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February 27, 2009

World premieres, old and new

Today's show features five world premieres. But only one of the works is actually new. Historians and musicologists are still discovering works by Felix Mendelssohn and Baroque composer Johann Friedrich Fasch. We'll hear modern-day premieres of their works. Plus one honest-to-goodness world premiere, a piano trio by Kenneth Frazelle from last year's Music@Menlo festival in California.

Today's Playlist



hour 1

  • Johan Halvorsen
    "Entry of the Boyars"
    The Iceland Symphony Orchestra with conductor Bjarte Engeset
  • Jacques Ibert
    "Three Short Pieces"
    Musicians of the Oregon Bach Festival
    Oregon Bach Festival, Eugene, Oregon
  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp Minor, BWV 849
    Pianist Evgeny Andreev
    Caspary Auditorium, New York City
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Sonata in C, K. 279
    Pianist Ben Kim
    Caspary Auditorium, New York City
  • Ludwig van Beethoven
    Sonata in F-sharp, Op. 78
    Pianist Hoang Pham
    Caspary Auditorium, New York City
  • Camargo Guarnieri
    "Abertura Concertante"
    The Iceland Symphony Orchestra with conductor Rumon Gamba
    University Cinema, Reykjavik, Iceland

hour 2

  • Kenneth Frazelle
    "Fiddler's Galaxy"
    Violinist Joseph Swensen and pianist Jeffrey Kahane
    Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, Minnesota
  • Johann Friedrich Fasch
    Overture from Concerto in F
    Tempesta di Mare
    St. Mark's Church, Philadelphia
  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    Variation No. 25 from the Goldberg Variations
    Pianist Jeffrey Kahane
    Green Music Festival, Rohnert Park, California
  • Kenneth Frazelle
    "Of Water," from Piano Trio
    Pianist Jeffrey Kahane, violinist Joseph Swensen, and cellist David Finckel
    Music@Menlo, Palo Alto, California
  • Felix Mendelssohn
    Selections from Twelve Fugues for String Quartet
    The Shanghai String Quartet
    Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York City
  • Felix Mendelssohn
    Sonata for Violin and Piano in D Minor
    Violinist Weigang Li and pianist Orion Weiss
    Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York City
  • Felix Mendelssohn
    Overture to "Ruy Blas," Op. 95
    The Orchestra of the Felix Mendelssohn Academy of Music and Theatre with conductor Ulrich Windfuhr
    New Gewandhaus, Leipzig, Germany
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