Vaughan Williams' Pastoral Symphony
09/28/12 9:00AM By Walter Parker
Our music today will include the Cello Sonata of Chopin, played by David Finckel of the Emerson Quartet, which comes to Middlebury College on Saturday; Schubert's last quartet, played by the Takacs Quartet, which will be at Middlebury College next Tuesday; and the Pastoral Symphony of Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Playlist
9:01am
Le Corsaire: Overture (Corsaire = a pirate)
| Composer | Hector Berlioz |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Montreal Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Charles Dutoit |
| CD/Album | Berlioz: 8 Overtures - Le Carnaval Romain, etc. |
| Record co./Cat # | London 452480 |
9:11am
Cello Sonata in g, Op. 65, B 160
| Composer | Frederic Chopin |
|---|---|
| Soloists | David Finckel, cello ; Wu Han, piano |
| CD/Album | Grieg, Schumann, and Chopin: Works for Cello and PIano |
| Record co./Cat # | BBC v.5, n.5 |
9:42am
DS 11:11 (instrumental dance)
| Composer | Anonymous 13th century |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Ensemble Alcatraz |
| CD/Album | Danse Royale |
| Record co./Cat # | Nonesuch 79240 |
9:49am
La prime estampie royal
| Composer | Anonymous 13th century |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Ensemble Alcatraz |
| CD/Album | Danse Royale |
| Record co./Cat # | Nonesuch 79240 |
9:53am
La ultime estampie real / La septime estampie real
| Composer | Anonymous 13th century |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Ensemble Alcatraz |
| CD/Album | Danse Royale |
| Record co./Cat # | Nonesuch 79240 |
10:01am
School for Scandal: Overture
| Composer | Samuel Barber |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | St. Louis Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Leonard Slatkin |
| CD/Album | Samuel Barber |
| Record co./Cat # | EMI 49463 |
10:11am
String Quartet #15 in G, Op. 161, D 887
| Composer | Franz Schubert |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Takacs Quartet |
| CD/Album | Schubert: Quartet D887, etc. |
| Record co./Cat # | London 452854 |
11:01am
Symphony #3 "Pastoral"
| Composer | Ralph Vaughan Williams |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | London Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Conductor | Bernard Haitink |
| Soloists | Amanda Roocroft, soprano |
| CD/Album | Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 |
| Record co./Cat # | EMI 56564 |
11:42am
Violin Sonata #24 in F, K 376
| Composer | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Hilary Hahn, violin ; Natalie Zhu, piano |
| CD/Album | Mozart: Violin Sonatas |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon B0004771 |
12:05pm
Bold Island Suite, Op. 46
| Composer | Howard Hanson |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Cincinnati Pops Orchestra |
| Conductor | Erich Kunzel |
| CD/Album | Symphonic Music of Howard Hanson |
| Record co./Cat # | Telarc 80649 |
12:31pm
Variations & Fugue on a Theme by Handel in Bb, Op. 24
| Composer | Johannes Brahms |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Murray Perahia, piano |
| CD/Album | Brahms - Handel Variations - Rhapsodies - Piano Pieces |
| Record co./Cat # | Sony 79469 |