The Garden of Eden
05/26/10 10:00AM By Walter Parker
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer William Bolcom is 72 today. He's best known for his Graceful Ghost Rag, his monumental Songs of Innocence and of Experience, and his partnership with wife and soprano Joan Morris to perform American popular songs. He will be composer-in-residence at this summer's Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival. We'll celebrate his birthday with The Garden of Eden, a 1969 set of four piano rags: Old Adam, The Eternal Feminine, The Serpent's Kiss, and Through Eden's Gates.
Playlist
10:01am
Piano Concerto #7 (for 3 pianos; arr. for 2 pianos by Mozart) in F, K 242
| Composer | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra |
| Conductor | Leon Fleisher |
| Soloists | Leon Fleisher, piano ; Katherine Jacobson Fleisher, piano |
| CD/Album | Leon Fleisher: Mozart Piano Concertos |
| Record co./Cat # | Sony 43505 |
10:28am
String Quartet #5 in Eb, Op. 44/3
| Composer | Felix Mendelssohn |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Pacifica Quartet |
| CD/Album | Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets |
| Record co./Cat # | Cedille 90000082 |
11:01am
The Firebird: Ballet suite (French: L'oiseau de Feu)
| Composer | Igor Stravinsky |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | St. Petersburg Philharmonic |
| Conductor | Vladimir Ashkenazy |
| CD/Album | Stravisky The Firebird - Symphony No. 1, etc |
| Record co./Cat # | London 448812 |
11:27am
A Village Romeo & Juliet: The Walk to the Paradise Garden
| Composer | Frederick Delius |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields |
| Conductor | Neville Marriner |
| CD/Album | Vaughan Williams - Delius - Elgar - Warlock |
| Record co./Cat # | London 452707 |
11:38am
The Garden of Eden
| Composer | William Bolcom |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Logan Skelton, piano |
| CD/Album | American Grab Bag |
| Record co./Cat # | Centaur 2474 |
12:01pm
Occasional Suite
| Composer | George Frideric Handel |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | The English Concert |
| Conductor | Trevor Pinnock |
| CD/Album | Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, etc. |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 453451 |
12:18pm
Valses Venezolanos
| Composer | Antonio Lauro |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Pepe Romero, guitar |
| CD/Album | La Paloma: Spanish and latin American Favorites |
| Record co./Cat # | Philips 432102 |
12:28pm
Piano Trio #1 in Eb, Op. 1/1
| Composer | Ludwig Van Beethoven |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Kalichstein - Laredo - Robinson Trio |
| Soloists | Joseph Kalichstein, piano ; Jaime Laredo, violin ; Sharon Robinson, cello |
| CD/Album | Beethoven: Complete Cycle of Trios (vol. 2) |
| Record co./Cat # | Arabesque 6765 |
1:01pm
Sonatina #1 for Winds "From an Invalid's Workshop"
| Composer | Richard Strauss |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Conductor | Andre Previn |
| CD/Album | R. Strauss: Metamorphosen; Sonatina |
| Record co./Cat # | Philips 420160 |
1:37pm
Serenade for String Orchestra, Op. 1
| Composer | Samuel Barber |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | LA Chamber Orchestra |
| Conductor | Gerard Schwarz |
| CD/Album | Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra/American Music for Strings |
| Record co./Cat # | Nonesuch 79002 |
1:48pm
The Magic Flute: Der Vogelfanger bin ich ja, K 620 (Act I, scene 1 - Papageno's (introduction) aria: "The bircatcher, indeed am I")
| Composer | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Wolfgang Schulz, flute ; Hansjorg Schellenberger, oboe |
| CD/Album | Mozart: Duette fur Flote und Oboe |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 423611 |
1:50pm
The Magic Flute: Wie stark ist nicht dein Zauberton, K 620 (Act I, scene 15 - Tamino's aria: "How powerful your magic sound is")
| Composer | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Wolfgang Schulz, flute ; Hansjorg Schellenberger, oboe |
| CD/Album | Mozart: Duette fur Flote und Oboe |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 423611 |
1:53pm
The Magic Flute: Der Holle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen, K 620 (Act II, scene 8 - the Queen of the Night's "revenge" aria: "Hell's wrath cooks in my heart")
| Composer | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Wolfgang Schulz, flute ; Hansjorg Schellenberger, oboe |
| CD/Album | Mozart: Duette fur Flote und Oboe |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 423611 |
1:55pm
The Magic Flute: Ach, ich fuhl's, K 620 (Act II, scene 17 - Pamina's aria: "Ah, I sense [it has vanished!]")
| Composer | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Wolfgang Schulz, flute ; Hansjorg Schellenberger, oboe |
| CD/Album | Mozart: Duette fur Flote und Oboe |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 423611 |
1:58pm
The Magic Flute: Ein Madchen oder Weibchen, K 620 (Act II - Papageno's aria: "A girl or little wife)
| Composer | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Wolfgang Schulz, flute ; Hansjorg Schellenberger, oboe |
| CD/Album | Mozart: Duette fur Flote und Oboe |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 423611 |