Ottomania, Part One - For more than 600 years, the Ottoman or Turkish Empire governed much of the Mediterranean and Western Asia. As relations with Christian Europe ebbed and flowed, Ottoman culture left a huge impact on the arts. This week on Harmonia, join us as we listen to some of the ways this relationship played out over the centuries. Plus, our featured recording is Ensemble Animantica with Venetian, Greek, Ottoman, and Sephardic music from the time of the Cretan War.
Anton Bruckner's First Symphony is bursting with exuberance and grand musical architecture inspired by Wagner and Beethoven. Dudamel leads the LA Phil in a journey through Bruckner's compelling extremes. The electrifying violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter recorded one of the definitive versions of Brahms' Double Concerto 40 years ago, but she was inspired to release a new recording of it in 2022 with her protégé and collaborator cellist Pablo Ferrández. The pair reprise that performance, bringing out the joy and turbulence of Brahms' musical conversation.
Jeanette Fischell, chair of the Organ Department of the Jacobs School of Music at the University of Indiana in Bloomington, performs music of William Byrd, Johann Sebastian Bach, Camille Saint Saens and more. The concert was recorded St. Paul Cathedral in October 2019.