Yet another Covid-19 induced lockdown has seen our July gathering limited to one session. There we looked at the 3rd of Bach’s six (and each very different) Brandenburg Concertos; a Mozart piano concerto once thought to have been inspired by the chirping of Mozart’s pet starling; an early concert piece by Austrian-Jewish composer Franz Schreker who had the double misfortune to arrive on the music scene in the late romantic period as the world was beginning to move away from his style of music and to be removed from it with the rise of anti-semitism in the 1930s; and finally Schubert’s fifth Symphony – a work composed at the age of nineteen and full of the cheerful optimism and whimsy of youth that belied the sickness and suffering that was to come his way leading to a premature death at the age of 32.
Hopefully by the time our next planned session (13th August) comes around, restrictions will have been eased sufficiently to allow us to come together when works by Elena Kats-Chernin, Brahms, Prokoviev and Haydn will be in the spotlight. If you haven’t enrolled for our second semester and maybe would like to check us out, please feel free to come along.
Bill Squire.
Links to Session Notes and Music:
Session Notes
Bach - Brandenburg Concerto 3
Mozart - Piano Concerto 17
Schreker - Intermezzo
Schubert - Symphony 5
Hopefully by the time our next planned session (13th August) comes around, restrictions will have been eased sufficiently to allow us to come together when works by Elena Kats-Chernin, Brahms, Prokoviev and Haydn will be in the spotlight. If you haven’t enrolled for our second semester and maybe would like to check us out, please feel free to come along.
Bill Squire.
Links to Session Notes and Music:
Session Notes
Bach - Brandenburg Concerto 3
Mozart - Piano Concerto 17
Schreker - Intermezzo
Schubert - Symphony 5
