The Sembrich Museum
07/05/11 10:00AM By Walter Parker
The Sembrich Museum in Bolton Landing, NY, is the former home and teaching studio of the distinguished opera singer and pedagogue Marcella Sembrich. The Museum will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of composer Gian Carlo Menotti this week. I speak with the Museum's Artistic Director Richard Wargo.
Playlist
10:01am
Grand Galop Chromatique
| Composer | Franz Liszt |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Jorge Bolet, piano |
| CD/Album | Liszt: Piano Works, Vol. 3 |
| Record co./Cat # | London 410115 |
10:08am
Symphony #9 "The Great" in C, D 944
| Composer | Franz Schubert |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam |
| Conductor | Leonard Bernstein |
| CD/Album | Schubert: Symphonie Nr. 9 |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 427646 |
11:06am
The Consul: Act 2 Intermezzo
| Composer | Gian Carlo Menotti |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Original Broadway Cast |
| Conductor | Lehman Engel |
| CD/Album | Menotti: The Consul |
| Record co./Cat # | Decca 101 |
11:12am
The Consul: Act 2 Lullaby
| Composer | Gian Carlo Menotti |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Original Broadway Cast |
| Conductor | Lehman Engel |
| Soloists | Marie Powers, contralto |
| CD/Album | Menotti: The Consul |
| Record co./Cat # | Decca 101 |
11:17am
Violin Concerto, Op. 14
| Composer | Samuel Barber |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Boston Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Seiji Ozawa |
| Soloists | Itzhak Perlman, violin |
| CD/Album | The American Album |
| Record co./Cat # | EMI 55360 |
11:41am
Sextet for 2 Horns & Strings in Eb, Op. 81b
| Composer | Ludwig van Beethoven |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Gewandhaus Quartet |
| Soloists | Hermann Baumann, horn ; Vladimir Dshambasov, horn |
| CD/Album | Mozart-Beethoven-Reicha-J. Haydn-M. Haydn |
| Record co./Cat # | Philips 426440 |
12:01pm
English Suite #3 in g, BWV 808
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Simone Dinnerstein, piano |
| CD/Album | Bach: A Strange Beauty |
| Record co./Cat # | Sony Classical 81742 |
12:22pm
Flute Concerto #1 in G, K 313
| Composer | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Boston Baroque |
| Conductor | Martin Pearlman |
| Soloists | Jacques Zoon, flute |
| CD/Album | Mozart: Flute Concertos / Jupiter" Symphony" |
| Record co./Cat # | Telarc 80624 |
12:45pm
Intermede champetre
| Composer | Francis Poulenc |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | French National Orchestra |
| Conductor | Charles Dutoit |
| CD/Album | Poulenc: Concert Champetre - Sinfonietta, etc. |
| Record co./Cat # | London Decca 452665 |
12:47pm
Suite francaise
| Composer | Francis Poulenc |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | French National Orchestra |
| Conductor | Charles Dutoit |
| CD/Album | Poulenc: Concert Champetre - Sinfonietta, etc. |
| Record co./Cat # | London 452665 |
1:01pm
Violin Sonata in A
| Composer | Cesar Franck |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Ray Chen, violin ; Noreen Polera, piano |
| CD/Album | Ray Chen: Virtuoso |
| Record co./Cat # | Sony 82967 |
1:31pm
Orchestral Suite #1
| Composer | Jules Massenet |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | New Zealand Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Jean-Yves Ossonce |
| CD/Album | Massenet: Herodiade-Suites Nos. 1-3 |
| Record co./Cat # | Naxos 8.553124 |
1:55pm
Brigg Fair
| Composer | Percy Grainger |
|---|---|
| Arranger | arr. Paul Rhodes |
| Soloists | Kenneth Smith, flute ; Paul Rhodes, piano |
| CD/Album | Folk & Fantasy - Kenneth Smith |
| Record co./Cat # | ASV 768 |