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Weekend of December 5, 2009

A Bach Double Double

Outside, there is a great view of the Manhattan skyline. Inside, there is a cozy concert space with 130 seats. So what if the concert hall rocks when a ship goes by? Bargemusic is a concert space inside a barge moored below the Brooklyn Bridge, in New York City. From the cozy confines of Bargemusic, we'll hear a small-scale but spirited version of the Concerto for Two Violins, by Bach. And as a follow-up, a high-octane 2-minute version of the same piece, infused with bluegrass and jazz, from the trio "Time for Three."

Today's Playlist



hour 1

  • Alberto Ginastera
    "Moonlight on the Parana" from "Panambi"
    The London Symphony Orchestra with conductor Gesele Ben-Dor
  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043
    Violinists Mark Peskanov and Helena Baillie with the TaKT Quartet
    Bargemusic, New York City
  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    "Bach Double"
    Time for Three
    Ramsey Concert Hall, Athens, Georgia
  • "The Piano Puzzler"
    This week's contestant is Alejandro Rubio from San Diego, CA
  • Bela Bartok
    Romanian Folk Dances
    A Far Cry
    San Pablo Catholic Church, Marathon, Florida
  • Alberto Ginastera
    Three Argentinian Dances
    Pianist Alpin Hong
    Strings Music Festival, Steamboat Springs, Colorado

hour 2

  • Richard Strauss
    Excerpts from Couperin Dance Suite
    The Chamber Orchestra of Europe with conductor Erich Leinsdorf
  • Aurelio Virgiliano
    Ricercata IV
    Paul Leenhouts, recorder
    Boston Early Music Festival, Boston
  • Traditional Sefardic
    "Alba"
    Jordi Savall, rebab
    Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
  • John Dowland
    "A Dream"
    Lutenist Hopkinson Smith
    Cooperstown Chamber Music Festival, Cooperstown, New York
  • Peter Tchaikovsky
    "Souvenir of Florence," Op. 70
    The Chamber Orchestra of Europe with conductor Douglas Boyd
    International Chamber Orchestra Festival, St. Paul
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