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Handel's Messiah

11/28/12 9:00AM By Walter Parker

Two local groups give their annual performances of Handel's Messiah this weekend, which also has the first of numerous Messiah sing-alongs.  You can find all the details at the VPR Messiah Watch.  Today we'll listen to selections from Part 1.

 

 

Playlist

9:02am

Sinfonia for Strings

Composer Antonio Vivaldi
Ensemble Academy of Ancient Music
Conductor Andrew Manze
CD/Album Vivaldi: Concert for the Prince of Poland
Record co./Cat # Harmonia Mundi 907230

9:10am

Moments Musicaux: #1 in C, Op. 94/1, D 780

Composer Franz Schubert
Soloists Valery Afanassiev, piano
CD/Album Franz Schubert: Moments Musicaux
Record co./Cat # ECM 2215

9:16am

Moments Musicaux: #6 in Ab, Op. 94/6, D 780

Composer Franz Schubert
Soloists Valery Afanassiev, piano
CD/Album Franz Schubert: Moments Musicaux
Record co./Cat # ECM 2215

9:25am

Two Eastern Pictures (Spring & Summer)

Composer Gustav Holst
Ensemble Bella Voce Women's Chorus of VT
Conductor Dawn Willis
Soloists Rebecca Kauffman, harp
CD/Album Glorious Seasons
Record co./Cat # Bella Voce 2012

9:33am

Konzertstuck

Composer Ernst von Dohnanyi
Ensemble Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Gerard Schwarz
Soloists Janos Starker, cello
CD/Album Dohnanyi: Konzertstucke, Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra
Record co./Cat # Delos 3095

10:01am

Piano Concerto #1 in C, Op. 15

Composer Ludwig van Beethoven
Ensemble Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Conductor Leif Ove Andsnes
Soloists Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
CD/Album The Beethoven Journey
Record co./Cat # Sony Classical 42058

10:35am

Messiah: selections from Part 1

Composer George Frideric Handel
Ensemble Gabrieli Consort & Players
Conductor Paul McCreesh
Soloists Dorothea Roschmann, soprano ; Susan Gritton, soprano ; Bernarda Fink, alto ; Charles Daniels, tenor ; Neal Davies, baritone
CD/Album Handel: Messiah
Record co./Cat # Deutsche Grammophon 453464

11:01am

Suite for Flute & Piano

Composer Philippe Gaubert
Soloists Fenwick Smith, flute ; Sally Pinkas, piano
CD/Album Gaubert: Complete Works for Flute - 1
Record co./Cat # Naxos 8.557305

11:16am

Symphony #2 in D, Op. 43

Composer Jean Sibelius
Ensemble Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam
Conductor George Szell
CD/Album George Szell - Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 - Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
Record co./Cat # Philips 420771

12:05pm

Symphonic Variations in e

Composer Hubert Parry
Ensemble London Philharmonic
Conductor Matthias Bamert
CD/Album Parry: Complete Symphonies
Record co./Cat # Chandos 9120

12:21pm

Three Melodies by Stephen Foster

Composer Elinor Remick Warren
Soloists Sara Davis Buechner, piano
CD/Album The Complete Piano Works of Stephen Foster
Record co./Cat # ProPiano 224535

12:32pm

Liebeslieder-Walzer (for string orchestra), Op. 52

Composer Johannes Brahms
Arranger (arr. for string orchestra by Friedrich Hermann)
Ensemble I Musici de Montreal
Conductor Yuli Turovsky
CD/Album Dances from the Heart of Europe: I Musici de Montreal/Turovsky
Record co./Cat # Chandos 10094

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