October 14, 2010

Musical Fairy Tales

Raduz and Mahulena, two young lovers whose families despise each other. Sound familiar, Shakespeare fans? But unlike Romeo and Juliet, these legendary Slovakian lovers overcome all obstacles and live happily ever after. JoAnn Falletta leads the Buffalo Philharmonic in a performance of a musical re-telling of their story, "A Fairy Tale" by Josef Suk. Plus the "Children's Fairy Tale" by Johann Kaspar Mertz, played by guitarist Adam Holzman. And Maurice Ravel's musical version of the story of a beautiful Princess whose century-long slumber could only be broken by a kiss of true love. Listen for the arrival of the handsome Prince and the moment of the kiss, in the "Fairy Garden" from the Mother Goose Suite, by Maurice Ravel. Myung-Whun Chung conducts the Seoul Philharmonic, in concert in Brussels, Belgium.

Today's Playlist

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hour 1

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Presto from Symphony in E-flat, Wq 179
Les Violons du Roy, Bernard Labadie, conductor
John W. Duarte
English Suite, Op. 77, No. 2
The Dukic - Brcic Guitar Duo
Rector's Palace, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Joseph Haydn
Te Deum for the Empress Marie Therese, Hob. XXIIIc:2
The San Francisco Symphony and Chorus, Bernard Labadie, conductor
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco
Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 100 in G, Hob. I:100 (Military)
The San Francisco Symphony, Bernard Labadie, conductor
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco
Tobias Allvin
Nigun for Tobias
Klezmer Zahav
Koncerthus, Odense, Denmark

hour 2

Robert Schumann
Marchenerzahlungen, Op. 132 (Fairy Tales)
Nobuko Imai, viola, Harold Wright, clarinet, Harris Goldsmith, piano
Josef Suk
Fairy Tale, Op. 16 (Pohadka)
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, New York
Johann Kaspar Mertz
Children's Fairy Tale, Op. 13, No. 13
Adam Holzman, guitar
Maurice Ravel
The Fairy Garden, from Mother Goose
The Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Myung-Whun Chung, conductor
KlaraFestival, Brussels, Belgium
Gabriel Gabriel
Barcarolle No. 13 in C, Op. 116
Alessio Bax, piano
Music@Menlo, Palo Alto, California

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