Blue Thursday
08/02/12 3:00PM
We'll hear "blue" music this afternoon by Michael Torke, Arthur Bliss,
and others. Also, late chamber music of Mozart and Mikhail
Ippolitov-Ivanov's "Caucasian Sketches."
Playlist
3:02pm
Manfred Overture, Op. 115
| Composer | Robert Schumann |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Los Angeles Philharmonic |
| Conductor | Carlo Maria Giulini |
| CD/Album | Schumann: Symphonie Nr. 3 - Manfred Overture |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 400062 |
3:16pm
Four Spanish Pieces
| Composer | Manuel de Falla |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Alicia de Larrocha, piano |
| CD/Album | Falla - Obras Para Piano |
| Record co./Cat # | EMI 64527 |
3:33pm
String Quintet #6 in Eb, K 614
| Composer | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Guarneri Quartet |
| Soloists | Kim Kashkashian, viola |
| CD/Album | Mozart - Complete Viola Quintets, Vol. 3 |
| Record co./Cat # | RCA 7772 |
4:05pm
A Colour Symphony: (3rd mvmt) Blue
| Composer | Arthur Bliss |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Ulster Orchestra |
| Conductor | Vernon Handley |
| CD/Album | Bliss: A Colour Symphony |
| Record co./Cat # | Chandos 8503 |
4:16pm
Bluebeard: Overture
| Composer | Jacques Offenbach |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Berlin Philharmonic |
| Conductor | Herbert von Karajan |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 554 |
4:23pm
Violin Concerto in Bb
| Composer | Giovanni Battista Pergolesi |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Orchestra Mozart |
| Conductor | Claudio Abbado |
| Soloists | Giuliano Carmignola, violin |
| CD/Album | Pergolesi 300th Anniversary Collection |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 4778464 |
4:37pm
Bright Blue Music
| Composer | Michael Torke |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Baltimore Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | David Zinman |
| CD/Album | Michael Torke: Ecstatic Orange, etc |
| Record co./Cat # | Argo 433071 |
4:47pm
Blue Danube Waltz, Op. 314
| Composer | Johann Strauss II |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Wiener Philharmoniker |
| Conductor | Franz Welser-Most |
| CD/Album | New Year's Concert 2011: Wiener Philharmoniker / Franz Welser-Most |
| Record co./Cat # | London 4782601 |
| Note | (Recorded live, January 1, 2011) |
5:05pm
Overture Anacreontique
| Composer | Jean Francaix |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Ulster Orchestra |
| Conductor | Thierry Fischer |
| CD/Album | Francaix: Scuola di Ballo, Symphony in G, etc |
| Record co./Cat # | Hyperion 67323 |
5:18pm
Fantasia upon one note
| Composer | Henry Purcell |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Fretwork |
| CD/Album | Henry Purcell: The Complete Fantazias |
| Record co./Cat # | Harmonia Mundi 907502 |
5:22pm
Symphony #84 in Eb, HOB 1/84
| Composer | Franz Joseph Haydn |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Berlin Philharmonic |
| Conductor | Herbert von Karajan |
| CD/Album | Haydn: 6 'Pariser' Symphonien |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 419741 |
5:49pm
Africa
| Composer | Camille Saint-Saens |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Sakari Oramo |
| Soloists | Stephen Hough, piano |
| CD/Album | Saint-Saens: The Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra |
| Record co./Cat # | Hyperion 67332 |
6:02pm
Romeo et Juliette: Queen Mab Scherzo, Op. 17 (from the Romeo & Juliette Dramatic Symphony)
| Composer | Hector Berlioz |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Berlin Philharmonic |
| Conductor | James Levine |
| CD/Album | Berlioz: Romeo et Juliette - Les Nuits d'ete |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 427665 |
6:10pm
Pohadka: excerpts ("Fairy Tale")
| Composer | Leos Janacek |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Matt Haimovitz, cello ; Christopher O'Riley, piano |
| CD/Album | Shuffle.Play.Listen |
| Record co./Cat # | Oxingale 2019 |
6:19pm
Flute Concerto in C
| Composer | Johann Joachim Quantz |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra |
| Conductor | Jorg Faerber |
| Soloists | James Galway, flute |
| CD/Album | Quantz: 4 Flute Concertos - Galway |
| Record co./Cat # | RCA 60247 |
6:38pm
Caucasian Sketches: Suite #1
| Composer | Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Baltimore Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | David Zinman |
| CD/Album | Russian Sketches |
| Record co./Cat # | Telarc 80378 |
