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October 14, 2008

the italian stravinsky

Igor Stravinsky was quite the cosmopolitan. He lived all over the world, finally settling in the U.S. for the last three decades of his life. Today we'll hear his Italian Suite for violin and piano from a concert in Bucharest, Romania. Plus, Gershwin's Cuban Overture from Munich and an Argentinian tango from California.

Today's Playlist



hour 1

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Presto from Symphony in E-flat, W. 179
    Les Violons du Roy with conductor Bernard Labadie
  • Igor Stravinsky
    Italian Suite No. 2 for Violin and Piano
    Violinist Alexandru Tomescu and pianist Horia Mihail
    Mihail Jora Hall, Bucharest, Romania
  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    "Gloria in Excelsis Deo," BWV 191
    La Chapelle de Québec with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and conductor Bernard Labadie
    Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
  • Astor Piazzolla
    "Le Grand Tango for Cello and Piano"
    Cellist Carter Brey and pianist Garrick Ohlsson
    La Jolla Summerfest, La Jolla, California

hour 2

  • George Gershwin
    Prelude No. 1
    The Eroica Trio
  • Tomaso Albinoni
    Concerto in B-flat for Trumpet and Strings, Op. 7, No. 3
    David Washburn, trumpet, with musicians from Music@Menlo
    Music@Menlo, Palo Alto, California
  • Antonio Vivaldi
    Concerto in B-flat for Violin, Cello and Strings, RV 537
    Violinist Ani Kavafian and cellist David Finckel with musicians from Music@Menlo
    Music@Menlo, Palo Alto, California
  • Franz Schubert
    Two Impromptus, Op. 142, D. 935
    Pianist David Jalbert
    Montreal Chamber Music Festival, Montreal, Canada
  • George Gershwin
    Cuban Overture
    The Munich Philharmonic with conductor James Levine
    Philharmonie im Gasteig, Munich, Germany
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