The Serenade Connection

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Oil painting from the 16th century Venetian School, depicting a pastoral concert

The word originally meant a musical greeting--a romantic one or one honoring a person of rank--usually performed out of doors in the evening,

By the late 18^th century, it came to mean a work for a small ensemble played during or after dinner.

Since then, the definition has broadened to include a wide variety of orchestral styles.

In this hour, serenades by Mozart, Brahms, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Rodrigo and more.

FEATURED RECORDINGS

Title	Group/Artist	Catalog #	UPC
Wiren: Sinfonietta, Serenade	Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Rumon Gamba	Chandos CHSA 5194	095115519424
Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik	I Musici	Philips 420 712-2	028942071223
Mozart: Wind Serenades [for Serenade No. 12]	Chamber soloists of the Royal Philharmonic	Naim naimcd117	797537112626
Brahms: Serenade No. 1 & No. 2	London Symphony Orchestra, Istvan Kertesz	Decca 421 628-2	028942162822
Serenade [for Tchaikovsky Serenade in C major]	Metamorphosen Berlin, Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt	Sony 88985422242	889854222420
Dvorak; Slavonic Dances & String Serenade	Berlin Chamber Orchestra, Peter Wohlert	Laserlight 15 605	018111560528
And the Bridge is Love [for Elgar Serenade]	English Chamber Orchestra, Julian Lloyd Webber	Naxos 8.573250	747313325078
Rodrigo Edition [for Concierto Sesrenata for Harp and Orchestra]	Nancy Allen, harp; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Enrique Batiz	EMI Classics CZS 7 67435 2	077776743523
Piston: Symphony No. 4, etc. [for Serenata for Orchestra]	New York Chamber Symphony of the 92nd Street Y, Gerard Schwarz	Naxos 8.559162	0636943916223

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