The Fantasia Connection
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Thomas Morley, in 1597, said of the fantasia, “More art may be shown than in
any other music because the composer may add, diminish, and alter at his pleasure.”
It was a sort of rebellion--by composers who wanted to move beyond standard musical forms and go wherever their imagination took them.
Only they didn’t use the word “imagination.”
In this hour, the “fantasy,” or “fantasia,” from its origins in the Renaissance to Mozart, from Beethoven in the 19th century to Rodrigo and Vaughan Williams in the 20th.
FEATURED RECORDINGS:
4:00 p.m.
Rodrigo
Fantasia Para Un Gentilhombre 1.Villano Y Ricercar Milos: Aranjuez
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor Milos Karadaglic, guitar
4:01 p.m.
Milan
Fantasia 18 (vihuela) Voice in the Garden
Gothic Voices; Christopher Page, conductor "Christopher Wilson, vocal"
4:03 p.m.
Byrd
Fantasia a4 William Byrd: Complete Consort Music
Phantasm; Laurence Dreyfus, conductor
4:06 p.m.
Mozart
Fantasia in D minor Mozart for Meditation
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
4:09 p.m.
Beethoven
Choral Fantasy IV. Adagio, ma non troppo - Beethoven: Triple Concerto, Choral Fantasy
Berlin Philharmonic, Chorus of the German State Opera; Daniel Barenboim, conductor
4:12 p.m.
Beethoven
Choral Fantasy V. Marcia, assai vivace - Allegro - Beethoven: Triple Concerto, Choral Fantasy
Berlin Philharmonic, Chorus of the German State Opera; Daniel Barenboim, conductor
4:14 p.m.
Beethoven
Choral Fantasy VI. Allegretto, ma non troppo - Beethoven: Triple Concerto, Choral Fantasy
Berlin Philharmonic, Chorus of the German State Opera; Daniel Barenboim, conductor
4:20 p.m.
Schumann
"Fantasy in C major, op. 17 - 3. Langsam getragen. Durchweg leise" Emporer/Fantasy - Beethoven/Schumann
Yundi, piano
4:29 p.m.
Mozart
Fantasia in D minor Mozart for Meditation
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
4:31 p.m.
traditional
Greensleeves Pastyme! Music from the Court of King Henry VIII
I Fagiolini John Bowen, tenor
4:32 p.m.
Vaughan Williams
Lovely Joan Martin Carthy
Martin Carthy
4:33 p.m.
Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on Greensleeves "Vaughan Williams: Oboe Concerto, etc."
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic; Vernon Handley, conductor
4:37 p.m.
Holst
"Fantasia On The Dargason, from the Second Suite in F" Holst: Suite No.1 & 2 / Handel: Music for the Roya
Cleveland Symphonic Winds; Frederick Fennell, conductor
4:41 p.m.
Diamond
"The Enormous Room, Fantasia for Orchestra" Diamond: Symphony No. 1; The Enormous Room
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
4:48 p.m.
Rodrigo
Fantasia Para Un Gentilhombre - 2. Espanoleta Y Fanfare Milos: Aranjuez
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
4:51 p.m.
Rodrigo
Fantasia Para Un Gentilhombre - 3. Danza De Las Hachas Milos: Aranjuez
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
4:53 p.m.
Rodrigo
Fantasia Para Un Gentilhombre - 4. Canario Milos: Aranjuez
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
4:58 p.m.
Rodrigo
Fantasia Para Un Gentilhombre 1.Villano Y Ricercar Milos: Aranjuez
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor Milos Karadaglic, guitar
