Handel's Messiah
11/28/12 9:00AM
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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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) |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Composer: Johannes Brahms |
| (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 |