Jokes, Earthquakes, and Big Hands
04/01/10 3:00PM
A lot to cover this afternoon! It's April Fools Day, Holy Thursday, and Rachmaninoff's Birthday. We'll try to cover all the bases with music of P.D.Q. Bach, Mozart's Musical Joke, settings of the text Timor et Tremor for Holy Thursday, and Rachmaninoff playing his own music and music by Chopin.
Playlist
3:02pm
Grand Serenade for An Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion
| Composer | Peter Schickele (aka: PDQ Bach) |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | National Symphonic Winds |
| Conductor | Peter Schickele |
| CD/Album | P.D.Q. Bach: Music for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion |
| Record co./Cat # | Telarc 80307 |
3:14pm
Symphony in d, Op. 48
| Composer | Cesar Franck |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Montreal Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Charles Dutoit |
| CD/Album | Franck/D'Indy: Symphonies |
| Record co./Cat # | London 430278 |
3:55pm
Grande Piece Symphonique
| Composer | Cesar Franck |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Michael Murray, organ |
| CD/Album | Michael Murray: An Organ Blaster Sampler |
| Record co./Cat # | Telarc 80277 |
4:07pm
Concerto Armonico #6 in Eb
| Composer | Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | I Musici de Montreal |
| Conductor | Yuli Turovsky |
| CD/Album | 'Pergolesi' Concerti |
| Record co./Cat # | Chandos 8481 |
4:16pm
Piano Concerto #2 in c, Op. 18
| Composer | Sergei Rachmaninoff |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Lorin Maazel |
| Soloists | Horacio Gutierrez, piano |
| CD/Album | Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos No. 2 & No. 3 |
| Record co./Cat # | Telarc 80259 |
4:50pm
Polichinelle, Op. 3/4
| Composer | Sergei Rachmaninoff |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano |
| CD/Album | A Window in Time |
| Record co./Cat # | Telarc 80489 |
4:53pm
Polka V.R.
| Composer | Sergei Rachmaninoff |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano |
| CD/Album | A Window in Time |
| Record co./Cat # | Telarc 80489 |
5:07pm
Coriolan: Overture, Op. 62
| Composer | Ludwig Van Beethoven |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Academy of Ancient Music |
| Conductor | Christopher Hogwood |
| CD/Album | Beethoven: Symphony No. 6/Coriolan/Egmont |
| Record co./Cat # | L'Oiseau-Lyre 421416 |
5:14pm
Timor et Tremor (motet: "Fear And Trembling")
| Composer | Giovanni Gabrieli |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Gabrieli Consort |
| Conductor | Paul McCreesh |
| Soloists | Timothy Roberts, organ |
| CD/Album | Giovanni Gabrieli: Music for San Rocco |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 449180 |
5:21pm
Four Penitential Motets: Timor et Tremor ("Fear and trembling")
| Composer | Francis Poulenc |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Shaw Festival Singers |
| Conductor | Robert Shaw |
| CD/Album | Poulenc: Mass in G Major / Motets for Christmas and Lent |
| Record co./Cat # | Telarc 80236 |
5:26pm
Les barricades mysterieuses ("Mysterious Barricades")
| Composer | Francois Couperin |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Nancy Allen, harp |
| CD/Album | Nancy Allen - A Celebration for Harp |
| Record co./Cat # | EMI 69070 |
5:30pm
Symphony #1 in D, D 82
| Composer | Franz Schubert |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Chamber Orchestra of Europe |
| Conductor | Claudio Abbado |
| CD/Album | Schubert: Symphonien Nr. 1 & 2 |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 423652 |
6:07pm
Concerto for Strings in g, RV 156
| Composer | Antonio Vivaldi |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Venice Baroque Orchestra |
| Conductor | Andrea Marcon |
| CD/Album | Vivaldi: Concerti & Sinfonie per Archi |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 6728 |
6:14pm
A Musical Joke in F, K 522 (German: Ein Musikalischer Spass)
| Composer | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Orpheus Chamber Orchestra |
| CD/Album | Mozart: A Little Light Music |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 429783 |
6:37pm
Waltz "Grande Valse Brilliante" in Eb, Op. 18
| Composer | Frederic Chopin |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano |
| CD/Album | A Window In Time |
| Record co./Cat # | Telarc 80491 |
6:42pm
Nocturne in F, Op. 15/1
| Composer | Frederic Chopin |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano |
| CD/Album | A Window In Time |
| Record co./Cat # | Telarc 80491 |
6:47pm
Scherzo #2 in bb, Op. 31
| Composer | Frederic Chopin |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano |
| CD/Album | A Window In Time |
| Record co./Cat # | Telarc 80491 |
