January 22, 2009

In the Beginning

When French composer Darius Milhaud visited New York in 1923, he made a bee-line for Harlem to hear some great new American music called "jazz." When he got back home, he wrote a piece called "The Creation of the World," and infused it with the jazz rhythms and harmonies he had heard on his trip. Today, we'll hear it played by members of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

Today's Playlist

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hour 1

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
"A Musical Joke"
L'Archibudelli
Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in Eb, ("The Joke")
The Biava String Quartet
Rockport Chamber Music Festival, Rockport, Massachusetts
Johannes Brahms
"Variations on a Theme by Haydn," Op. 56
The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment with conductor Simon Rattle
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Julio Medaglia
"Belle Epoque in South America"
The Imani Winds
Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia

hour 2

Johann Sebastian Bach
Contrapunctus No. 9, from "The Art of the Fugue"
The American Brass Quintet
Johannes Brahms
Intermezzo No. 3 in C, Op. 119
Pianist Joyce Yang
Rockport Chamber Music Festival, Rockport, Massachusetts
Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in D Minor, L. 413, and Sonata in C, L. 457
Pianist Joyce Yang
Rockport Chamber Music Festival, Rockport, Massachusetts
Darius Milhaud
Concert Suite from "The Creation of the World," Op. 81b
Members of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
The New York Society for Ethical Culture, New York City
Johann Sebastian Bach
Suite No. 1 in C, BWV 1066
The Cleveland Orchestra with conductor Nicholas McGegan
Severance Hall, Cleveland
John Williams
"Air and Simple Gifts"
Violinist Itzhak Perlman, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, clarinetist Anthony McGill, and pianist Gabriela Montero
United States Capitol Building, Washington, D.C.

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