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.

In Antonio Vivaldi's time Venice was the centre of musical life in Europe. But fifty years later that completely changed, and Vienna was the place to be. When young Mozart arrived there in 1781 he wrote to his father that Vienna was "the best place in the world for my profession." This week on Sunday Matinée we'll visit these two great musical cities and hear the stories of their most famous composers - Vivaldi, Mozart, Beethoven, Bruckner, and many more. Join David Bouchier for "Venice and Vienna" from 1 till 6, right after Sunday Baroque.

Among the highlights:

Venice

  • Adrian Willaert: Missa super Benedictus: Agnus Dei
  • Giovanni Gabrielli: Canzon duodecimi toni
  • Claudio Monteverdi: Vespers of the Blessed Virgin "O' Nightingale"
  • Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Two Trumpets in C
  • George Friedrich Handel: Organ Concerto No. 13 in F
  • Sir Arthur Sullivan: The Gondoliers (overture)

    • Vienna

    • Christoph Willibald Gluck: Dance of the Blessed Spirits
    • Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in D
    • Antonio Salieri: "Veneziana" in D
    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Marriage of Figaro (excerpts)
    • Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
    • Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"
    • Johann Strauss II: Blue Danube Waltz
    • Nicolo Paganini: Caprice No. 24 in a
    • Franz Von Suppe: Vienna Celebration
    • Johannes Brahms: Quintet for Clarinet & Strings
    • Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 (selection)


    Join David Bouchier for *Musical Cities: Venice and Vienna* on Sunday Matinée, from 1 till 6, right after Sunday Baroque, only on WSHU and WSUF.

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