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Heliand Consort LIVE

Friday, 06/10/11 11am

By Walter Parker
The Heliand Consort with VPR's Walter Parker in the Colchester studio.
The Heliand Consort comprises Berta Frank, flute; Katie Oprea, oboe; Betsy LeBlanc, clarinet; and Rachael Elliott, bassoon.  They are all active local performers and teachers.  Their Vermont tour will include the world premiere of What Pan was Doing by Vermont composer Don Jamison, written for this tour; plus works by Jean Francaix, Elliott Carter, and Gordon Jacob.  We'll get a live performance preview this morning at 11. 
photo: Paul Reynolds

Playlist

10:01am

Piano Concerto #10 (for 2 pianos) in Eb, K 365

Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ensemble Berlin Philharmonic
Conductor Semyon Bychkov
Soloists Katia & Marielle Labeque, piano duo
CD/Album Mozart: Concertos for 2 and 3 Pianos
Record co./Cat # Philips 426241
 
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10:28am

Serenade for Strings

Composer Antonin Dvorak
Ensemble London Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor Christopher Hogwood
CD/Album Dvorak: Serenades Opp. 22 & 44
Record co./Cat # London 417452
 
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11:01am

Heliand Consort LIVE

Composer Jean Francaix, Gordon Jacob, Elliott Carter, Benjamin Britten & Berta Frank
CD/Album LIVE on VPR Classical
Record co./Cat # VPR
 
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11:42am

Joan Baez Suite, Op. 144

Composer John Duarte
Soloists Sharon Isbin, guitar
CD/Album Journey to the New World
Record co./Cat # Sony 745456
Note (composed for Sharon Isbin)
 
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12:01pm

Overture (Suite) for 2 Hunting Horns in D

Composer Georg Phillip Telemann
Ensemble The English Concert
Conductor Trevor Pinnock
Soloists Andrew Clark, hunting horn ; Gavin Edwards, hunting horn
CD/Album Telemann: Suiten
Record co./Cat # Deutsche Grammophon 437558
 
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12:28pm

Concerto da camera in a, Op. 10/1 ("chamber concerto")

Composer Charles-Valentin Alkan
Ensemble BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Martyn Brabbins
Soloists Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
CD/Album The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 7
Record co./Cat # Hyperion 66717
 
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12:44pm

Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

Composer Alexander Borodin
Ensemble Boston Pops Orchestra
Conductor John Williams
CD/Album Pops a la Russe
Record co./Cat # Philips 426247
 
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1:01pm

Sonatina #2 (for oboe d'amore, flute, clarinet, string sextet and harpsichord), Op. 194

Composer Charles Koechlin
Ensemble Viotta Ensemble
CD/Album La Bal Masque
Record co./Cat # Channel Classics 8595
 
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1:14pm

Violin Sonata in G

Composer Maurice Ravel
Soloists Janine Jansen, violin ; Itamar Golan, piano
CD/Album Beau Soir - Janine Jansen - Itamar Golan
Record co./Cat # London 15249
 
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1:34pm

Clarinet Concerto

Composer Aaron Copland
Ensemble I Musici de Montreal
Conductor Yuli Turovsky
Soloists Charles Neidich, clarinet
CD/Album Composers in New York
Record co./Cat # Chandos 9848
Note premiere recording of original version, with more virtuosic clarinet part.
 
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12:00am

Hungarian Dances #5 & #12

Composer Johannes Brahms
Arranger orch. Parlow
Ensemble Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Conductor Kurt Masur
CD/Album Brahms: The Hungarian Dances - Masur
Record co./Cat # Philips 411426
 
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