jmc's classics
Today is Groundhog's Day. it was made famous by the movie of the same name which As of now I have never seen. It is also the Presentation of Christ in the Christian calendar. In some countries the Christmas season lasts until that day.
It is the anniversary of the premier of Dvorak's Eighth Symphony (Opus#88) in 1890. His most famous symphony was his Ninth (Opus#95). As I said earlier, my favorite works of his are his Sixth Symphony (Opus#60) , String serenade (Opus#22) and Violin concerto (Opus#53). Tomorrow is the birthdate of Felix Mendelssohn(1809-1847). He was born the same month as Abraham Lincoln. He is most famous for his song Hark the Herald which is played around Christmas It was featured on A Charlie Brown Christmas. He is also famous for his Fifth Symphony "Reformation". It dates from 1830 and was a commemoration of the 300th anniversary of the Augsburg Confession of Martin Luther which was part of the Reformation. The Reformation was a series of events in Europe in the Sixteenth Century when the Catholic and Protestant branches of Christianity split. I have a copy of this work. It is on the Deutsche Grammophon label. It is of the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Lorin Maazel. It is paired with Cesar Frank's only symphony. These two works don't have too much in common in my opinion. They are both in the key of D. Franks in D minor and Mendelssohn's in D major. Both are good symphonies which I enjoy
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