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February 26, 2013

Music by Bach

The music of J. S. Bach is wonderful in its original state, the way the old master wrote it. But it's so flexible, so adaptable and malleable, that musicians today just can't seem to leave it alone. And lucky for us that they don't. In today's show, recorder virtuoso Bolette Roed plays a Flute Partita by Bach. And members of the San Francisco Symphony play his Orchestral Suite No. 1, in concert in San Francisco.

Today's Playlist

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hour 1

  • Ambroise Thomas
    Connais-tu le Pays, from Mignon
    Sol Gabetta, cello, the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Olivieri-Munroe, conductor
  • Gaspar Fernandes
    Tururu Farara con Son
    The Rose Ensemble, Piffaro, Jordan Sramek, director
    Nativity Church, St. Paul
  • Carlos Chavez
    Piece No. 3, from Three Pieces for Guitar.
    Eduardo Fernandez, guitar
    Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia
  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    Allemande and Corrente from Flute Partita in A Minor, BWV 1013
    Bolette Roed, recorder
    Witold Lutoslawski Concert Studio, Warsaw, Poland
  • Samuel Barber
    Cello Concerto, Op. 22
    Sol Gabetta, cello, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Juraj Valcuha, conductor
    The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

hour 2

  • Carl Nielsen
    Overture to Maskarade
    The San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
  • Andrea Falconieri
    Ciaccona a 3
    Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Musicians
    Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City
  • PT Young Artist-in-Residence
    Coleman Itzkoff, cello
  • Frederic Chopin
    Introduction and Polonaise Brillante, Op. 3
    Coleman Itzkoff, cello, Eliza Ching, piano
    Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul
  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C, BWV 1066
    The San Francisco Symphony, Alexander Barantschik, violin and leader
    Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco
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