So as our contribution (for this month anyway) to “Keep the Music Going” in our part of the world, the music selected included Beethoven’s “Septet", Vaughan William’s “The Lark Ascending” and Martinu’s “Madrigals” – all by the MSO or musicians from the orchestra. There was a small snippet from Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring” performed by the Mariinsky Ballet Company (the MSO had posted a recording of a Stravinsky double bill concert featuring the complete “Rite of Spring” and the melodrama “Persephone”, but a stage presentation is much more appealing) and the programme was rounded off by Beethoven’s “Seven Variation on a Mozart Duet” (from the Magic Flute).
You can read about the session and listen to the music by opening up the explanatory notes below - these include the relevant video links.
24th April: Beethoven 2020; Ralph Vaughan Mitchell; Igor Stravinsky; Bohuslva Martinu
Bill Squire