Theme & Variations introduces a new topic each week, presenting a wide range of music associated with that theme. Drawn from a millennium of Western classical music, the selections are an eclectic mix of familiar favorites and rarities. Theme and Variations is produced locally in Discover Classical's studios by host Joe Law.
This week you’ll hear the first of two programs of music by composers who were part of Beethoven’s circle. Included this week are Franz Clement, Ignaz Moscheles, Ferdinand Ries and Archduke Rudloph of Austria.
This week brings you a second program of music by composers who were part of Beethoven’s circle. You’ll hear from Carl Czerny, Domenico Dragonetti, Anton Reicha and Joseph Wölfl.
Four symphonies by French composers are in store on this week’s program. Those symphonists are Joseph Bologne (the Chevalier Saint-Georges), Paul Dukas, Louise Farrenc and Jean Françaix.
