You?re listening to Vox Humana and I?m Dheera Sujan with a special St Valentine?s Day edition of Radio Netherlands? ongoing series The Stars of Music.
Now you know, I googled St Valentine?s Day and came across endless pink pages with flashing love hearts inscribed with ? well - mush ? about St Valentine?s Day. It kind of re-inforced my instinctive reaction against these kinds of holidays. Seems to me that the original sentiment just gets colonized by commercialism. But if you keep digging you?ll eventually come up with a actually a pretty good story behind all those pink balloons and love hearts.
Its said that in the year 270 AD, on the 14th of February, Valentine, the Bishop of Interamna was put to death by the Roman emperor Claudius II for flouting his ban on Christianity. A parallel legend claims that mid February is traditionally the time of a pagan festival of fertility. And so when the Christians came into their own and wanted to put their own stamp on important dates, they took over the date of the 14th because it fit in easily with that of the martyred Bishops death ? because I should mention here, one of the actions that had lead to his execution was that he?d married young lovers against the edict of the Romans who wanted unmarried men for their army. Also before he was executed, the now St Valentine, had befriended the blind young daughter of his jailer and his final note to her was signed ? yes you?ve guessed it: From Your Valentine.
So that?s the story behind St Valentine?s Day ? but today I?m here with Gary Goldschneider, concert pianist and astrologer, who?s going to be talking to me about the music of love and what it is that makes music romantic?

Romantic music 2?47 PLAYS
Poss starting with..you know the great scholar?
Strictly speaking romantic music comes about ?great melodic genius

CD207.363 ? Tschaikovsky?s Romeo and Juliet ? soft Tr 1 starts at 7?40 (softer theme) or 14?00 (louder theme). Together 1?00
Orchesterbilder aus Russland. Dirigent, Mark Ermler. GD 69183

Gay Tschaikovsky 2?33
That love that he was expressing?.uncomfortable even

CD 207.363 Tschaikovsky?s Romeo and Juliet ? louder +- ?41

Beethoven romantic 1?54
You said when Tschaik ?.subjectivity, romantic

CD 220.034. tr 2 Beethoven Sonata Pathetique Sviatoslav Richter.
7432129462 2 Melodiya ?30

CD230.553 Mahler?s 6th Sym finale Allegro mod. Bernard Haitink ?20

Personal 2?39 (splits to include short extract of Mahler?s 6th symophony ? timpani)
Music after Beethoven and after Schubert?.there we are again

CD 210.482 Tr 10. Schubert Moments Musicaux DV 780. Allegretto. Youri Egorov. Canal Grande CG 9213.

CD 204 93 Schubert Liede ?Widmung? Emy Ameling, Jorg Demus GD77085. 2?20

Suffering 7?00 (intercut his singing and talk with Emy Ameling Schubert recording)
The question that comes what a story heh?
21?00

You?re listening to The Food of Love from Radio Netherlands Worldwide. I?m Dheera Sujan and I?m speaking to Gary Goldschneider.

Cd 205 497 Sergei Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 2 Tr 1 + end tr 3
Vladamir Ashkenazy, Concertgebouw Orches, Bernard Haitink.` Decca 414 475-2

Redemption of Russians ?43
The romantic artist was a tortured individual.. deep music

Hallmark 4?08
All these things? all in there

Rachmaninoff ? end (merges withhis playing of the Rachmaninoff piece)

Birth signs 4?04 (2?12 ? 3?35 ? him playing lizts version of Wagner)
What about the birth signs of the romantic composers.. all one thing

Wagner Isolde?s Liebestode. 213530 Tr 10 ? end bit
Perf: Vanda Gerlovic. CLS 1009 ZYX Music GMBH

Isolde?s Liebestode from Richard Wagner, ending this edition of The Stars of Music. The Food of love featured the concert pianist and astrologer Gary Goldshneider and was produced by Dheera Sujan for Radio Netherlands Worldwide.
the tortured geniuses of the 19th century. Gary Goldschneider talks about the importance of the key of A Flat major in some of the most moving music written about love. The Food of Love in Vox Humana.