The Schumann A Day theme honored the birthday of Robert Schumann. In addition to listening to one work by Robert Schumann each day, some participants also included music by his wife, Clara Wieck Schumann. There was even a side trip to the music of American composer William Schuman thanks to a typo!
The Conversation:
June 1-5, 2010
June 6-12, 2010
June 13-19, 2010
June 20-26, 2010
June 27-30, 2010
The Collective Playlist:
Robert Schumann
Solo music and lieder
Kinderzenen, Op. 15: Sviatoslav Richter, piano
Kreisleriana, inspired by E.T.A. Hoffmann's stories, is my #Schumannaday selection. Claudio Arrau
Ronald Brautigam, Schumann 2nd piano sonata g minor op 22,
Tölzer Knabenchor - R. Schumann - Zigeunerleben
Kiederkreis, Op. 24 with Victor Braun, baritone and Antonin Kubalek, piano
Piano Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2
Jadglieder
Kinderszenen by Schnabel. He plays the music in an unsentimental way, but makes it swing. @NaxosMusicLib 8.110665
Meine Rose
Theme and Variations on the name Abegg, Op. 1, Clara Haskill
Chamber music
String Quartet Op. 41, No. 1
Piano Quintet: Claire-Marie Le Guay & the Mandelring Quartet on Audite92.574
Robert Schumann! Listening to Rose Mary Harbison and Eli Kalman perform his violin sonatas
Myrthen Op. 25 Dorothea Roschmann, Ian Bostridge, Graham Johnson
ogan plays Schumann's Fantasy Op 131
Piano Trio No. 3 in G minor Music@menlo
Piano Concerto played by Murray Perahia.
String Quartets no1 & 3 arr. for string orchestra - Montreal Players, JP Tremblay - @NaxosMusicLib 8.570133
Piano Quintet played by Leonard Bernstein & the Juilliard Quartet.
three String Quartets played by the Takacs Quartet on Hungaroton.
Piano Quartet played by Emmanuel Ax/Isaac Stern/Jaime Laredo/Yo-Yo Ma.
chumannADay choice is the Piano Trio, Op. 63 (Szeryng/Rubinstein/Fournier)
Finishing up the Op. 41 String Quartets
Orchestral music and concertos
Cello Concerto Op. 129 - Truls Mork, cello 'Cello Concerto.
The amazing Jacqueline DuPre with Leonard Bernstein.
Symphony no3, Sinopoli & Staatskapelle Dresden in Tokyo
Piano Concerto op. 54, Frantz/Bernstein/Vienna
Symphony No. 4, Op. 120, Cleveland Orchestra/George Szell.
Symphony No. 1 - Eisenbach
Symphony No. 2
Symphony No. 3
Symphony No. 4
symphony cycle continues: No. 2, Op. 61, Cleveland/Szell
Symphony No. 4, Op. 120, Cleveland Orchestra/George Szell.
Schumann's "Manfried" Overture w/George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra.
cycle with George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra. Today: No. 1, Op. 38 'Spring'
Traumerei, played by Horowitz in Moscow
Clara's Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, op.20Veronica Jochum TUDOR7007
the two Concert Pieces for Piano & Orchestra.
Schumann's Davidsbündlertänze.
Manfred overture, op. 115, Cleveland/Szell
Jürg Baur, called "Musik mit Robert Schumann" - on a Thorophon CD @NaxosMusicLib CTH2270
Carl Schuricht: Schumann symphony nr 3 Rheinische part
String Quartet in A minor, Op. 41 No. 1 with the Eroica Quartet.
Schumann's 2nd Symphony is Sinopoli's, w/ Staatskapelle Dresden.
Piano Concerto in A, Radu Lupu
Piano Quintet Claire-Marie Le Guay & the Mandelring Quartet on Audite92.57
Frauenlieben und Leben, Op. 42: Brigitte Fassbaender, Irwin Gage
Lieder with Thomas Hampson. Listening to 12 Gedichte, Op. 35 and 5 Lieder, Op. 40 (and some other odds and ends besides).
Twitter - Jun 11, 2010 9:10:26 AM
A jazz arrangement for flute & piano of 3 Romanzen, Op. 94 - Bill Cunliffe & Holly Hofmann - Azica72205
Schumann's Fantasiestücke, op. 73
Fantasie for piano played by Edwin Fischer.
Listening to Clara Schumann's Romances for Violin and Piano Heavenly!
Carnaval & Kinderjahr on BIS-CD-1055 w/ Dirk Joeres/RPO
Violin Sonata no2 with Abel/Szidon on Ars Musici
String Quartet No. 3, Op. 41 No. 3, Zehetmair Quartett
Clara Schumann's Piano Concerto op.7 - Elizabeth Rich w/Janacek PO, Burkh - on Centaur CRC2283
Clara's turn: Piano Trio op. 17 by Clara Wieck-Schumann,
Schumann's Violin Concerto, Gideon Kremer performs with Muti and the Philharmonia
Violin Concerto played by the amazing Henryk Szeryng.
3 Fantasiestucke, Op. 73 for clarinet & fortepiano - Ensemble Aventure on Ars Musica AM232225
chumann's Cello Concerto - the 1961 recording w/Rostropovich, cellist & Benjamin Britten
Konzertstueck for Four Horns & Orchestra
Clara Schumann's Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 7 w/Veronica Jochum & Bamburg Symphony; Joseph Silverstein, conducting
Twitter - Jun 28, 2010 10:31:32 AM
Piano Trio no3, Lions Gate Trio on Centaur CRC2709-10
Papillons, Op. 2, Andrei Gavrilov, piano
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Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26, Andrei Gavrilov, piano.
Fischer-Dieskau with the first song from Liederkreis, Op. 39. ♫
Liederkreis, Op. 39 with Victor Braun, baritone and Antonin Kubalek, piano
3 Schumann Violin Sonatas played by Maria Egelhof (Thorofon CD).
Clara Wieck Schumann
Clara's Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, op.20Veronica Jochum TUDOR7007
William Schumann
Wm Schuman's New England Triptych Serebrier, Naxos 8.559083
William Schuman, Symphony No. 7.
William Schuman, Symphony No. 10 'American Muse', Seattle SO/Schwarz
Sunday, August 1, 2010
#AmericanADay July 25-31, 2010
July 26, 2010
RalphGraves: #AmericanADay Moravian composers in PA and NC, ca.1780 - John Antes et al. Well-crafted, straight-forward music.
Lost Music Of Early America - The Moravians / Pearlman, Etc ... - arkivmusic.com
Twitter - Jul 26, 2010 9:27:37 AM
UMKCCons: #AmericanADay Turkish/American Kamran Ince: Symphony No. 3/ Symphony No. 4. Yay for saxes and synth in the orch. @NaxosMusicLib 8.557588
Twitter - Jul 26, 2010 9:58:54 AM
Tom_Godell: #AmericanAday David Diamond Symphony #4. I've never heard a note by Diamond that is not a gem.
Twitter - Jul 26, 2010 10:02:21 AM
villa_lobos: One of my favourite discs! @RalphGraves #AmericanADay Moravian composers in PA and NC.
Lost Music Of Early America - The Moravians / Pearlman, Etc ... - arkivmusic.com
Twitter - Jul 26, 2010 10:05:54 AM
Tom_Godell: @operaskank I shall hunt them down. Thanks. This #AmericanAday project is getting EXPENSIVE!
Twitter - Jul 26, 2010 10:15:39 AM
NaxosUSA: RT @UMKCCons #AmericanADay Turkish/American Kamran Ince: Symphony No. 3/ Symphony No. 4. Yay for saxes and synth in the orch. 8.557588
Twitter - Jul 26, 2010 10:23:36 AM
NaxosMusicLib: #AmericanADay - The wonderful Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings" - 8.559088 ... I may or may not have watched Platoon this weekend...
Twitter - Jul 26, 2010 10:34:28 AM
McAllisterSax: RT @UMKCCons: #AmericanADay Turkish/American Kamran Ince: Symphony No. 3/ Symphony No. 4. Yay for saxes and synth in the orch. @NaxosMu ...
Twitter - Jul 26, 2010 11:23:35 AM
DrGeoduck: #AmericanADay is Duke Ellington, a disk of four of his symphonic works. First up: the Black, Brown and Beige Suite
Twitter - Jul 26, 2010 12:53:42 PM
DrGeoduck: Now playing: Duke Ellington's Three Black Kings #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 26, 2010 1:13:13 PM
DrGeoduck: Now playing: Duke Ellington's New World a-Comin' #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 26, 2010 1:40:40 PM
DrGeoduck: And the last Duke Ellington piece of the day: Harlem. #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 26, 2010 2:08:45 PM
UMKCCons: Why hello there Elliott Carter Cello Sonata. Pleasure to get reacquainted. I've missed you. #AmericanADay @NaxosMusicLib IMCD062
Twitter - Jul 26, 2010 3:11:07 PM
July 28, 2010
Tom_Godell: #AmericanAday Michael Torke's stunning Color Music. I especially love "Ash" and "Bright Blue Music". Refreshing, joyous music.
Twitter - Jul 28, 2010 8:20:17 AM
RalphGraves: @rebcamuse @Tom_Godell Good point. Someone could just do Dvorak -- but not me. Too many others. #CzechaDay #Americanaday
Twitter - Jul 28, 2010 9:05:50 AM
UMKCCons: #AmericanADay Americans in Rome (Courtesy of @BridgeRecords) w/ UMKC's own Jim Mobberley @NaxosMusicLib BCD9271
James Mobberley - Curators' Professor of Music Composition - umkc.edu
Twitter - Jul 28, 2010 10:05:14 AM
villa_lobos: #AmericanADay Ginastera's Popol Vuh, a new @NaxosRecords CD cond. Ben Dor - based on the same Mayan text used in Edgard Varese's Ecuatorial
Twitter - Jul 28, 2010 10:17:31 AM
NaxosMusicLib: @UMKCCons #AmericanADay Today's entry is the wonderful John Mackey ( @Ostimusic ) - 8.572231 -"Kingfishers Catch Fire"!
Twitter - Jul 28, 2010 10:49:06 AM
DrGeoduck: #AmericanADay Alan Hovhaness solo piano music, played by the composer. Ghazal, then Komachi, then Sonata for Piano 'Prospect Hill'
Twitter - Jul 28, 2010 11:32:51 AM
villa_lobos: Hovhaness' piano music is new to me - I enjoyed "To Hiroshige's Cat" RT @DrGeoduck #AmericanADay Alan Hovhaness solo piano music
Twitter - Jul 28, 2010 11:53:22 AM
DrGeoduck: Now playing: George Gershwin's Let 'Em Eat Cake. #AmericanADay Definitely. #OperaADay Sort of.
Twitter - Jul 28, 2010 12:21:47 PM
RalphGraves: #Americanaday Tweet your vote for our August theme. Either.#CzechADay or #WorldCupaDay (details here )
Classics A Day: Upcoming #ClassicsADay Themes - blogspot.com
Twitter - Jul 28, 2010 4:00:19 PM
July 29, 2010
RalphGraves: #AmericanaDay Enjoying the music of Paraguayan guitarist Agustín Barrios Mangoré (played by Jeffery McFadden on Naxos). ht.ly/2ifwB
Twitter - Jul 29, 2010 8:48:45 AM
RootsRadio: #AmericanaDay Enjoying the music of Paraguayan guitarist Agustín Barrios Mangoré (played by Jeffery McFadden on N...
Twitter / RalphGraves: #AmericanaDay Enjoying the ... - twitter.com
Twitter - Jul 29, 2010 8:49:17 AM
RalphGraves: #Americanaday What should be the theme for August? #CzechADay or #WorldCupaDay? (details here ht.ly/2hImc) Send a tweet w/your vote.
Twitter - Jul 29, 2010 9:20:08 AM
UMKCCons: #AmericanADay American T-bone concertos. Rouse, Chavez, Augusta Read Thomas @NaxosMusicLib BIS-CD-788
Twitter - Jul 29, 2010 10:12:10 AM
RalphGraves: #AmericanaDay Enjoying the music of Paraguayan guitarist Agustín Barrios Mangoré (played by Jeffery McFadden on Naxos). ht.ly/2iiyC
Twitter - Jul 29, 2010 10:12:14 AM
Tom_Godell: #AmericanAday Copland's Appalachian Spring from a 1940s concert by the Boston Symphony conducted by Serge Koussevitzky.
Twitter - Jul 29, 2010 10:17:00 AM
DrGeoduck: Today's #AmericanADay is Ned Rorem's song cycle, "Evidence of Things Not Seen"
Twitter - Jul 29, 2010 11:40:10 AM
Tom_Godell: @DrGeoduck Haven't listened to any Rorem all month. Fine composer. #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 29, 2010 11:41:18 AM
July 30, 2010
RalphGraves: #Americanaday Polls running neck and neck for #WolrdCupADay vs. #CzechaDay. If there's no clear winner, could we do both & still be friends?
Twitter - Jul 30, 2010 8:41:56 AM
Tom_Godell: #AmericanAday SCHUMAN: Prayer in Time of War; A Free Song; GERSHWIN: Summertime.
Twitter - Jul 30, 2010 11:14:32 AM
villa_lobos: #AmericanADay M. Camargo Guarnieri's Piano Concerto no4 on a new @NaxosRecords CD - great podcast here:
Podcast: An introduction to Mozart Carmargo Guarnieri posted in ... - naxos.com
Twitter - Jul 30, 2010 12:41:26 PM
DrGeoduck: Well, that was certainly unique. Steve Reich's The Cave is probably the only documentary opera ever composed. #AmericanADay #OperaADay
Twitter - Jul 30, 2010 1:42:55 PM
NaxosUSA: @RalphGraves #Americanaday We had a ball doing trivia during the world cup, but we have plenty of music for #CzechADay too. Our vote: both!
Twitter - Jul 30, 2010 3:30:10 PM
rebcamuse: RT @RalphGraves: #Americanaday Looks like both #WorldCupaDay and #CzechaDay win! Details here: ... If this makes sense, w ...
Classics A Day: #ClassicsADay - the August double theme! - blogspot.com
Twitter - Jul 30, 2010 4:12:40 PM
RalphGraves: #AmericanADay Moravian composers in PA and NC, ca.1780 - John Antes et al. Well-crafted, straight-forward music.
Lost Music Of Early America - The Moravians / Pearlman, Etc ... - arkivmusic.com
Twitter - Jul 26, 2010 9:27:37 AM
UMKCCons: #AmericanADay Turkish/American Kamran Ince: Symphony No. 3/ Symphony No. 4. Yay for saxes and synth in the orch. @NaxosMusicLib 8.557588
Twitter - Jul 26, 2010 9:58:54 AM
Tom_Godell: #AmericanAday David Diamond Symphony #4. I've never heard a note by Diamond that is not a gem.
Twitter - Jul 26, 2010 10:02:21 AM
villa_lobos: One of my favourite discs! @RalphGraves #AmericanADay Moravian composers in PA and NC.
Lost Music Of Early America - The Moravians / Pearlman, Etc ... - arkivmusic.com
Twitter - Jul 26, 2010 10:05:54 AM
Tom_Godell: @operaskank I shall hunt them down. Thanks. This #AmericanAday project is getting EXPENSIVE!
Twitter - Jul 26, 2010 10:15:39 AM
NaxosUSA: RT @UMKCCons #AmericanADay Turkish/American Kamran Ince: Symphony No. 3/ Symphony No. 4. Yay for saxes and synth in the orch. 8.557588
Twitter - Jul 26, 2010 10:23:36 AM
NaxosMusicLib: #AmericanADay - The wonderful Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings" - 8.559088 ... I may or may not have watched Platoon this weekend...
Twitter - Jul 26, 2010 10:34:28 AM
McAllisterSax: RT @UMKCCons: #AmericanADay Turkish/American Kamran Ince: Symphony No. 3/ Symphony No. 4. Yay for saxes and synth in the orch. @NaxosMu ...
Twitter - Jul 26, 2010 11:23:35 AM
DrGeoduck: #AmericanADay is Duke Ellington, a disk of four of his symphonic works. First up: the Black, Brown and Beige Suite
Twitter - Jul 26, 2010 12:53:42 PM
DrGeoduck: Now playing: Duke Ellington's Three Black Kings #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 26, 2010 1:13:13 PM
DrGeoduck: Now playing: Duke Ellington's New World a-Comin' #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 26, 2010 1:40:40 PM
DrGeoduck: And the last Duke Ellington piece of the day: Harlem. #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 26, 2010 2:08:45 PM
UMKCCons: Why hello there Elliott Carter Cello Sonata. Pleasure to get reacquainted. I've missed you. #AmericanADay @NaxosMusicLib IMCD062
Twitter - Jul 26, 2010 3:11:07 PM
July 28, 2010
Tom_Godell: #AmericanAday Michael Torke's stunning Color Music. I especially love "Ash" and "Bright Blue Music". Refreshing, joyous music.
Twitter - Jul 28, 2010 8:20:17 AM
RalphGraves: @rebcamuse @Tom_Godell Good point. Someone could just do Dvorak -- but not me. Too many others. #CzechaDay #Americanaday
Twitter - Jul 28, 2010 9:05:50 AM
UMKCCons: #AmericanADay Americans in Rome (Courtesy of @BridgeRecords) w/ UMKC's own Jim Mobberley @NaxosMusicLib BCD9271
James Mobberley - Curators' Professor of Music Composition - umkc.edu
Twitter - Jul 28, 2010 10:05:14 AM
villa_lobos: #AmericanADay Ginastera's Popol Vuh, a new @NaxosRecords CD cond. Ben Dor - based on the same Mayan text used in Edgard Varese's Ecuatorial
Twitter - Jul 28, 2010 10:17:31 AM
NaxosMusicLib: @UMKCCons #AmericanADay Today's entry is the wonderful John Mackey ( @Ostimusic ) - 8.572231 -"Kingfishers Catch Fire"!
Twitter - Jul 28, 2010 10:49:06 AM
DrGeoduck: #AmericanADay Alan Hovhaness solo piano music, played by the composer. Ghazal, then Komachi, then Sonata for Piano 'Prospect Hill'
Twitter - Jul 28, 2010 11:32:51 AM
villa_lobos: Hovhaness' piano music is new to me - I enjoyed "To Hiroshige's Cat" RT @DrGeoduck #AmericanADay Alan Hovhaness solo piano music
Twitter - Jul 28, 2010 11:53:22 AM
DrGeoduck: Now playing: George Gershwin's Let 'Em Eat Cake. #AmericanADay Definitely. #OperaADay Sort of.
Twitter - Jul 28, 2010 12:21:47 PM
RalphGraves: #Americanaday Tweet your vote for our August theme. Either.#CzechADay or #WorldCupaDay (details here )
Classics A Day: Upcoming #ClassicsADay Themes - blogspot.com
Twitter - Jul 28, 2010 4:00:19 PM
July 29, 2010
RalphGraves: #AmericanaDay Enjoying the music of Paraguayan guitarist Agustín Barrios Mangoré (played by Jeffery McFadden on Naxos). ht.ly/2ifwB
Twitter - Jul 29, 2010 8:48:45 AM
RootsRadio: #AmericanaDay Enjoying the music of Paraguayan guitarist Agustín Barrios Mangoré (played by Jeffery McFadden on N...
Twitter / RalphGraves: #AmericanaDay Enjoying the ... - twitter.com
Twitter - Jul 29, 2010 8:49:17 AM
RalphGraves: #Americanaday What should be the theme for August? #CzechADay or #WorldCupaDay? (details here ht.ly/2hImc) Send a tweet w/your vote.
Twitter - Jul 29, 2010 9:20:08 AM
UMKCCons: #AmericanADay American T-bone concertos. Rouse, Chavez, Augusta Read Thomas @NaxosMusicLib BIS-CD-788
Twitter - Jul 29, 2010 10:12:10 AM
RalphGraves: #AmericanaDay Enjoying the music of Paraguayan guitarist Agustín Barrios Mangoré (played by Jeffery McFadden on Naxos). ht.ly/2iiyC
Twitter - Jul 29, 2010 10:12:14 AM
Tom_Godell: #AmericanAday Copland's Appalachian Spring from a 1940s concert by the Boston Symphony conducted by Serge Koussevitzky.
Twitter - Jul 29, 2010 10:17:00 AM
DrGeoduck: Today's #AmericanADay is Ned Rorem's song cycle, "Evidence of Things Not Seen"
Twitter - Jul 29, 2010 11:40:10 AM
Tom_Godell: @DrGeoduck Haven't listened to any Rorem all month. Fine composer. #AmericanADay
Twitter - Jul 29, 2010 11:41:18 AM
July 30, 2010
RalphGraves: #Americanaday Polls running neck and neck for #WolrdCupADay vs. #CzechaDay. If there's no clear winner, could we do both & still be friends?
Twitter - Jul 30, 2010 8:41:56 AM
Tom_Godell: #AmericanAday SCHUMAN: Prayer in Time of War; A Free Song; GERSHWIN: Summertime.
Twitter - Jul 30, 2010 11:14:32 AM
villa_lobos: #AmericanADay M. Camargo Guarnieri's Piano Concerto no4 on a new @NaxosRecords CD - great podcast here:
Podcast: An introduction to Mozart Carmargo Guarnieri posted in ... - naxos.com
Twitter - Jul 30, 2010 12:41:26 PM
DrGeoduck: Well, that was certainly unique. Steve Reich's The Cave is probably the only documentary opera ever composed. #AmericanADay #OperaADay
Twitter - Jul 30, 2010 1:42:55 PM
NaxosUSA: @RalphGraves #Americanaday We had a ball doing trivia during the world cup, but we have plenty of music for #CzechADay too. Our vote: both!
Twitter - Jul 30, 2010 3:30:10 PM
rebcamuse: RT @RalphGraves: #Americanaday Looks like both #WorldCupaDay and #CzechaDay win! Details here: ... If this makes sense, w ...
Classics A Day: #ClassicsADay - the August double theme! - blogspot.com
Twitter - Jul 30, 2010 4:12:40 PM
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