Spring Music
03/21/11 10:00AM By Walter Parker
The vernal equinox occurred at 7:21 Sunday evening. We'll celebrate this first full day of spring with music by Sibelius, Vivaldi, Haydn, Beethoven, Copland, Debussy and others.
At 1pm I'll speak with Rick Winston of the Green Mountain Film Festival, which runs through the 27th in Montpelier and includes several films on musical subjects.
Playlist
10:01am
Spring Song
| Composer | Jean Sibelius |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Scottish National Orchestra |
| Conductor | Alexander Gibson |
| CD/Album | Sibelius: Complete Tone Poems |
| Record co./Cat # | Chandos 8395 |
10:10am
Four Seasons: Spring (La Primavera), RV 269
| Composer | Antonio Vivaldi |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Janine Jansen Ensemble |
| Soloists | Janine Jansen, violin |
| CD/Album | Janine Jansen / Vivaldi: The Four Seasons |
| Record co./Cat # | London 5298 |
10:21am
Ride la Primavera (madrigal: "Laughs The Spring")
| Composer | Heinrich Schutz |
|---|---|
| Conductor | Anthony Rooley |
| Soloists | The Consort of Musicke |
| CD/Album | Heinrich Schutz: Italian Madrigals |
| Record co./Cat # | EMI 47600 |
10:25am
The Seasons: Come, Gentle Spring
| Composer | Franz Joseph Haydn |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | English Baroque Soloists |
| Conductor | John Eliot Gardiner |
| Soloists | Monteverdi Choir |
| CD/Album | Haydn: Die Jahreszeiten |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 431818 |
10:28am
Faith in Spring (German: "Fruhlingsglaube")
| Composer | Alexander Zemlinsky |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Cologne Gurzenich Orchestra |
| Conductor | James Conlon |
| Soloists | Mulheimer Kantorei |
| CD/Album | Zemlinsky: Complete Choral Works, etc. |
| Record co./Cat # | EMI 86079 |
10:34am
Violin Sonata #5 "Spring" in F, Op. 24
| Composer | Ludwig van Beethoven |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Arthur Grumiaux, violin ; Claudio Arrau, piano |
| CD/Album | Beethoven: Four Violin Sonatas - Grumiaux - Arrau |
| Record co./Cat # | Philips 442651 |
11:01am
Trio Sonata #1 in Eb, BWV 525
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Julian Bream, guitar ; George Malcolm, harpsichord |
| CD/Album | Julian Bream Plays Bach |
| Record co./Cat # | RCA 5841 |
11:13am
Appalachian Spring (original version for 13 instruments)
| Composer | Aaron Copland |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Basel Chamber Orchestra |
| Conductor | Christopher Hogwood |
| CD/Album | Christopher Hogwood: Music for the Theatre, Vol. 2 |
| Record co./Cat # | Arte Nova 506930 |
11:51am
Vals de la Primavera
| Composer | Augustin Barrios |
|---|---|
| Soloists | David Russell, guitar |
| CD/Album | Music of Barrios |
| Record co./Cat # | Telarc 80373 |
11:55am
Spring Beauties
| Composer | Brian Dykstra |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Noel Lester, piano |
| CD/Album | Brian Dykstra: Concert Rags |
| Record co./Cat # | Centaur 2662 |
12:01pm
Symphony #29 in A, K 201
| Composer | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | The English Concert |
| Conductor | Trevor Pinnock |
| CD/Album | The Complete Mozart Symphonies |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 471666 |
12:34pm
Piano Sonata in A, Op. 120, D 664
| Composer | Franz Schubert |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Maria Joao Pires, piano |
| CD/Album | Schubert: Music for Piano Four Hands |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 4775233 |
1:01pm
Flourishes and Galop
| Composer | Morton Gould |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Louisville Orchestra |
| Conductor | Lawrence Leighton Smith |
| CD/Album | Orchestral Music of Morton Gould |
| Record co./Cat # | Albany 14 |
1:20pm
Theme and Variations on Red River Valley
| Composer | David Amram |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Manhattan Chamber Orchestra |
| Conductor | Richard Auldon Clark |
| Soloists | Julius Baker, flute |
| CD/Album | David Amram: An American Original |
| Record co./Cat # | Newport 85546 |
1:32pm
Printemps ("Springtime")
| Composer | Claude Debussy |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Cleveland Orchestra |
| Conductor | Pierre Boulez |
| CD/Album | Debussy: Images |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 435766 |
1:49pm
Images for Orchestra: #3 - Rondes de printemps ("rounds of spring")
| Composer | Claude Debussy |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Cleveland Orchestra |
| Conductor | Pierre Boulez |
| CD/Album | Debussy: Images |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 435766 |
