Letter V Classical Radio this week

A guest joins me in the second hour: Benjamin Broening, the University of Richmond-based composer and maestro of the Third Practice Electroacoustic Music Festival, who will discuss his compositions (electro and acoustic) and preview his new orchestral work “Sea Surface Full of Clouds,” which will be premiered by the Richmond Symphony in its April 18 Masterworks program.

April 9
11 a.m.-2 p.m. EDT
1500-1800 UTC/GMT
WDCE, University of Richmond
90.1 FM
www.wdce.org

Mozart: Serenade in D major, K. 239
(“Serenata notturna”)
The English Concert/Andrew Manze
(Harmonia Mundi USA)

Schubert: Fantasie
in C major, D. 934
Jennifer Koh, violin
Reiko Uchida, piano
(Cedille)

Hubert Parry: Symphonic Variations
London Symphony Orchestra/Adrian Boult
(Lyrita)

Schumann: Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op. 47
Daniel Hope, violin
Paul Neubauer, viola
David Finckel, cello
Wu Han, piano
(Deutsche Grammophon)

Benjamin Broening:
works TBA
artists TBA

Geminiani: Concerto Grosso XII (“Follia”)
(after Corelli)
Harmonie Universelle/
Florian Deuter & Mónica Waisman (Accent)

Past Masters:
Beethoven: Symphony
No. 6 in F major (“Pastoral”)
Vienna Philharmonic/Karl Böhm
(Deutsche Grammophon)
(recorded 1971)