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A journey to Dvořák's Scherzo Capriccioso

Sara Mohr-Pietsch takes us on a musical journey with a Czech flavour as she goes in search of Dvorak's evergreen Scherzo Capriccioso. En route, Sara visits the worlds of Franz Schubert, Edward Elgar, Nancy Dahlberg and Astor Piazzolla.

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Music Played

  • Niccolò Paganini

    24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1, MS 25: No. 1 in E Major. Andante

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Jan Dismas Zelenka

    Capriccio In G Major, ZWV 183: I. Allegro

    Ensemble: Virtuosi Saxoniae.
    • Berlin Classics.

  • Nancy Dalberg

    Capriccio for Orchestra in B Minor: Allegro energico

    Orchestra: Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Frans Rasmussen.
    • Dacapo.

  • Edward Elgar

    La Capricieuse Op. 17

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Performer: Jérôme Ducros.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Gerry Mulligan

    Capricious

    Performer: Gerry Mulligan. Performer: Tommy Flanagan. Performer: Alec Dorsey. Performer: Dave Bailey. Singer: Ben Tucker.
    • Columbia/Legacy.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Scherzo a capriccio in F-Sharp Minor

    Performer: Benjamin Frith.
    • Naxos.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat Major, K.417: III. Rondo. Allegro

    Performer: Felix Klieser. Orchestra: Camerata Salzburg.
    • Berlin Classics.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Tanti anni prima

    Performer: Lajos Lencsés. Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Toulouse. Conductor: Alain Moglia.
    • Capriccio.

  • Trad.

    La Danse de Mardi Gras

    Ensemble: The Balfa Brothers.
    • Cinereach Music.

  • Franz Liszt

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Flat Major: III. Allegro marziale animato

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G Minor. Allegro molto

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Harry Burleigh

    Southland Sketches: IV. Allegro

    Ensemble: Calefax Reed Quintet.
    • Pentatone.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Stabat Mater, Op. 58: X. Quando corpus morietur (Andante con moto)

    Ensemble: Collegium Vocale Gent. Orchestra: Antwerp Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • Phi.

  • David Popper

    Im Walde, Op. 50: V. Herbstblume (Autumn Flower)

    Performer: János Starker. Performer: Shigeo Neriki.
    • Delos.

  • Charles Gounod

    Faust: Waltz

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Naxos.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Scherzo capriccioso, Op 66

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Supraphon.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 6 Apr 202513:30
    BBC Radio 3
  • Yesterday13:30
    BBC Radio 3