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
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
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Joaquin Rodrigo
Selections from "Four Madrigals of Love"
Soprano Kate Royal with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields and conductor Edward Gardener
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Johann Adolph Scheibe
Sinfonia a Quattro No. 2 in B-flat
Concerto Copenhagen with conductor Lars Ulrik Mortensen
Schwetzingen Festival, Schwetzingen, Germany
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue No. 19 in A, BWV 864
Pianist Vladimir Feltsman
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
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Bohuslav Martinu
Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola
Violinist Arnaud Sussmann and violist Lily Francis
OK Mozart Festival, Bartlesville, Oklahoma
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Anonymous
"Remember Me, My Dear"
The Hilliard Ensemble
Schwetzingen Festival, Speyer, Germany
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Gustav Mahler
"Blumine"
The Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Jaap van Zweden
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Siegfried Kohler
"Waltz of the Flowers"
Trio Virtuosi
Duane Smith Auditorium, Los Alamos, New Mexico
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Manuel de Falla
"Ritual Fire Dance" from "El Amor Brujo"
The Philadelphia Orchestra with conductor Eugene Ormandy
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Richard Wagner
Overture to "Tannhauser"
The Cleveland Orchestra with conductor Robert Spano
Severance Hall, Cleveland
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William Simmes, John Ward, and Giovanni Coperario
Three English Fancies
The American Brass Quintet
Beaches Fine Arts Series, Jacksonville, Florida
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Gabriela Montero
Improvisation on a Danish Children's Song
Pianist Gabriela Montero
Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Maurice Ravel
Mother Goose Suite
The Buffalo Philharmonic with conductor JoAnn Falletta
Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, New York