The Patron Connection
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Nadezhda von Meck supported Tchaikovsky financially for 13 years, with the stipulation that they never meet.
Tchaikovsky dedicated his Fourth Symphony to a wealthy woman who provided him with financial support—but who stipulated that they never meet.
Archduke Rudolf of Austria was a key figure in some of Beethoven’s best-known works, and Ravel dedicated his Pavane for a Dead Princess to the heir of an American sewing machine company.
In this hour, these and other extraordinary patrons of music—and the extraordinary works they inspired.
FEATURED RECORDINGS
| Title |
Group/Artist |
Catalog # |
UPC |
Tchaikovsky: Symphony
No. 4 |
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Ozawa |
Deutsche Gramophone 427 354-2 |
4011790608228 |
| Beethoven: Piano Trios, Vol. 2 |
Perlman, Harrell, Ashkenazy |
EMI Classics 85496 |
724358549621 |
| Copland: Appalachian Spring, etc. |
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernstein |
Deutsche Gramophone 413 324-2 |
028941332424 |
| Ravel: Works for Solo Piano [for Pavane for a Dead Princess] |
Jean-Yves Thibaudet |
London 433 515-2 |
0028942586024 |
| Mozart Overtures [for Abduction from the Saraglio] |
Capella Istropolitana, Barry Wordsworth |
Naxos 8.550185 |
730099518529 |
| Mozart Requiem |
Dunedin Consort & Players, John Butt |
Linn Records CKD 449 |
691062044929 |
| Wagner: Wesendonk Lieder & Tristan und Isolde |
Norman, London Symphony Orchestra, Davis |
Philips 412 655-2 |
028941265524 |
