In 1842 Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel (brother of Felix) completed her cycle of characteristic piano pieces, "Das Jahr." Each of the twelve movements is named after a month, and each paints a different musical mood. Originally scholars thought "Das Jahr" was a musical diary of Fanny's trip to Italy the year before. But now it's thought the work means much more than that. In episode 70 of the "DCD Classical 'Cast" we fill in some of the background surrounding this remarkable work, and sample selections from Wolfram Lorenzen's performance of it on the Troubadisc label.
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