by Kile Smith | Jun 5, 2023 | Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Fleisher Discoveries, Podcast
Listen on SoundCloud Listen on Spotify He had been honored, but he had also been targeted. His life hung by a thread, suspended by the frivolous and vengeful will of Stalin. At times he fully expected to be killed. To him, Nazis and Communists were all cut from the...
by Kile Smith | Apr 2, 2014 | Fleisher Collection, WRTI
Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection, Saturday April 5th at 5 pm Mily Balakirev (1837–1910).Overture to King Lear (1858-61, rev. 1902-05). USSR Symphony Orchestra, Evgeni Svetlanov. Melodiya 153, Tr 1. 11:30 Niels Gade (1817–1890). Hamlet (1860-61)....
by Kile Smith | Aug 3, 2011 | Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Radio, WRTI
Saturday, August 6th, 2011, 5:00-6:00 p.m. Ignaz Pleyel had three strikes against him during the French Revolution. He was rich, he was a foreigner, and he worked for the Church. He was exactly the type of person for whom the Reign of Terror sharpened its guillotines....