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November 24, 2008

Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed...

Igor Stravinsky borrowed all of the tunes from his ballet, "Pulcinella," from Italian music of the eighteenth century. But he put his own musical fingerprints on it. It's a delightful mix of old and new. We'll go to New York to hear a performance of the "Pulcinella" Suite by the New York Philharmonic.

Today's Playlist



hour 1

  • Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Prelude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 3, No. 2
    Pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy
  • Vittorio Monti
    "Csardas"
    Violinist Maxim Vengerov with Virtuosi and pianist Vag Papian
    Musikverein, Vienna, Austria
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Minor, Op. 40
    Pianist Stephen Hough with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and conductor Andrew Litton
    Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas
  • Stephen Reynolds
    "Chanson d'Automne" from "Two Poems in Homage to Faure"
    Pianist Stephen Hough
  • Felix Mendelssohn
    Scherzo and Finale from Piano Trio No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 66
    Pianist Nicholas Angelich, violinist Renaud Capucon, and cellist Gautier Capucon
    Lugano Festival, Lugano, Switzerland

hour 2

  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    Gigue from Suite No. 6 in D-Flat, BWV 1012
    Harpist Victoria Drake
  • Ludwig van Beethoven
    Menuetto and Finale from Octet for Winds, Op. 103
    Members of the Chicago Chamber Musicians
    Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Evanston, Illinois
  • Pablo Casals
    "Song of the Birds" for Cello and Organ
    Cellist Desmond Hoebig and organist Gregory D'Agostino
    Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival, Orcas Island, Washington
  • Georg Philipp Telemann
    "Gulliver" Suite
    Violinists Geoff Nuttall and Barry Shiffman
    Music@Menlo, Palo Alto, California
  • Francesco Mancini
    Sonata Sesta in D
    Rebel
    Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, Minnesota
  • Georg Philipp Telemann
    Third movement from Sonata Discordato in A
    Rebel
    Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, Minnesota
  • Igor Stravinsky
    "Pulcinella" Suite
    The New York Philharmonic with conductor Kurt Masur
    Avery Fisher Hall, New York City
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