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November 12, 2010

Great Migrations, and Arensky's Piano Trio

From Domenico Scarlatti's "Cat Fugue," where his cat is said to have composed the melody by walking across his harpsichord, to this week's 21st century work, part of a film score for National Geographic's "Great Migrations" series, we've got an hour of musical critters today. Plus, his teacher predicted that he was doomed to obscurity. But Anton Arensky's music still gets played fairly often. We'll hear his lovely piano trio, from a concert at the Strings Music Festival in Colorado.

Today's Playlist

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hour 1

  • Johann Strauss, Jr.
    Egyptian March, Op. 335
    The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim, conductor
  • Cipriano de Rore
    Ancor che col Partire
    Jean Tubery, cornett, La Fenice, Jean Tubery, director
    Schwetzingen Festival, Speyer, Germany
  • Maurizio Cazzati
    Ciaconne per Diesis e par Bemolle, Op. 22
    La Fenice, Jean Tubery, director
    Schwetzingen Festival, Speyer, Germany
  • Anton Arensky
    Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 32
    Andres Cardenes, violin, Anne Martindale Williams, cello, David Deveau, piano
    Strings Music Festival, Steamboat Springs, Colorado
  • Johann Strauss, Jr.
    Perpetuum Mobile
    The National Youth Orchestra, Cristian Mandeal, conductor
    Romanian Athenaeum, Bucharest, Romania

hour 2

  • Camille Saint-Saens
    Excerpts from the Carnival of the Animals
    The London Sinfonietta, Charles Dutoit, conductor
  • Hai-Huai Huang
    Galloping Horses
    Yang Wei, pipa, Daxun Zhang, bass
    Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
  • Heinrich von Biber
    Sonata Representativa in A for Violin and Continuo, C. 146
    Ida Kavafian, violin, Kenneth Cooper, harpsichord, Andreas Brantelid, cello
    Alice Tully Hall, New York City
  • Domenico Scarlatti
    Sonatina in G Minor, K. 30 (Cat's Fugue)
    Yevgeny Sudbin, piano
  • Anton Sanko
    Elephants in Mud Bath (Ostrich Dance)
    Studio Musicians
  • Joseph Haydn
    Symphony No. 83 in G Minor (The Hen)
    The River Oaks Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Zimmerman, conductor
    St. John the Divine Episcopal Church, Houston
  • Ottorino Respighi
    The Cuckoo from Gli Uccelli (The Birds)
    The Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan, conductor
    Oregon Bach Festival, Eugene, Oregon
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