A Conversation With Richard Tognetti
04/23/12 11:00AM By Walter Parker
The Australian Chamber Orchestra comes to the Hopkins Center in Hanover this Wednesday with guest soprano Dawn Upshaw.
VPR's Walter Parker speaks with the ACO's dynamic director, Richard Tognetti, and we'll sample their recent recording of Grieg's music.
Playlist
9:01am
Divertimento #1 (for Strings) in D, K 136
| Composer | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Concerto Koln |
| Conductor | Anton Steck |
| CD/Album | Mozart - Concerto Koln |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 4775800 |
9:20am
Quintet for Piano and Winds
| Composer | Louis Spohr |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Nash Ensemble |
| CD/Album | Spohr: Septet Op. 14, Quintet Op. 52 |
| Record co./Cat # | CRD 3399 |
9:55am
Schonfeld March
| Composer | Carl Michael Ziehrer |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Conductor | John Eliot Gardiner |
| CD/Album | Vienna Soiree |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 463185 |
10:01am
Concerto Grosso #4 in a, Op. 6
| Composer | George Frideric Handel |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Handel & Haydn Society |
| Conductor | Christopher Hogwood |
| CD/Album | Handel: Concerti Grossi Op. 6 |
| Record co./Cat # | L'Oiseau-Lyre 436845 |
10:12am
Piano Concerto #1 in d, Op. 15
| Composer | Johannes Brahms |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra |
| Conductor | Riccardo Chailly |
| Soloists | Nelson Freire, piano |
| CD/Album | Brahms: The Piano Concertos |
| Record co./Cat # | London 6588 |
11:01am
Holberg Suite: Prelude, Op. 40
| Composer | Edvard Grieg |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Australian Chamber Orchestra |
| Conductor | Richard Tognetti |
| CD/Album | Grieg: Music for String Orchestra |
| Record co./Cat # | BIS 1877 |
11:04am
Richard Tognetti interview
11:07am
Two Elegiac Melodies: Varen, Op. 34/2 ("Last Spring")
| Composer | Edvard Grieg |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Australian Chamber Orchestra |
| Conductor | Richard Tognetti |
| CD/Album | Grieg: Music for String Orchestra |
| Record co./Cat # | BIS 1877 |
11:11am
Richard Tognetti interview
11:15am
Erotikk, Op. 43, no. 5
| Composer | Edvard Grieg |
|---|---|
| Arranger | arr. Richard Tognetti |
| Ensemble | Australian Chamber Orchestra |
| Conductor | Richard Tognetti |
| Soloists | Richard Tognetti, violin |
| CD/Album | Grieg: Music for String Orchestra |
| Record co./Cat # | BIS 1877 |
| Note | from Lyric Pieces, Book III |
11:18am
Richard Tognetti interview
11:21am
String Quartet #1: Intermezzo in g, Op. 27
| Composer | Edvard Grieg |
|---|---|
| Arranger | arr. Richard Tognetti |
| Ensemble | Australian Chamber Orchestra |
| Conductor | Richard Tognetti |
| CD/Album | Grieg: Music for String Orchestra |
| Record co./Cat # | BIS 1877 |
11:28am
Folk Songs: Black is the Color
| Composer | Luciano Berio |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Dawn Upshaw, soprano ; Ljova, viola ; Bridget Kibbey, harp |
| CD/Album | Golijov: Ayre - Berio: Folk Songs |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 4782 |
11:30am
Folk Songs: Malurous qu'o uno fenno ("Wretched is he who has a wife")
| Composer | Luciano Berio |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Dawn Upshaw, soprano ; Tara O'Connor, flute ; Bridget Kibbey, harp |
| CD/Album | Golijov: Ayre - Berio: Folk Songs |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 4782 |
11:31am
Folk Songs: Azerbaijan love song
| Composer | Luciano Berio |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Dawn Upshaw, soprano ; Tara O'Connor, flute ; Todd Palmer, clarinet ; Ljova viola ; Erik Friedlander, cello ; Bridget Kibbey, harp |
| CD/Album | Golijov: Ayre - Berio: Folk Songs |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 4782 |
11:36am
Suite on Russian Folktunes, Op. 79b
| Composer | Max Bruch |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra of Kaiserslautern |
| Conductor | Werner Andreas Albert |
| CD/Album | Max Bruch: Swedish and Russian Dances |
| Record co./Cat # | CPO 777385 |
11:56am
Tourbillon Galopp
| Composer | Joseph Lanner |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Vienna Philharmonic |
| Conductor | John Eliot Gardiner |
| CD/Album | Vienna Soiree |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 463185 |
12:01pm
Brandenburg Concerto #1 in F, BMV 1046
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Orchestra Mozart |
| Conductor | Claudio Abbado |
| CD/Album | Bach: Brandenburg Concertos |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 4778908 |
12:20pm
Violin Sonata in F
| Composer | Felix Mendelssohn |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Shlomo Mintz, violin ; Paul Ostrovsky, piano |
| CD/Album | Mendelssohn: Violinsonaten |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 419244 |
12:48pm
Serious Variations, Op. 54
| Composer | Felix Mendelssohn |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Alfred Brendel |
| CD/Album | Mozart - Liszt - Brahms - Mendelssohn |
| Record co./Cat # | Philips 426272 |
