Weekend of February 27, 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.
Today's Playlist
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Sergei Rachmaninoff
Two Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 33
Pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto No. 9 in D, RV 230
Trumpeter Alison Balsom and friends
Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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David Popper
Requiem for Three Cellos and Piano, Op. 66
The Yale Cello Ensemble with pianist Elizabeth Parisot and conductor Aldo Parisot
Nunmaul Hall, Pyongchang, South Korea
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The Piano Puzzler
This week's contestant is Robert Levine from Roswell, GA.
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Sergei Rachmaninoff
Isle of the Dead, Op. 29
The Brabant Orchestra with conductor Alan Buribayev
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Camille Saint-Saens
March from Algerian Suite, Op. 60
The Swiss Italian Orchestra with conductor Francis Travis
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Mikhail Glinka
Divertimento Brillante on Themes from Bellini's La Sonnambula
Musicians from Traunstein Summer Concerts
Klosterkirche, Traunstein, Germany
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Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No. 1 in D (Classical)
The Swiss Italian Orchestra with conductor John Axelrod
Congress Palace, Lugano, Switzerland
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Johann Kaspar Kerll
Toccata in G Minor
Harpsichordist Kristian Bezuidenhout
Tropical Baroque Music Festival, Coral Gables, Florida
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Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger
Toccata Arpeggiata
Guitarist Gareth Koch
Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia
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George Frideric Handel
Trio Sonata in F
The Poulenc Trio
Flagler Museum, Palm Beach, Florida