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October 7, 2010
Janacek's Sinfonietta
A club in Prague that called itself a "patriotic and gymnastic society" was looking for flashy new fanfares. In 1925, they asked composer Leos Janacek to write one for them. But when Janacek began working on it, he realized he had bigger ideas than simple trumpet tunes. The fanfares turned into a full-blown orchestral work with a brass backbone: the Sinfonietta. Today we'll hear a performance by Amsterdam's Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Joseph Haydn
Finale from Symphony No. 101 in D, Hob.I:101 (The Clock)
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Colin Davis, conductor
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Maurice Ravel
Alborada del Gracioso (Morning Song of the Jester)
The Spanish National Orchestra, Josep Pons, conductor
Teatro Monumental, Madrid, Spain
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Francesco Manelli
Bergamasca La Barchetta Passaggiera
Le Poeme Harmonique, Vincent Dumestre, director and Baroque guitar
The BBC Proms, London, England
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Ivan Padovec
Variations on the Carnival of Venice
The Dubrovnik Guitar Trio
St. Mark's Church, Zagreb, Croatia
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Leos Janacek
Sinfonietta, JW VI/18
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Markus Stenz, conductor
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
hour 2
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Paul Hindemith
Third movement from Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Weber
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Yoel Levi, conductor
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Flute Quartet in G, K. 285a
Tara Helen O'Connor, flute, Daniel Phillips, violin, Barry Shiffman, viola, Chris Costanza, cello
Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston, South Carolina
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Felix Mendelssohn
Songs Without Words Op, 67, No. 5 and Op. 67, No. 2
Benjamin Moser, piano
Ramsey Concert Hall, Athens, Georgia
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Sergei Rachmaninoff
Etude-Tableau in E-flat Minor Op. 39, No. 5
Benjamin Moser, piano
Ramsey Concert Hall, Athens, Georgia
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Paul Hindemith
Symphony: Mathis der Maler
The Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
