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February 23, 2010

Making the Geese Angry

The young Sergei Prokofiev was fed up with critics who thought he could only write avant-garde music. So he threw them a musical curve ball, his "Classical" symphony, written in a Haydnesque style. He called it "a challenge to make the geese angry." John Axelrod leads the Swiss Italian Orchestra, in concert in Lugano, Switzerland.

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hour 1

  • Ottornio Respighi
    Excerpts from Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3
    The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra with conductor Sir Neville Marriner
  • George Frideric Handel
    Sonata in G, HWV 358
    Erik Bosgraaf, recorder, and Francesco Corti, harpsichord
    Oriol Martorell Hall, Barcelona, Spain
  • Leopold Godowsky
    Excerpts from Renaissance Suite
    Pianist Sergei Kasprov
    Flagey Studio 1, Brussels, Belgium
  • Pat Metheny and Jason Vieaux
    Excerpts from Five Songs in the form of a Baroque Suite
    Guitarist Jason Vieaux
    92nd Street Y, New York City
  • Josquin des Prez and Guillaume Dufay
    Sacred and Secular Suite
    The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra with conductor Brad Lubman
    Ordway Center, St. Paul
  • Alexander Scriabin
    Romance
    Cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan and pianist Noreen Polera
    Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
  • Peter Tchaikovsky
    Melodie No. 3, Op. 42
    Cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan and pianist Noreen Polera
    Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

hour 2

  • Camille Saint-Saens
    March from Algerian Suite, Op. 60
    The Swiss Italian Orchestra with conductor Francis Travis
  • Mikhail Glinka
    Divertimento Brillante on Themes from Bellini's La Sonnambula
    Musicians from Traunstein Summer Concerts
    Klosterkirche, Traunstein, Germany
  • Sergei Prokofiev
    Symphony No. 1 in D (Classical)
    The Swiss Italian Orchestra with conductor John Axelrod
    Congress Palace, Lugano, Switzerland
  • Johann Kaspar Kerll
    Toccata in G Minor
    Harpsichordist Kristian Bezuidenhout
    Tropical Baroque Music Festival, Coral Gables, Florida
  • Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger
    Toccata Arpeggiata
    Guitarist Gareth Koch
    Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia
  • George Frideric Handel
    Trio Sonata in F
    The Poulenc Trio
    Flagler Museum, Palm Beach, Florida
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