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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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
"A Musical Joke"
L'Archibudelli
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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
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Dimitri Kantemiroglu
"Makam Uzal Sakil 'Turna'"
Hesperion XXI
Misteria Paschalia Festival, Krakow, Poland
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 90 in C
The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment with conductor Edward Gardner
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, England
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David Greenberg
"Bigorelliach"
The Seattle Baroque Orchestra with conductor and fiddler David Greenberg
Benaroya Hall, Seattle
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Traditional
"Maoz Tsur"
The New England Conservatory Chorus and Orchestra with conductor Theodore Bikel
Jordan Hall, Boston
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Peter Tchaikovsky
Polonaise from "Eugene Onegin," Op. 24
The Cleveland Orchestra with conductor Christoph von Dohnanyi
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Felix Mendelssohn
"From Heaven Above"
The Oslo Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra with conductor Peter Szilvay
Concert Hall, Oslo, Norway
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Peter Tchaikovsky
"November" and "December," from "The Seasons," Op. 37
Pianist Adam Neiman
Seattle Chamber Music Society Summer Festival, Seattle
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Sven-David Sandstrom
Excerpts from "Messiah"
The Oregon Bach Festival Chorus and Orchestra with conductor Helmuth Rilling
Oregon Bach Festival, Eugene, Oregon
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Henryk Wieniawski
Polonaise Brillante, Op. 4
Violinist Danielle Belen Nesmith and pianist Katherine Collier
Strings Music Festival, Steamboat Springs, Colorado
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Johann Strauss, Jr.
Emperor Waltz, Op. 437
The Cleveland Orchestra with conductor Franz Welser-Most
Severance Hall, Cleveland