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Today’s music is again one of those “crank up the volume to maximum” programmes.

There are four big Piano Concertos from the Romantic period, which feature in almost every competition, played usually by multiple competitors.

These are Tcchaikovsky’s first, Rachmaninov’s second, and the Concertos in A minor by Grieg and Schumann. We listen today to the Grieg concerto and next week we will take the Schumann concerto.

These extremely well known and popular concertos gained their popularity for a reason, and if you don’t know them, it’s time to discover that reason.

Today’s programme is completed by Liszt’s Piano Concerto number 1, also a competition favorite.

And Chopin’s first Nocturne as an encore.

Prepare to be enchanted and amazed. Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto in a minor Opus 16 Performed by Stephen Hough and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Andrew Litton · Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto in a minor Opus 16 Performed by Stephen Hough and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Andrew Litton · Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto in a minor Opus 16 Performed by Stephen Hough and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Andrew Litton · Franz Liszt: Piano Concerto no 1 in E flat major S124 Performed by Stephen Hough and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Andrew Litton · Franz Liszt: Piano Concerto no 1 in E flat major S124 Performed by Stephen Hough and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Andrew Litton · Franz Liszt: Piano Concerto no 1 in E flat major S124 Performed by Stephen Hough and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Andrew Litton · Franz Liszt: Piano Concerto no 1 in E flat major S124 Performed by Stephen Hough and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Andrew Litton · Frederic Chopin: Nocturne no 1 in B flat minor Opus 9 no 1 The pianist is not named in this recording

Today’s music is one of those “crank up the volume to maximum” programmes.

Big, big stuff today!

We start off with the Symphonic Poem "The Moldau," by Bedřich Smetana

Next is "Finlandia" by Jean Sibelius

Thereafter "Les Preludes", a symphonic poem by Franz Liszt

Our final item "Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks" (German: "Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche") is a tone poem composed by Richard Strauss

Some of my favourite music today, so I really hope you will join me! If you don’t know these pieces, you are in for a lovely surprise, and if you do know them, you will be delighted to hear them again. Bedřich Smetana: Má Vlast, JB1:112 no 2, Vitava Performed by the Wiener Philharmoniker, conducted by Herbert von Karajan · Jean Sibelius: Finlandia Opus 26 no 7 Performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker, conducted by Herbert von Karajan · Franz Liszt: Les Préludes, Symphonic Poem no 3, S.97 Performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker, conducted by Herbert von Karajan · Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Opus 28, TrV 171 Performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker, conducted by Herbert von Karajan

One of my favourite music genres in programme 46!

We are starting with fingerprints of the different genres of the 19th century, and first up is Lieder, or German songs.

The music is by Franz Schubert, Felix Mendelssohn, Johannes Brahms, Hugo Wolf, Richard Strauss, Carl Loewe, and Robert Schumann.

Some of my favourite music today, so I really hope you will join me! Franz Schubert: Erlkönig Opus 1, D. 328 Performed by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Geral Moore · Felix Mendelssohn: On Wings of Song Performed by Barbara Bonney. Her pianist is not named. · Johannes Brahms: Gestillte Sehnsucht Op 91 no 1 Performed by Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg, and Nils-Erik Sparf · Hugo Wolf: Mörike-Lieder – 6. Er ist’s! Performed by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Daniel Barenboim · Hugo Wolf: Lied: Der Genesene an der Hoffnung Performed by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Geral Moore · Richard Strauss: Lied: Zueignung Opus 10 no 1 Performed by Diana Damrau. Her pianist is not named. · Richard Strauss: Lied: Wiegenlied Opus 1 no 1 Performed by Diana Damrau. Her pianist is not named · Carl Loewe: 5 Lieder Opus 145 no 3 Im Sturme Performed by Kurt Moll and Cord Garben · Robert Schumann: Frauenliebe und –leben Opus 42 Performed by Anne Sofie von Otter. Her pianist is not named · Robert Schumann: Widmung Op 25 no 1 Performed by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Jörg Demus

In this programme we are going to play a little quiz game. I have lined up nine items in the programme today; all are from the 17th and 18th Centuries, and I would like you to use all the fingerprints we have covered in past episodes to identify if the music is of the Baroque period or of the Classical Period.

For each I will give you two hints, then we listen, and then I will briefly discuss the pointers afterwards. Let’s see how well you have managed to sort out the musical fingerprints in your mind!

There is a really nice variety today, so I’m hoping you will join me! Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in A Major, Kk. 113 Performed by Angela Hewitt · Christoph Willibald Glück: “Dance of the Blessed Spirits” from Act 3 of Orfeo et Euridice Performed by Karlheinz Zoeller, with the Berliner Philharmoniker conducted by Herbert von Karajan · Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet No 1 in G Major, K80, the third movement Performed by the Hagen Quartett · Christian Petzoid: Minuet in G from the Anna Magdalena Notebook number 2 Performed by Lang Lang · Johan Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue 1 from Das Wohltemperirtes Clavier Book 1 BWV 846 Performed by András Schiff · Ludwig von Beethoven: Piano Sonata 4 in E flat Major, Opus 7, the fourth movement Performed by Igor Levitt · Carl Philip Emmanuel Bach: Cello Concerto in A Major, Wq. 172:III Allegro assai Performed by Alison McGillivray with The English Consort · George Frederick Händel: Suite no 5 in E Major, HWV 430:IV The Harmonious Blacksmith, Air and Variations Performed by Trevor Pinnock · George Frederick Händel: Suite no 5 in E Major, HWV 430:IV The Harmonious Blacksmith, Air and Variations Performed by Murray Perahia · Ludwig von Beethoven: 12 Variations on a theme from Händel’s Judas Maccabaeus WoO 45 Performed by Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax

In part 2 in the series, we are looking again at the music of the Classical period,

Our composers for this programme are Haydn, CPE Bach, Glück, Clementi and Schubert..

Spend an hour with me getting up close and personal with the Classical sound as composed by these five masters. Josef Haydn: String Quartet in C Major Op 76 no 3 Hob III:77 “Emperor” Performed by the Emerson String Quartet · Josef Haydn: String Quartet in C Major Op 76 no 3 Hob III:77 “Emperor” Performed by the Emerson String Quartet · Josef Haydn: String Quartet in C Major Op 76 no 3 Hob III:77 “Emperor” Performed by the Emerson String Quartet · Josef Haydn: String Quartet in C Major Op 76 no 3 Hob III:77 “Emperor” Performed by the Emerson String Quartet · Carl Philip Emmanuel Bach: Magnificat Wq. 215 1. Suscepit Israel Performed by the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields and Helen Watts conducted by Philip Ledger · 2. Gloria Performed by the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields conducted by Philip Ledger · 3. Sicut erat in principio Performed by the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields conducted by Philip Ledger · Christoph Willibald Glück: “Dance of the Blessed Spirits” from Act 3 of Orfeo et Euridice Performed by Karlheinz Zoeller, with the Berliner Philharmoniker conducted by Herbert von Karajan · Muzio Clementi: Capriccio in A major Op 34 no 3 Performed on the Fortepiano by Costantino Mastroprimiano · Franz Schubert: Piano Trio in One Movement in B flat major D.28 Sonata: Allegro Performed by the Beaux Arts Trio

The Art of Listening: Musical Fingerprints in Music of the Classical Period

In the next programme in the series, we are looking at the music of the Classical period,

Our composers for this programme are Mozart, Boccherini and Beethoven.

Spend an hour with me getting up close and personal with the Classical sound as composed by these three masters. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 39 in E flat major K543 Performed by the Berlin Philharmoniker conducted by Herbert von Karajan 1. Adago-Allegro · Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 39 in E flat major K543 Performed by the Berlin Philharmoniker conducted by Herbert von Karajan 2.Andante con moto · Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 39 in E flat major K543 Performed by the Berlin Philharmoniker conducted by Herbert von Karajan 3.Menuetto (Allegretto) · Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 39 in E flat major K543 Performed by the Berlin Philharmoniker conducted by Herbert von Karajan 4.Finale (Allegro) · Luigi Boccherini: Fandango from the Guitar Quintet in D major G.448 Performed by Petrit Ceku, guitar, March Bouchkov, violin, Catharina Chen, violin, Timothy Ridout, viola, Kian Soltani, cello · Ludwig von Beethoven: Piano Sonata no 2 Opus 2 no 2 in A major Performed by Igor Levit 1. Allegro vivace · Ludwig von Beethoven: Piano Sonata no 2 Opus 2 no 2 in A major Performed by Igor Levit 2.Largo appassionato · Ludwig von Beethoven: Piano Sonata no 2 Opus 2 no 2 in A major Performed by Igor Levit 3.Scherzo. Allegretto · Ludwig von Beethoven: Piano Sonata no 2 Opus 2 no 2 in A major Performed by Igor Levit 4.Rondo. Grazioso

In the next programme in the series, we are looking at the music of the Baroque period,

Our composers for this programme are Bach, Purcell, Handel, Corelli, and Vivaldi.

Spend an hour with me getting up close and personal with the Baroque sound as composed by these five masters. Johan Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto number 3 in G Major, BWV 1048 Performed by the Netherlands Bach Society, led by Shunske Sato · Henry Purcell: Pavan in G Minor Z 751 Performed by the Purcell Quartet · Henry Purcell: When I am laid in Earth from Dido and Aeneas, Z 626, Act 3 Performed by Jessye Norman, the English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Raymond Leppard · George Frederick Handel: Water Music Suite number 1 in F Major HWV 348, Part III Performed by The English Concert, conducted by Trevor Pinnock · Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto Grosso Opus 6 number 8 in G Minor – Christmas Concerto Performed by HR-Sinfonieorchester conducted by Andrés Orozco-Estrada ∙ · Johan Sebastian Bach: Concerto for 3 Harpsicords, Strings and Continuo, No 2 in C Major BWV 1064 Performed by Kenneth Gilbert, Lars Ulrik Mortensen, The English Concert led by Trevor Pinnock · Antonio Vivaldi: Violin Concerto “Spring” from the Four Seasons RV269 The performers are not named.

In the next programme in the series, we are looking at Musical Fingerprints Part 6.

What are these?

These are the unique characteristics of individual composers, instruments, periods of music, musical styles and specific compositional types that an observant listener will immediately identify.

In today’s programme I am going to play 6 mystery items for you.

My challenge to you will to identify the period of composition of each based on the musical fingerprints we covered in the last four weeks.

Naturally, I will give you comments after each piece so can check your outcome.

And, I end this programme with a thrilling climax Johannes Brahms: Symphony 4 in E minor Opus 98 First movement Performed by The Berliner Philharmonilker conducted by Claudio Abbado · Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances WoO 1 – 3 Performed by Julius Katchen · Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances WoO 1 – 3 Performed by Julius Katchen · Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances WoO 1 – 3 Performed by Julius Katchen · Sergei Prokofiev: 12 Movements from Romeo and Juliet Numbers 1 to 4 Performed by Martha Argerich and Sergei Babayan · Sergei Prokofiev: 12 Movements from Romeo and Juliet Numbers 1 to 4 Performed by Martha Argerich and Sergei Babayan · Sergei Prokofiev: 12 Movements from Romeo and Juliet Numbers 1 to 4 Performed by Martha Argerich and Sergei Babayan · Sergei Prokofiev: 12 Movements from Romeo and Juliet Numbers 1 to 4 Performed by Martha Argerich and Sergei Babayan · Johan Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV 565 Performed by Miklos Spanyi on a Silbermann Organ · Johann Pachelbel Canon in D Performed by Kanon Orchestre de Chambre conducted by Jean-Francois Paillard · Ludwig von Beethoven: Symphony number 6 in F Opus 68 First movement Performed by the Philharmonia Orchestra (?conducted by Otto Klemperer or Kurt Sanderling?) · Giacomo Puccini: Nessun dorma from the opera Turandot, Scene 91 of Act 3 Performed by Freddie de Tommaso, the Appolo Voices, and the Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Paolo Arrivabeni

In the next programme in the series, we are looking at Musical Fingerprints Part 5.

What are these?

These are the unique characteristics of individual composers, instruments, periods of music, musical styles and specific compositional types that an observant listener will immediately identify.

Today we look at Keyboard music of the Piano in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Even if you already know this, join me anyway for music by Debussy, Ravel, Schoenberg, Bartok and Schumann.

Any questions or comments, you are welcome to write to me at: [email protected] Robert Schumann: Fantasiestücke Op12 Performed by Martha Argerich · Robert Schumann: Fantasiestücke Op12 Performed by Martha Argerich · Robert Schumann: Fantasiestücke Op12 Performed by Martha Argerich · Robert Schumann: Fantasiestücke Op12 Performed by Martha Argerich · Robert Schumann: Fantasiestücke Op12 Performed by Martha Argerich · Robert Schumann: Fantasiestücke Op12 Performed by Martha Argerich · Robert Schumann: Fantasiestücke Op12 Performed by Martha Argerich · Robert Schumann: Fantasiestücke Op12 Performed by Martha Argerich · Claude Debussy: L’Isle joyeuse L106 Performed by Vladimir Horowitz · Maurice Ravel: Sonatine M40 Performed by Jean-Yves Thibaudet · Maurice Ravel: Sonatine M40 Performed by Jean-Yves Thibaudet · Maurice Ravel: Sonatine M40 Performed by Jean-Yves Thibaudet · Arnold Schoenberg: Piano Piece Op33a - Mässig Performed by Maurizio Pollini · Bela Bartók: Three Rondos on Folk Melodies Sz84: No 1 Andante Performed by Bela Bartók · Bela Bartók: Allegro barbaro Performed by Dezsö Ránki

about Music- The Art of Listening: Musical Fingerprints Part 4

In the next programme in the series, we are looking at Musical Fingerprints Part 4.

What are these?

These are the unique characteristics of individual composers, instruments, periods of music, musical styles and specific compositional types that an observant listener will immediately identify.

Today we look at Keyboard music of the Harpsicord and Fortepiano

Even if this is something you already know, join me anyway for music by Bach and Mozart.

Any questions or comments, you are welcome to write to me at: [email protected] Johann Sebastian Bach: Italian Concerto in F Major BWV 971 Performed by Christine Schornsheim of the Netherlands Bach Society The Harpsicord is by Bruce Kennedy on a model by Michael Mietke · Johann Sebastian Bach: French Suite 1 in D Minor BWV 812 Performed by Franscesco Corti of the Netherlands Bach Society The Harpsicord is by Bruce Kennedy on a model by Michael Mietke · Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata no 11 in A Major K331 Performed by Malcolm Bilson The Fortepiano is by Philip Belt on a model by Stein · Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata no 18 in D Major K576 First movement Performed by Malcolm Bilson The Fortepiano is by Philip Belt on a model by Stein