BACH CANTATA OF THE WEEK (830) brings us the resplendent first Christmas cantata written by Bach at Weimar — Christen, ätzet diesen Tag (Christians, etch this day). THE CONCERT (930) follows with a wonderful bouquet of American song—beginning with selection by Charles Ives, and then moving onto works by Tin Pan Alley composers. “The Year 1914 in Music” features on COMPACT DISCOVERIES (1100). Classical music making its début in 1914 included Variations on a Nursery Song by Dohnányi, which I played on a previous program, Frederick Delius’s First Violin Sonata, George Enescu’s Second Symphony, Charles Ives Third Violin Sonata, Alexander Scriabin’s Five Piano Preludes, Sergei Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 1, Ralph Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 2, Erik Satie’s Sports et divertissements, Jules Massenet’s opera Cléopatre, and Claude Debussy’s Six Épigraphes Antiques.
Posted on: Sun, 21 Dec 2014 00:00:01 +0000
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