Weekend of November 24, 2012
Remembering Marcel Tyberg
No one was able to save composer Marcel Tyberg from a sad death in the Nazi concentration camps in 1944. But a valiant effort over the last 70 years involving one of Tyberg's students, conductor JoAnn Falletta, and the Buffalo Philharmonic, was successful in saving much of his music. JoAnn Falletta joins host Fred Child today to tell the story of Marcel Tyberg and her trip to Croatia to conduct his Second Symphony in the tiny town where Tyberg composed it.
Today's Playlist
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Camille Saint -Saens
Marche Militaire Francaise, from Suite Algerienne, Op. 60
The Swiss Italian Orchestra, Francis Travis, conductor
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Johannes Brahms
Scherzo from Violin Sonata in A Minor (F-A-E), Wo0 2
Daniel Hope, violin, Wu Han, piano
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, New York City
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The Piano Puzzler
This week's contestant is Martin Ho from Minneapolis
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F, BWV 1047
Festival Musicians
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 85 in B-flat , Hob. I:85 (La Reine)
The Swiss-Italian Orchestra, Juraj Valcuha, conductor
Auditorium, Lugano, Switzerland
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Charles Griffes
Clouds
The Buffalo Philharmonic, JoAnn Falletta, conductor
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Tarquinio Merula
Chaconne from Canzoni Ovvero Sonate Concertat
Quicksilver
Boston Early Music Festival, Boston
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Marcel Tyberg
Symphony No. 2 in F Minor
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, New York