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October 11, 2012
The Chemistry of Alexander Borodin
Two American scientists won the Nobel Prize for chemistry on Wednesday. Something about "G-protein-coupled receptors." It's all very mysterious and important and hard to understand. If only Alexander Borodin was still alive, he could translate for us. Borodin was perhaps the only professional chemist and composer. He never won a Nobel Prize, but did have an important chemical reaction named for him. History remembers him more for his music, though. We'll hear his Symphony No. 2, from a concert in Amsterdam.
Today's Playlist
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hour 1
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Alexander Borodin
Scherzo from String Quartet No. 2 in D
The Emerson String Quartet
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Joseph Haydn
Sonata in B Minor, Hob. XVI:32
Christian Zacharias, piano
Chopin and his Europe International Music Festival, Warsaw, Poland
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Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina
Exultate Deo
The Odhecaton Ensemble, Paolo da Col, director
Regensburg Early Music Days, Regensburg, Germany
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Alexander Borodin
Symphony No. 2 in B Minor
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Karel Mark Chichon, conductor
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
hour 2
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Sergei Rachmaninoff
Prelude in G Minor, Op. 23, No. 5
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Sergiu Comissiona, conductor
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Anonymous (arranged by Milos Valent)
A New Hornpipe
Solamente Naturali, Milos Valent, violin and director
Boston Early Music Festival, Boston
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Biagio Marini
L'Aguzzona from Affetti Musicali
Quicksilver
Boston Early Music Festival, Boston
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Perfchat with Jonathan Biss, Part 3
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Robert Schumann
Fantasie in C, Op. 17
Jonathan Biss, piano
NPR Studio 4A, Washington, D.C.
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Benjamin Britten
Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op. 33a
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey, conductor
Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, British Columbia
