Programming - May 2014

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Monthly Theme

Through the years, I have used single portions (movements, sections, ...) of larger works in my weekly montages. This month, we will return to some of these fragmentary works, and provide complete peformances (from the performance and artists we originally used) in an arc I like to call "Unfinished Business".

• May 2nd: Schumann & Tchaikovsky Symphonies no. 1 completes business begun in a pair of "seasonal" montages. http://itywltmt.blogspot.com/2014/05/montage-154-schumann-tchaikovsky.html
• May 9 – Korngold & Beethoven Violin Concertos were two works we programmed in the first few weeks of our blog. http://itywltmt.blogspot.com/2014/05/montage-155-korngold-beethoven-violin.html
• May 16 – Mendelssohn & Mahler Symphonies no. 4 were also programmed early on in 2011. http://itywltmt.blogspot.com/2014/05/montage-156-mendelssohn-mahler.html
• May 23 – Sibelius & Prokofiev Symphonies no. 5 are two symphonies we considered when exploring the music of the two World Wars. http://itywltmt.blogspot.com/2014/05/montage-157-sibelius-prokofiev.html
• May 30– Beethioven Piano Sonatas and Concerto complete a pair of sonatas and the great Empereor concerto. http://itywltmt.blogspot.com/2014/05/montage-158-beethoven-sonatas-concerto.html

Pierre’s Tuesday Blog

• May 6- Pierre’s Podcast Vault Selection of the Month. Our montage from September 2011 features  music of the Night - including an incomplete performance of Beethoven's Moonlight sonata which will get finished on May 30... The montage is presented on our Pod-O-Matic Channel until May 31. http://www.talkclassical.com/blogs/itywltmt/1490-music-night.html
• May 13 – Nice and Slow– A YouTube playlist of some adagios and other smooth and slow tempo works.  http://www.talkclassical.com/blogs/itywltmt/1500-nice-slow.html
• May 20 – Once Upon the Internet – Canadian violinist Jasper Wood in works by Barber, Grieg and Ysaye. http://www.talkclassical.com/blogs/itywltmt/1510-violinist-jasper-wood.html
• May 27- La Chronique du Disque. Scitt Joplin, Bela Bartok and Johnny Mathis, among others. http://www.talkclassical.com/blogs/itywltmt/1537-la-chronique-du-disque.html

Once or Twice a Fortnight

Nack with a pair pof pperas, bith exploring Abbe Prevost's story of Manon Lescaut: operas by Massenet and Puccini.

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