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October 20, 2011

Class Clown

Richard Strauss reached back to the Middle Ages to find a thoroughly modern character, the class clown. Till Eulenspiegel was a legendary German folk-hero who thumbed his nose at just about everybody. His antics got him in trouble with the authorities, and eventually earned him a one-way trip to the gallows. Kent Nagano and the Montreal Symphony play Strauss' rollicking tone poem, "Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks," in concert in Montreal.

Today's Playlist

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hour 1

  • Franz Schubert
    Impromptu No.2 in E-flat, D. 899
    Alfred Brendel, piano
  • Astor Piazzolla
    Escualo and Ausencias
    Marina Piccinini, flute, the Brasil Guitar Duo
    Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
  • Alberto Ginastera
    Danzas Argentinas
    The Windscape Wind Quintet
    Manhattan School of Music, New York City
  • Franz Liszt
    Abendglocken (Evening Bells), S. 186, No. 9
    Alfred Brendel, piano
  • Franz Liszt
    La Campanella (The Little Bell)
    Serhiy Salov, piano
    Places des Arts, Montreal, Quebec
  • Richard Strauss
    Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Op. 28, TRV 171
    The Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Kent Nagano, conductor
    Place des Arts, Montreal, Quebec

hour 2

  • Franz Schubert and Franz Liszt
    Erlkonig (The Elf King)
    Murray Perahia, piano
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff
    We Hymn Thee
    The Sixteen, Harry Christophers, director
    Three Choirs Festival, Worcester, England
  • John Dowland
    The Right Honourable Robert, Earl of Essex, his Galliard, from Varietie of Lute-Lessons
    Ariel Abramovich, lute
    Barcelona Auditorium, Barcelona, Spain
  • Franz Liszt
    Comment Disaient-ils (What They Said)
    Kathleen Battle, soprano, Margo Garrett, piano
  • Franz Liszt
    Sonetto del Petrarca No. 47, from Years of Pilgrimage, Second year: Italy, S. 161
    Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
    92nd Street Y, New York City
  • Franz Liszt
    Consolation No. 3, S. 172, R. 12
    Vesselin Stanev, piano
    Stelio Molo Auditorium, Lugano, Switzerland
  • Franz Liszt
    Two Episodes from Lenau's Faust, S. 599, R. 325
    The German Symphony Orchestra, Leo Hussain, conductor
    Berlin Music Festival, Berlin, Germany
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