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December 18, 2009

Haydn the Prankster

There's some debate about whether to clap between movements or not. But everyone agrees you should applaud at the end of a piece of music. Trouble is, how do you know when it's over? Haydn put several false endings into his Symphony Number 90, just to fool us. We'll hear a London audience fall for the joke in a performance by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.

Today's Playlist

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hour 1

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    "A Musical Joke"
    L'Archibudelli
  • Johann Sebastian Bach (Arranged by Max Reger)
    Two Bourrees in A Minor, BWV 807, from Reger's Suite for Orchestra in G Minor
    The River Oaks Chamber Orchestra, Alastair Willis, conductor
    Church of St. John the Divine, Houston
  • Dimitri Kantemiroglu
    "Makam Uzal Sakil 'Turna'"
    Hesperion XXI
    Misteria Paschalia Festival, Krakow, Poland
  • Joseph Haydn
    Symphony No. 90 in C
    The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment with conductor Edward Gardner
    Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, England
  • David Greenberg
    "Bigorelliach"
    The Seattle Baroque Orchestra with conductor and fiddler David Greenberg
    Benaroya Hall, Seattle
  • Traditional
    "Maoz Tsur"
    The New England Conservatory Chorus and Orchestra with conductor Theodore Bikel
    Jordan Hall, Boston

hour 2

  • Peter Tchaikovsky
    Polonaise from "Eugene Onegin," Op. 24
    The Cleveland Orchestra with conductor Christoph von Dohnanyi
  • Felix Mendelssohn
    "From Heaven Above"
    The Oslo Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra with conductor Peter Szilvay
    Concert Hall, Oslo, Norway
  • Peter Tchaikovsky
    "November" and "December," from "The Seasons," Op. 37
    Pianist Adam Neiman
    Seattle Chamber Music Society Summer Festival, Seattle
  • Sven-David Sandstrom
    Excerpts from "Messiah"
    The Oregon Bach Festival Chorus and Orchestra with conductor Helmuth Rilling
    Oregon Bach Festival, Eugene, Oregon
  • Henryk Wieniawski
    Polonaise Brillante, Op. 4
    Violinist Danielle Belen Nesmith and pianist Katherine Collier
    Strings Music Festival, Steamboat Springs, Colorado
  • Johann Strauss, Jr.
    Emperor Waltz, Op. 437
    The Cleveland Orchestra with conductor Franz Welser-Most
    Severance Hall, Cleveland
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