Swedish composer Wilhelm Stenhammar was in his 30s when he visited Italy. Spending the spring of 1907 in Florence, he wrote to a friend that he'd "like to compose the kind of beautiful poetry about the South of which only a Northerner is capable." We hear the result - his immensely appealing Serenade for Orchestra - in today's noon hour.
| Artist | Title | Album | Label | Help Support GPB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bach, J.S. | Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major | Academy of Ancient Music, Egarr | Harmonia Mundi 807461.62 | iTunes Link |
| Schmitt, F. | A Tour des Anches, mvt 3: Nocturne - Sarabande | Soloists Ensemble Berlin | Naxos 8.570489 | iTunes Link |
| Haydn, F.J. | Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major | Jean-Guihen Queyras, Freiburg Baroque Orch, Mullejans | Harmonia Mundi 901816 | iTunes Link |
| Elgar, E. | Romance for bassoon and orchestra, Op. 62 | Julie Price, English Chamber Orch, Goodwin | Harmonia Mundi 907258 | iTunes Link |
| Anonymous | Robin Is to the Greenwood Gone, arr. two lutes | Ronn McFarlane, William Simms | Sono Luminus 82155 | |
| Stenhammar, W. | Serenade for Orchestra, Op. 31 | Gothenburg Sym, Jarvi | DG 445 857 | iTunes Link |
| Telemann, G.P. | Sonata a 7 in E minor | Musica Antiqua Koln, Goebel | Archiv 445 824 | iTunes Link |
| Jaffe, S. | Cut-Time Shout (2004) | Susan Grace, Alice Rybak | Bridge 9260 | iTunes Link |
| Anonymous | Greensleeves | Ronn McFarlane, William Simms | Sono Luminus 82155 | |
| Mozart, W.A. | Symphony No. 36 in C, K. 425, "Linz" | English Baroque Soloists, Gardiner | Philips 422 419 | |
| Glazunov, A. | Wedding March, Op. 21 | Bavarian Radio Sym, Jarvi | Orfeo 093 201 |
