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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.

1 hour, 29 minutes

Last on

Sun 6 Apr 2025 13:30

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.
    • Confetibor - Laudate Pueri - 3 Capricci.
    • Berlin Classics.
  • Nancy Dalberg

    Capriccio for Orchestra in B Minor: Allegro energico

    Orchestra: Danish Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Frans Rasmussen.
    • Dalberg : Capriccio.
    • Dacapo.
  • Edward Elgar

    La Capricieuse Op. 17

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Performer: Jérôme Ducros.
    • Capriccio - Works for Violin and Piano.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Gerry Mulligan

    Capricious

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

    Scherzo a capriccio in F-Sharp Minor

    Performer: Benjamin Frith.
    • Mendelssohn: Sonata in G Minor / Fantasia, Op. 15 / Variations, Op. 83.
    • Naxos.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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

    Performer: Felix Klieser. Orchestra: Camerata Salzburg.
    • Mozart: Horn Concertos.
    • Berlin Classics.
  • Astor Piazzolla

    Tanti anni prima

    Performer: Lajos Lencsés. Orchestra: Toulouse National Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Alain Moglia.
    • Piazzolla, A.: Suite for Oboe and String Orchestra / Las Cuatro Estaciones Porte.
    • Capriccio.
  • °Õ°ùä»å

    La Danse de Mardi Gras

    Ensemble: The Balfa Brothers.
    • Beasts of the Southern Wild (Music from the Motion Picture).
    • 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.
    • Liszt: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Totentanz.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G Minor. Allegro molto

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Brahms: 21 Hungarian Dances.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Harry Burleigh

    Southland Sketches: IV. Allegro

    Music Arranger: Jelte Althuis. Ensemble: Calefax Reed Quintet.
    • An American Rhapsody.
    • 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.
    • Dvořák: Stabat Mater.
    • Phi.
  • David Popper

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

    Performer: János Starker. Performer: Shigeo Neriki.
    • Romantic Cello Favorites - A Tribute To Cellist/Composer David Popper (1843 - 19.
    • Delos.
  • Charles Gounod

    Faust: Waltz

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • French Ballet Favourites.
    • Naxos.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Scherzo capriccioso, Op 66

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Life with Czech Music - Smetana & Dvorak.
    • Supraphon.

Broadcast

  • Sun 6 Apr 2025 13:30