Compact Discoveries 48: The End

Summary:

Unusual, exciting and interesting endings of classical music pieces.

Website:

http://www.compactdiscoveries.com

Additional Credits and Funding:

National Endowment for the Arts
PRX Reversioning Project
(both credited at end of program)

Timely on:

December 31: Can be used any time, but its title lends itself to broadcast at the end of the year.

Tones:

Authoritative, Informational

Language:

English

Description:

Compact Discoveries Program 48: "The End"

Fred Flaxman presents particularly interesting, exciting and unusual endings of classical music pieces. These include the final moments of Mahler's "Song of Lament" and his "Symphony No. 6," Malcolm Arnold's "A Grand, Grand Overture," Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," Dvorak's "Symphony No. 9," Rachmaninov's "Piano Concerto No. 2" and his "Variations on a Theme by Paganini," Ives' "Symphony No. 2," and Poulenc's "Dialogues of the Carmelites."

This program was originally distributed nationally by the WFMT Radio Network in 2003. Its re-editing and re-release in 2007 is made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and the PRX Reversioning Project.

Although it may be broadcast at any time, its title makes transmission particularly appropriate as the last "Compact Discoveries" program at the end of the year.

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