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July 29, 2009
Haydn's Creation, at the Proms
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. And in 1798, Joseph Haydn told that story in music. Haydn's greatest work may have been his oratorio, "The Creation." Music that is at once reverent, and ravishingly beautiful. We'll hear Part One from Haydn's Creation in a glorious concert a week and a half ago at the 2009 BBC Proms, in London. Paul McCreesh conducting his Gabrieli Consort, and a massed ensemble of nearly 200 musicians and singers.
Today's Playlist
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hour 1
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Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dances No. 3 in A flat major
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi
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Stephan Langton
Veni, sancte spiritus, Pentecost Sequence (Based on chant sequence)
Amarcord Ensemble (Wolfram Lattke, tenor; Martin Lattke, tenor; Frank Ozimek, baritone; Daniel Knauft, bass; Holger Krause, bass)
Crypt, Speyer Cathedral, Speyer, Germany
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Piano Puzzler
This week's contestant is Tony Villecco from Binghamton, NY
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 in E flat (Eroica) Mvmts II, III, IV
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor
Severance Hall, Cleveland, OH
hour 2
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Edward Elgar
Cello Concerto in E minor: II. Lento - Allegro Molto
Paul Watkins, cello; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Jiri Belohlavek, conductor
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Sergei Rachmaninoff
Prelude in G sharp minor, op.32, no. 12 (encore); Moment musical in E minor, op. 16, no. 4 (encore)
Alexei Volodin, piano
Church, Ernen, Switzerland
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Traditional (Arr: Brad Richter/Viktor Uzur):
Zajdi (Ancient Macedonian folk song)
The Richter Uzur Duo (Brad Richter, guitar, Viktor Uzur, cello)
The Jacklin Arts and Culture Center, Post Falls, Idaho
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Franz Joseph Haydn
The Creation - Part I
Rosemary Joshua, soprano, Gabriel; Sophie Bevan, soprano, Eve; Neal Davies, bass, Raphael; Peter Harvey, bass, Adam Chetham's Chamber Choir; Paul McCreesh, conducting
Royal Albert Hall, London
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Handel's Messiah
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In-studio with Lang Lang, David Chan and Hai-Ye Ni
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Tchaikovsky's Piano Trio
Free Download of Thomas Hampson's 'Song of America' recital!
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Download the concert for free.
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Special Features
Hear extended portions of Fred Child's conversation with Philip Glass and violinist Maria Bachmann, from a recent concert with the composer, Trio Solisti, and the Glass Chamber Players at Caspary Auditorium on the campus of Manhattan's Rockefeller University.
Violin Sonata's beginning and evolution
From Symphony to Sextet
Glass Sextet and the Art of Hearing
Schubert and Glass share a birthday
On the edge of listening
Glass on his own voice and others'
The generation that started music over
My music is theatre music
Mezzo Soprano Susan Graham is one of the world's foremost opera and recital stars, a compelling and versatile singing actress. Enjoy the incredible Susan Graham in recital with Malcolm Martineau, Piano. Works by Chaubriet, Bizet, Franck, Fauré, and more!
Download the concert for free.
In Monday's "King Celebration" show, we heard music by Haitian composer Ludovic Lamothe, and we heard Martin Luther King III talk about what we can do in the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti: "If my father (Martin Luther King Jr.) were here, he would be leading an effort to encourage people to give a little to make a great difference." If you'd like to give in support of those in Haiti, this website offers several choices, and suggestions for effective giving.
Performance Today's artists-in-residence for 2010. Learn about this exciting young quartet on the air, via audio downloads, videos, and much else. And the winner of our Master Class Contest gets a free private lesson with the Parkers! Learn more.
The Parker Quartet joins Fred Child in the studio to play Mendelssohn's String Quartet No. 2.
Canadian-American composer Karim Al-Zand has written a fantastical piece based on a set of drawings by 19th century French caricaturist and cartoonist J.J. Grandville. It's called "Visions from Another World," and each movement is based on a different Grandville drawing. Our January 7th show features the world premiere of the piece. See Grandville's original drawings.
One of violinist Gil Shaham's recent CDs is a recording of the Butterfly Lovers Concerto. Fred Child and Shaham talked about the music, its cultural history and the legend behind it. Visit Canary Classics for more info.
Listen
The women of Anonymous 4 joined PT at the Church of St. Bernard in St. Paul for terrific performances of early English and American carols all written about the Christmas story of the Cherry Tree.
The Cherry Tree
View the original draft of Handel's score for The Messiah, as well as other famous original scores, at the the British Library Board website.
In-studio with Lang Lang, David Chan and Hai-Ye NiPianist Lang Lang is a superstar soloist among classical musicians, but that hectic schedule often keeps him from performing chamber music. Until now. Listen to Lang Lang's in-studio chamber performance two other musical powerhouses: concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra David Chan and principal cellist with the Philadelphia Orchestra Hai-Ye Ni.
Tchaikovsky's Piano Trio
Thomas Hampson chose America's heartland - specifically Minnesota's bluff country - to kick off his Song of America tour. He gave a spectacular recital from three centuries of song at the Minnesota Beethoven Festival in Winona.
Download the concert for free.