Happy Birthday Robert!
01/07/11 10:00AM By Walter Parker
Robert DeCormier is 89 today. He's founding director of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra Chorus and Counterpoint; and former music director for Harry Belafonte, Peter, Paul & Mary, and the New York Choral Society. He will lead Counterpoint this Sunday at St. Paul's Cathedral in Burlington. We'll celebrate his birthday with music written for Counterpoint by the late Vermont composer, Louis Moyse.
Playlist
10:01am
Piano Sonata #35 in Ab, HOB 16/43
| Composer | Franz Joseph Haydn |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Emanuel Ax, piano |
| CD/Album | Emanuel Ax/Haydn Piano Sonatas |
| Record co./Cat # | Sony 89363 |
10:15am
Flute Sonata in A, BWV 1032
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute ; Trevor Pinnock, harpsichord |
| CD/Album | J.S. Bach: Sonatas for Flute - Rampal |
| Record co./Cat # | Sony 39746 |
10:29am
Solfege a la Francaise
| Composer | Louis Moyse |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Counterpoint |
| Conductor | Robert DeCormier |
| CD/Album | Counterpoint Premieres |
| Record co./Cat # | Albany 1088 |
10:44am
Tragic Overture in d, Op. 81
| Composer | Johannes Brahms |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Berlin Philharmonic |
| Conductor | Claudio Abbado |
| CD/Album | Brahms: Symphonie Nr. 3 - Tragische Ouverture |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 429765 |
11:01am
Concierto Serenata
| Composer | Joaquin Rodrigo |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Ernst Marzendorfer |
| Soloists | Nicanor Zabaleta, harp |
| CD/Album | Great Works for Harp |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 439693 |
11:26am
Piano Concerto #9 "Jeunehomme" in Eb, K 271
| Composer | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | English Chamber Orchestra |
| Conductor | Colin Davis |
| Soloists | Alicia de Larrocha, piano |
| CD/Album | Mozart: Concertos Nos. 9 & 21 |
| Record co./Cat # | RCA 60825 |
12:01pm
Symphony #4 "Tragic" in c, D 417
| Composer | Franz Schubert |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields |
| Conductor | Neville Marriner |
| CD/Album | Schubert: Symphonies 1-6 |
| Record co./Cat # | Philips 412590 |
12:35pm
Coventry Carol
| Composer | Traditional (English) |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Essex Children's Choir |
| Conductor | Constance Price |
| Soloists | Heidi Soons, harp |
| CD/Album | Twentieth Anniversary of Twelfth Night |
| Record co./Cat # | Essex Children's Choir 2006 |
12:37pm
Chrissimas Day
| Composer | Traditional (Appalachian) |
|---|---|
| Arranger | (arr. by McRae) |
| Ensemble | Essex Children's Choir |
| Conductor | Constance Price |
| Soloists | Heidi Soons, harp ; Karen Reed, piano |
| CD/Album | Twentieth Anniversary of Twelfth Night |
| Record co./Cat # | Essex Children's Choir 2006 |
12:43pm
Sonata for Clarinet & Piano
| Composer | Francis Poulenc |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Karl Leister, clarinet ; James Levine, piano |
| CD/Album | Poulenc: 2 Sonaten-Trio-Sextett-Elegie |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 427639 |
1:01pm
String Quartet #9 ("Razumovsky #3") in C, Op. 59/3
| Composer | Ludwig van Beethoven |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Borromeo String Quartet |
| CD/Album | Beethoven: Quartets, Opp. 95, 59/3 |
| Record co./Cat # | Image 202 |
1:34pm
Symphonic Metamorphosis (on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber)
| Composer | Paul Hindemith |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | The Philadelphia Orchestra |
| Conductor | Wolfgang Sawallisch |
| CD/Album | Hindemith: Mathis der Maler - Symphony, etc. |
| Record co./Cat # | EMI 55230 |