by Kile Smith | Mar 6, 2024 | Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Fleisher Discoveries, Podcast
Marianne Martines (1744–1812). Psalm 51 (1768) Martines. Symphony in C (1770) Listen on SoundCloud Listen on Spotify Metastasio, the leading playwright of the age, introduced her to everyone. She performed for the empress. She knew Mozart. And Haydn, who gave her...
by Kile Smith | Oct 3, 2017 | Baroque music, Classical music, Radio, WRTI
Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection, Saturday, Oct. 7th, 5 to 6 pm… Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) is the “Father of the Symphony” in the same way that George Washington (born the same year) is the “Father of our Country.” Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration...
by Kile Smith | Nov 5, 2016 | Fleisher Collection, WRTI
On Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection, Saturday, November 5th, 5-6 pm: The Star-Spangled Banner: Music (c.1773) by John Stafford Smith (1750-1836); words by Francis Scott Key (1779-1843) Percy Grainger (1882-1961): Spoon River (1919) Grainger: Mock Morris (1910)...
by Kile Smith | May 29, 2013 | Classical music, Fleisher Collection, Music Composition, Radio, WRTI
Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection broadcasts Saturday, June 1st, 2013, 5-6 pm on WRTI and wrti.org. Joseph Haydn (1732-1809). Symphony No. 107 (A) (c.1758). Kevin Mallon, Toronto Chamber Orchestra. Naxos 572130 Tr 5-7. 13:32. Haydn. Symphony No. 1 (c.1759)....
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....
