Classical Music According To Yehuda #233

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Alan Chartock

Published October 11, 2019 at 11:33 AM EDT

(left) Anonymous portrait of the child Mozart, possibly by Pietro Antonio Lorenzoni; painted in 1763 on commission from Leopold Mozart (right) Portrait of Mendelssohn by the English miniaturist James Warren Childe, 1839

In this week’s Classical Music According to Yehuda, Alan Chartock and Yehuda Hanani continue their series of conversations about prodigies - discussing Felix Mendelssohn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Music:

Bastien & Bastienne, K. 50: Introduction by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vinson Cole, László Polgár, Edita Gruberova, Raymond Leppard, Liszt Ferenc Kamarazenekar
Selection from Overture to "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Op. 21: Allegro di molto by Felix Mendelssohn, London Symphony Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

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Alan Chartock

Dr. Alan Chartock is professor emeritus at the University at Albany. He hosts the weekly Capitol Connection series, heard on public radio stations around New York. The program, for almost 12 years, highlighted interviews with Governor Mario Cuomo and now continues with conversations with state political leaders. Dr. Chartock also appears each week on The Media Project and The Roundtable and offers commentary on Morning Edition, weekdays at 7:40 a.m.

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