Weekend Preview: eighth blackbird, Bella Voce
12/03/10 3:00PM
We'll hear from a recording of the sextet eighth blackbird (e.e.
cummings capitalization intended) in advance of its appearance with the
VSO this weekend, as well as an interview with composer Jennifer
Higdon. We'll also hear one of Bella Voce's beautiful Christmas
recordings in advance of it's concerts this weekend in Burlington.
Playlist
3:02pm
| Music for the Royal Fireworks |
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| Composer: George Frideric Handel |
| Ensemble: La Grande Ecurie et Le Chambre du Roy |
| Conductor: Jean-Claude Malgoire |
| CD/Album: Handel: Water Music |
| Record co./Cat #: Sony 48285 |
3:22pm
| Cheryl Willoughy's interview with Jennifer Higdon |
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3:34pm
| Zaka |
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| Composer: Jennifer Higdon |
| Ensemble: eighth blackbird |
| CD/Album: strange imaginary animals |
| Record co./Cat #: Cedille 94 |
3:49pm
| Masters In This Hall |
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| Composer: Lowell Mason/Traditional (English) |
| Ensemble: Bella Voce Women's Chorus of VT |
| Conductor: Dawn Willis |
| Soloists: Shirley Smith, piano ; Lisa Finlayson, flute ; Mary Bauer, clarinet, flute percussion ; Jim Duncan, trumpet ; Dan Wheater, trumpet ; Kelly Daige, French horn |
| CD/Album: Christmas Joy |
| Record co./Cat #: www.bellavocevt.org 2008 |
| Note: (Recorded at the Music Building Recital Hall, University of Vermont, 2007-2008) |
3:52pm
| The Sussex Carol |
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| Composer: Traditional |
| Ensemble: Bella Voce Women's chorus of VT |
| Conductor: Dawn Willis |
| Soloists: Xiudan Lin, piano ; Laurel Ann Maurer, flute |
| CD/Album: Christmas Joy |
| Record co./Cat #: www.bellavocevt.org 2008 |
| Note: (Recorded at the Music Building Recital Hall, University of Vermont, 2007-2008) |
3:56pm
| Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day |
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| Composer: Anonymous |
| (arr. by John Rutter) |
| Ensemble: Bella Voce Women's Chorus of VT |
| Conductor: Glory Reinstein |
| Soloists: Chelsie Henderson, soprano ; Nan O'Leary, soprano ; Rosemary Zanmore, soprano ; Regina Christianson, harp |
| CD/Album: Christmas Joy |
| Record co./Cat #: www.bellavocevt.org 2008 |
| Note: (Recorded at the Music Building Recital Hall, University of Vermont, 2007-2008) |
4:13pm
| Capriccio Brillant (for Piano & Orchestra) |
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| Composer: Felix Mendelssohn |
| Ensemble: Bamberg Symphony |
| Conductor: Claus Peter Flor |
| Soloists: Sergei Edelmann, piano |
| CD/Album: Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 |
| Record co./Cat #: RCA 7988 |
4:26pm
| Monteverdiana |
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| Composer: Claudio Monteverdi |
| (arr. by Michael Fink) |
| Ensemble: LA Guitar Quartet |
| CD/Album: For Thy Pleasure |
| Record co./Cat #: Delos 3205 |
4:34pm
| Grand Concerto for Bassoon & Orchestra in F |
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| Composer: Johann Nepomuk Hummel |
| Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields |
| Conductor: Neville Marriner |
| Soloists: Klaus Thunemann, bassoon |
| CD/Album: Hummel & Weber Bassoon Concertos |
| Record co./Cat #: Philips 432081 |
5:07pm
| Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (French: "Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un Faune") |
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| Composer: Claude Debussy |
| Ensemble: The Philadelphia Orchestra |
| Conductor: Eugene Ormandy |
| CD/Album: Debussy: La Mer, Prelude, Nocturnes |
| Record co./Cat #: Sony 53256 |
5:17pm
| Pater Noster ("Our Father" - the Lord's Prayer) |
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| Composer: Giuseppe Verdi |
| Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Conductor: Stephen Cleobury |
| Soloists: Choir Kings College, Cambridge |
| CD/Album: Verdi Quattro Pezzi Sacri |
| Record co./Cat #: Argo 425480 |
5:25pm
| Harpsichord Suite #7 |
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| Composer: George Frideric Handel |
| Soloists: Keith Jarrett, piano |
| CD/Album: Handel - Suites for Harpsichord |
| Record co./Cat #: ECM 1530 |
5:35pm
| Thais: Ballet Suite |
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| Composer: Jules Massenet |
| Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields |
| Conductor: Neville Marriner |
| CD/Album: Jules Massenet: Ballettsuiten |
| Record co./Cat #: Capriccio 10569 |
6:07pm
| Scherzo, Op. 81/2 |
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| Composer: Felix Mendelssohn |
| Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet |
| CD/Album: Mendelssohn: The String Quartets |
| Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 3888 |
6:11pm
| Cello Concerto in b, Op. 104 |
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| Composer: Antonin Dvorak |
| Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic |
| Conductor: Herbert von Karajan |
| Soloists: Mstislav Rostropovich, cello |
| CD/Album: Dvorak - Tchaikovsky |
| Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 413819 |
6:54pm
| Etude-Tableau in D, Op. 39/9 |
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| Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff |
| Soloists: Christopher O'Riley, piano |
| CD/Album: Christopher O'Riley - At the Break |
| Record co./Cat #: CPI Recordings 3294112 |