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Classical Clip of the Month for March 2024
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Symphony in F-sharp, op. 40
Selected Vocal Works

Franz Welser-Möt, conductor
Barbara Hendricks, soprano
The Philadelphia Orchestra

   

Though primarily known nowadays as a composer for film, Korngold had a significant output in other areas. This month's CCM features one of his major, non-film works, the Symphony in F-sharp. The work is incredibly vibrant and engaging throughout. The orchestration is imaginative, and it's as polished as one would expect from a composer who wrote so much for orchestra in his career. The clip is from the second movement of the Symphony, a Scherzo which is, somewhat unusually, mostly in 12/8 time.


       

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