Dvorak- Symphony No. 6 in D Major, op. 60 Part II
The second movement is a unique blend of Rondo and Variation form.
Dvorak- Symphony No. 6 in D Major, op. 60 Part I
Dvorak- Symphony No. 6 in D Major, op. 60
Dvorak’s 6th Symphony was premiered on March 25, 1881 with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra in Prague. Dedicated to Hans Richter and the Vienna Philharmonic, they did not perform the premiere due to musical xenophobia and an already full schedule of concerts. The Vienna Philharmonic did not perform the symphony until 1942.
Antonin Dvorak
Beethoven- Symphony No. 4 in B-flat Major, op. 60 Part IV
We conclude our discussion of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4 in B-flat Major with the fourth movement.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Beethoven- Symphony No. 4 in B-flat Major, op. 60 Part III
We continue our discussion of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4 in B-flat Major with the third movement.
- Adagio- Allegro vivace
- Adagio
- Allegro vivace
- Allegro ma non troppo
Beethoven- Symphony No. 4 in B-flat Major, op. 60 Part II
We continue our discussion of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4 in B-flat Major with the second movement.
Beethoven- Symphony No. 4 in B-flat Major, op. 60 Part I
The middle years of the first decade of the 19th century were productive for Beethoven, who was in good financial straights and having finished or on the verge of finishing monumental works like the Appassionata Sonata, Razumovsky Quartets, the Violin Concerto, and the Piano Concerto that would become to be known as the fourth. His 4th symphony, written in 1806 when Beethoven was taking a break from writing his monumental 5th symphony, was premiered in March of 1807 at the private residence of Prince Lobkowitz, a long time friend and patron. The dedicatee was one Count von Oppersdorf, a Czech relative of his longtime patron Prince Lichnowsky, who in a convoluted chain of events actually paid for the dedication to both the fourth and fifth symphonies but only received the dedication for the Fourth.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Remember America’s Servicemen and Women
I paid my respects to the US’s WWII casualties a little early this year on a trip to Normandy last week. A friend and I took a battlefield tour of Utah and Omaha beach, ground zero for the American armed forces on D-Day in 1944. A partial list of sites we were fortunate to see (thanks for the pictures, Jennie!):
Angoville-au-Plain- A small church in an even smaller town (population: 46) a few miles from Utah beach housed a makeshift hospital run by Airborne medics Bob Wright and Ken Moore. Dedicated to St. Cosmas and St. Damien, the patron saints of Doctors and Physicians, only 2 soldiers died in the church and out of 80 that were treated. Many of the stain glass windows (replaced after the war) honor this impressive humanitarian achievement of these two medics.
A stained glass window honoring the airborne in Angoville au Plain.
Beethoven- Symphony No. 2 in D Major, op. 36 Part IV
We conclude our discussion of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2 in D Major with the raucous and humorous fourth movement.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Beethoven- Symphony No. 2 in D Major, op. 36 Part III
We continue our discussion of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2 in D Major with the third movement.
Beethoven- Symphony No. 2 in D Major, op. 36 Part II
We continue our discussion of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2 in D Major with the second movement.
- Adagio- Allegro con brio
- Larghetto
- Scherzo
- Allegro molto
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