THE ENCHANTED HOUR "Prokofiev: Classical Symphony"

Episode 18 aired over the Mutual Network on September 25, 1949. The Enchanted Hour, produced in Chicago, featured classical orchestral and operatic music. Directed by Jim Ramsey and Jack LaFrandre, Henry Weber and his orchestra play uninterrupted music by composers such as Mendelssohn, Prokofiev, Handel, Debussy, Strauss, and Wagner.  Nancy Carr appeared often as soprano. This episode opens with The Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25, also known as the "Classical". It was Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev's first numbered symphony. He began to compose it in 1916 and completed it on September 10, 1917. It was composed as a modern reinterpretation of the classical style of Franz Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The symphony's nickname was bestowed upon it by the composer. It premiered on April 18, 1918 in Petrograd, conducted by Prokofiev. It has remained one of his most popular works.