Become a Patron! Paderewski Recital – 1938. Something unusual tonight. A truly historic recording of the first broadcast recital by famed Polish pianist and statesman, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, broadcast on September 25, 1938. During World War I, Paderewski became an active member of the Polish National Committee in Paris, which
Paul Sacher (L) – Willy Burkhard (R). -Two leading lights in Swiss Music Back to the Swiss Radio Archives tonight for a performance of Die Schwarze Spinne – Suite by Will Burkhard, performed by the Basel Radio Orchestra, conducted by Paul Sacher from a broadcast of May 16, 1955. Composer
Bohuslav Martinu – One of the profoundly new voices in 20th Century Music. The music of Bohuslav Martinu this weekend, as performed by The Lucerne Trio and the Festival Strings Of Lucerne conducted by Rudolf Baugartner in this 1963 performance of Concerto for String Trio and String Orchestra – recorded
Richard Flury (L) – Paul Burkhard (R) – The rarities continue. Back over to less familiar territory from the Swiss Radio Archives with a composer we’ve run before – Richard Flury with the Radio Beromünster Orchestra led by Paul Burkhard in a performance of Flury’s Im Altisberg, Sinfonische Suite für
Walther Geiser – practitioner of late Romanticism. Back to the Swiss Radio Archives this week for a performance featuring composer Walther Geiser conducting his own work. Fantasie For Orchestra number 2, performed with the Basle Symphony, led by the composer in this radio recording from October 17, 1946. After finishing
Back over to Switzerland this week for short work by Swiss composer Jean Binet. His Petite Concert for Clarinet and Orchestra with Hans Rudolf Stalder, clarinet and the Bern Chamber Orchestra led by Hermann Müller in a broadcast recorded March 13, 1962. After studying in Geneva and obtaining the Diploma
Taking a short side trip from our ongoing survey of the Swiss Radio Archives and heading over to Poland for a sampling of what’s in the archives of Radio Poland. This weekend it’s a performance of Musica Sinfonica in Three Movements by composer/violinist Grazyna Bacewicz, performed by the Polish Radio
Music of Swiss-German composer Will Eisenmann this weekend. Sieben Bilder von Vincent van Gogh opus 22, performed by the Radio Beromünster Orchestra led by Jean-Marie Auberson – it was recorded by Radio Zurich on October 28, 1962. Will Eisenmann was born in Stuttgart. His studies in art history and philosophy
