Sunday afternoons are special on WSHU. Every week, David Bouchier puts a different spin on classical music - anecdotes about the great composers, poetry, musical history, and even musical jokes. Sunday Matinée may explore the hidden links between music and literature, composers' letters, music for a special season of the year, or music designed to make you think. Whatever the theme, David Bouchier gives classical music a new dimension on Sunday afternoons.

This has been a big week for musical anniversaries. Franz Schubert was born on January 31st, 1797, one of the first of the great romantic composers, and Felix Mendelssohn was born on February 3, 1809. On Sunday Matinee we'll celebrate this double anniversary with some of the finest music of the early romantic era - a feast of Schubert and Mendelssohn, plus works from some of their most important influences and contemporaries.

Among the highlights: (subject to change)

  • Franz Schubert: Overture in C
  • Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 49 ("La Passione")
  • John Field: Nocturne No. 17 in E
  • Ludwig Van Beethoven: Piano sonata No. 23 "Appassionata"
  • Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C "The Great"
  • Franz Schubert: The Wanderer (lied)
  • Nicolo Paganini: Fantasy for Double Bass & Orchestra
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Quartet in g
  • Hector Berlioz: Beatrice and Benedict Overture
  • Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1 in d
  • Giaocchino Rossini: La Cenerentola overture
  • Franz Liszt: Years of Pilgrimage (excerpt)
  • Robert Schumann: Romances
  • Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman Overture
  • Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A "The Italian"


    • Join David Bouchier for Schubert, Mendelssohn & the Early Romantics on Sunday Matinee, from 1 till 6, right after Sunday Baroque, only on WSHU and WSUF.

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