The Nutcracker in the Upper Valley
12/09/10 3:00PM
We'll hear from Linda Copp, artistic director of City Center Ballet
Company in West Lebanon, about the company's production of "Clara's
Dream," an adaptation of Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker,
coming up this weekend. Also, music for Christmas by Stephen Paulus,
William Byrd, and Frederic Chopin (well, sort of), and Mendelssohn's
brilliant Octet.
Playlist
3:02pm
| Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26 ("Carnival Prank from Vienna") |
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| Composer: Robert Schumann |
| Soloists: Murray Perahia, piano |
| Record co./Cat #: Sony 46437 |
3:23pm
| The Nutcracker: (Act I) Waltz of the Snowflakes, Op. 71 |
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| Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
| Ensemble: New York Philharmonic |
| Conductor: Kurt Masur |
| CD/Album: Tchaikovsky: Famous Waltzes |
| Record co./Cat #: Teldec 94571 |
3:26pm
| Interview with Linda Copp of City Center Ballet |
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3:34pm
| The Nutcracker: (Act II) Waltz of the Flowers, Op. 71 |
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| Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
| Ensemble: New York Philharmonic |
| Conductor: Kurt Masur |
| CD/Album: Tchaikovsky: Famous Waltzes |
| Record co./Cat #: Teldec 94571 |
3:42pm
| The Cunning Little Vixen: Suite |
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| Composer: Leos Janacek |
| Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Conductor: Jiri Belohlavek |
| CD/Album: Janacek: Taras Bulba, Fiddler's Child, etc. |
| Record co./Cat #: Chandos 9080 |
4:07pm
| Scherzo #1 in b, Op. 20, B 65 |
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| Composer: Frederic Chopin |
| Soloists: Yundi, piano |
| CD/Album: Chopin: Scherzi, Impromptus |
| Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 3887 |
4:17pm
| Sonata a 3 |
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| Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber |
| Ensemble: New London Consort |
| Conductor: Philip Pickett |
| CD/Album: Biber & Schmelzer Trumpet Music |
| Record co./Cat #: L'Oiseau-Lyre 425834 |
4:25pm
| Bagatelles |
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| Composer: Antonin Dvorak |
| Ensemble: Takacs Quartet |
| Soloists: Gabor Ormai, harmonium |
| CD/Album: Dvorak: Quartets Opp. 96 & 105, Bagatelles Op. 47 |
| Record co./Cat #: London 430077 |
4:43pm
| Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis |
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| Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams |
| Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra |
| CD/Album: Elgar Vaughan Williams |
| Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 419191 |
5:07pm
| Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture |
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| Composer: Jacques Offenbach |
| Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Conductor: Jean Martinon |
| CD/Album: French Opera Overtures |
| Record co./Cat #: London 4762757 |
| Note: (Recorded at Kingsway Hall, London - February, 1951) |
5:17pm
| Divertimento #3 (for Strings) in F, K 138 |
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| Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble |
| CD/Album: Mozart: Divertimenti KV 138 & 287 |
| Record co./Cat #: Philips 412740 |
5:30pm
| Three Nativity Carols |
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| Composer: Stephen Paulus |
| Ensemble: Dale Warland Singers |
| Conductor: Dale Warland |
| CD/Album: Christmas with the Dale Warland Singers |
| Record co./Cat #: Gothic 49208 |
5:43pm
| Piano Concerto #3 in Eb, Op. 75 |
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| Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
| Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra |
| Conductor: Osmo Vanska |
| Soloists: Stephen Hough, piano |
| CD/Album: The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 50 |
| Record co./Cat #: Hyperion 67711 |
6:07pm
| Impromptu in c, Op. 90/1, D 899 |
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| Composer: Franz Schubert |
| Soloists: Mitsuko Uchida, piano |
| CD/Album: Mitsuko Uchida - Schubert: Impromptus |
| Record co./Cat #: Philips 456245 |
6:17pm
| O Magnum Mysterium / Beata Virgo |
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| Composer: William Byrd |
| Ensemble: Handel & Haydn Society Chorus |
| Conductor: Grant Llewellyn |
| CD/Album: Unto Us A Child is Born |
| Record co./Cat #: Arabesque 6771 |
| Note: Recorded at the Sonic Temple, Roslindale, MA from Feb 15-17, 2003 |
6:25pm
| Octet |
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| Composer: Felix Mendelssohn |
| Ensemble: Boston Chamber Music Society |
| CD/Album: Mendelssohn / Enescu: Octets |
| Record co./Cat #: BCMS 5 |