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November 23, 2009

Bach vs. Scheibe, Round 1

Johann Sebastian Bach was a terrible composer. Or...so said a young rival of Bach's in the 1730s. Johann Scheibe wrote that Bach's compositions had a "bombastic and confused style" that "darkened their beauty." We'll compare, with a Bach Prelude and Fugue from the Aspen Festival, and a small symphony by Mr. Scheibe from the Schwetzingen Festival in Germany.

Today's Playlist

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hour 1

  • Joaquin Rodrigo
    Selections from "Four Madrigals of Love"
    Soprano Kate Royal with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields and conductor Edward Gardener
  • Johann Adolph Scheibe
    Sinfonia a Quattro No. 2 in B-flat
    Concerto Copenhagen with conductor Lars Ulrik Mortensen
    Schwetzingen Festival, Schwetzingen, Germany
  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    Prelude and Fugue No. 19 in A, BWV 864
    Pianist Vladimir Feltsman
    Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
  • Bohuslav Martinu
    Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola
    Violinist Arnaud Sussmann and violist Lily Francis
    OK Mozart Festival, Bartlesville, Oklahoma
  • Anonymous
    "Remember Me, My Dear"
    The Hilliard Ensemble
    Schwetzingen Festival, Speyer, Germany
  • Gustav Mahler
    "Blumine"
    The Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Jaap van Zweden
    The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
  • Siegfried Kohler
    "Waltz of the Flowers"
    Trio Virtuosi
    Duane Smith Auditorium, Los Alamos, New Mexico

hour 2

  • Manuel de Falla
    "Ritual Fire Dance" from "El Amor Brujo"
    The Philadelphia Orchestra with conductor Eugene Ormandy
  • Richard Wagner
    Overture to "Tannhauser"
    The Cleveland Orchestra with conductor Robert Spano
    Severance Hall, Cleveland
  • William Simmes, John Ward, and Giovanni Coperario
    Three English Fancies
    The American Brass Quintet
    Beaches Fine Arts Series, Jacksonville, Florida
  • Gabriela Montero
    Improvisation on a Danish Children's Song
    Pianist Gabriela Montero
    Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Maurice Ravel
    Mother Goose Suite
    The Buffalo Philharmonic with conductor JoAnn Falletta
    Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, New York
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