Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was fairly open about how Dvorak was his favorite composer, and Dvorak, in turn, was quite a bit influenced by Schubert - so it makes sense, then, that with Coleridge-Taylor’s Quintet in g-minor one may be able to draw a thread of musical style straight through back to the two elder composers. It’s also a work that displays a more mature style from Coleridge-Taylor, and critics at the time described it as “astonishing.” It’s our Evening Masterwork tonight at 7 on Classical WSMR 89.1 and 103.9.
Evening Masterwork: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's Quintet in g-minor for piano and strings for October 25, 2023
