Bartok's birthday and Music for Birds
03/25/10 3:00PM
We'll hear Bela Bartok's gorgeous Third Piano Concerto on his birthday, along with a concerto for birds by Rautavaara and chamber music by Chausson featuring Soovin Kim.
Playlist
3:02pm
Concertpiece for 4 Horns & Orchestra in F, Op. 86
| Composer | Robert Schumann |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Philharmonia Orchestra |
| Conductor | Christian Thielemann |
| CD/Album | Schumann: Symphony No. 2, Manfred" Overture, etc." |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 453482 |
3:22pm
Symphony "La Casa del Diavolo" in d, Op. 12, G 506
| Composer | Luigi Boccherini |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Tafelmusik |
| Conductor | Jeanne Lamon |
| CD/Album | Boccherini: Concerti da Violoncello/Sinfonie |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Harmonia Mundi (DH Mundi) 7867 |
| Note | (on melodies from Gluck's ballet, "Don Juan") |
3:40pm
Cantus Arcticus (Concerto for Birds & Orchestra)
| Composer | Einojuhani Rautavaara |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Helsinki Philharmonic |
| Conductor | Leif Segerstam |
| CD/Album | Rautavaara: Clarinet Concerto, Cantus Arcticus, etc. |
| Record co./Cat # | Ondine 1041 |
4:07pm
Egmont: Overture, Op. 84
| Composer | Ludwig Van Beethoven |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Conductor | Claudio Abbado |
| CD/Album | Beethoven: Ouverturen |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 429762 |
4:16pm
Auf dem Wasser zu Singen, Op. 72, D 774 (song: "To be sung on the water")
| Composer | Franz Schubert |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone ; Gerald Moore, piano |
| CD/Album | Schubert: 21 Lieder |
| Record co./Cat # | EMI 69503 |
| Note | (text by Friedrich Leopold) |
4:20pm
Piano Concerto #3 in E, Sz 119
| Composer | Bela Bartok |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | London Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Pierre Boulez |
| Soloists | Helene Grimaud, piano |
| CD/Album | Bartok: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-3 |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 3885 |
4:48pm
Concert Waltz #1
| Composer | Alexander Glazunov |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Philharmonia Orchestra |
| Conductor | Evgeny Svetlanov |
| CD/Album | Glazunov: The Seasons |
| Record co./Cat # | EMI 47847 |
5:07pm
Concerto in b, Op. 3/10, RV 580
| Composer | Antonio Vivaldi |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Orpheus Chamber Orchestra |
| CD/Album | Albinoni: Adagio - Pachelbel: Canon, U.A. |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 429390 |
5:16pm
Les jeux d'eaux a la Villa d'Este ("Fountains at the Este Villa")
| Composer | Franz Liszt |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Lazar Berman, piano |
| CD/Album | Liszt: Annees de pelerinage |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 437206 |
5:25pm
Symphony #41 "Jupiter" in C, K 551
| Composer | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Conductor | Karl Bohm |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 413547 |
5:55pm
Thunder & Lightning Polka (aka: "Unter Donner und Blitz")
| Composer | Johann Strauss II |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Fritz Reiner |
| CD/Album | Strauss Jr.: Waltzes; Josef Strauss / Reiner, Chicago Symphony |
| Record co./Cat # | RCA 5405 |
6:07pm
The Lark Ascending
| Composer | Ralph Vaughan Williams |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | London Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Conductor | Bernard Haitink |
| Soloists | Sarah Chang, violin |
| CD/Album | Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5, etc. |
| Record co./Cat # | EMI 55487 |
6:21pm
Concert for Violin, Piano, & String Quartet in D, Op. 21
| Composer | Ernest Chausson |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Jupiter String Quartet |
| Soloists | Soovin Kim, violin ; Jeremy Denk, piano |
| CD/Album | Soovin Kim, Jeremy Denk, Jupiter String Quartet: Chausson & Faure |
| Record co./Cat # | Azica 71243 |
