A Classical All Fool’s Day from Illinois Public Media by Vincent Trauth

Tonight at 7:00 on The Evening Concert it's an Evening Concert Special from Illinois Public Media: “A Classical All-Fool’s Day”. I’m Vincent Trauth and 

I’ll be your host for two hours of musical humor and jokes:

JOH. STRAUSS, JR.: Perpetuum Mobile- Musical Jest    

CHOPIN: Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor  

BEETHOVEN: Scherzo from 3rd Symphony  

BALAKIREV: Scherzo No. 3 in F#  

MOZART: A Musical Joke, K.522 

P.D.Q. BACH (Peter SCHICKELE): 1712 Overture

JOH. STRAUSS, JR.: Joke Polka, op.72

CHOPIN: Scherzo No. 4 in E

DVORAK: Scherzo from the New World Symphony

Anna RUSSELL: ‘The Ring of the Nibelungs’ (An Analysis);

Victor Borge: Excerpt from his musical comedy act (rec. 1969)