Contemporaries, Kalkbrenner, on the left, and Hummel, lived in the early part of the 19th century, and were two of the finest pianists of their era. Hummel was a student of Mozart, and Kalkbrenner's technique was a model for the young Chopin. However, Hummel's music is widely recorded, and Kalkbrenner's is all but forgotten. Listen to the two concertos on today's show and see if you agree with history's assessment. Also on today's show is some music from Carmina Burana, a large scale choral work from the 1930's that sets medieval poetry to stirring, intense music. Today's show starts off with a fabulous overture from a French opera from the 1830's.
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