After last hearing the Harpo Marx version we revisit Franz Liszt‘s Second Rhapsody done mostly straight by the hilarious Victor Borge. (I’ll give this piece some respect and find a proper concert version of it one of these days. )
This week’s rhapsody is Emmanuel Chabrier‘s España, Rhapsody for Orchestra from 1883.
Today we are going to do George Gershwin‘s other rhapsody, the Second Rhapsody also called the Rivet Rhapsody. Enjoy.
Today we go back to Claude Debussy, with his Rhapsody for alto saxophone and orchestra
Well we did his first Romanian Rhapsody earlier this September here is George Enescu‘s Second Romanian Rhapsody in d major opus 11
Today’s Rhapsody is American Rhapsody by Ern? Dohnányi (AKA Ernst von Dohnányi)
Today’s Rhapsody is the Sunset Rhapsody by Eric Ball performed by the W.S. (Manchester) Band, conducted by Alex Mortimer
Today’s Rhapsody is the Rapsodie espagnole by Maurice Ravel. Performed by the DePaul Symphony Orchestra.
Today we’re back to Brahms with his Alto Rhapsody, Opus 53. This version is by London Philharmonic Orchestra with Clemens Krauss conducting and Kathleen Ferrier singing. http://youtu.be/vy_HCxKZQys http://youtu.be/cjbG6HDU2GU
Today we’re going back to Hugo Alfven and the second of his three Rhapsodies, the Uppsalarapsodi. (That’s Uppsala Rhapsody for those not up on their Svenska). I lived in Uppsala for a year in junior high, (saw the funeral scene[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
