La musica d'amore per la festa di San Valentino
Tue, 02/14/2012 - 1:00pm | Dr. Paul
The music for today's show explores sounds and songs that the classical masters used to express love, that most tender feeling of all. The music includes a lovely 'cello concerto by Boccherini, two Romances for violin by Beethoven, some arias by Rossini and Donizetti, a movement from Scheherazade by Rimsky-Korsakov, a duet for guitar and violin by Paganini, and a concerto by Vivaldi written for the viola d'amore (viol of love). In addition to romantic love, today's program includes a selection by Chopin (Berceuse, a lullaby) for those little ones among us who are most vulnerable, and a piece by Smetana (The Moldau) that reflects love of
