm to be confined within a single hour – this Wednesday evening at 5:50 EST. It pays to be a team player. One can’t outscore the Octet, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.

Marlboro School of Music and Festival: Official Page

November 20, 2019
Schubert Octet Marlboro Music Festival WWFM

Just as the octopus can extend its mastery to eight instruments, so can “Music from Marlboro” expand to an hour and ten minutes.

Join me this afternoon at a special time to enjoy a complete performance of Franz Schubert’s Octet in F major, D. 803. Not to denigrate the musical abilities of a mollusk, but a cephalopod would have to go an awfully long way to match the prowess of Joseph Genualdi and Felix Galimir, violins; Steven Tenenbom, viola; Peter Wiley, cello; Peter Lloyd, double bass; Shannon Scott, clarinet; Alexander Heller, bassoon; and David Jolley, horn. Musicians from the Marlboro Music Festival took the piece on tour, with Mozart’s “Eine kleine Nachtmusik,” in 1987.

Tune in ten minutes earlier than usual for Schubert’s expansive masterwork, the Octet in F major – in its entirety – on the next “Music from Marlboro,” this Wednesday evening at 5:50 EDT, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.

Marlboro School of Music and Festival: Official Page

September 19, 2018
Schubert Octet Live Stream Princeton Symphony

Would you like to hear Schubert’s Octet performed by visiting artist Daniel Rowland – violin and principal musicians of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra? Good luck getting seats! The audience for tonight’s concert at the Institute for Advanced Study’s Wolfensohn Hall is already at capacity. However, the PSO is offering live streaming of the event through its website. The performance begins at 7:30 EDT.

http://princetonsymphony.org/#events/the-schubert-octet/

September 22, 2016

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