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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



hour 1

  • Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Two Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 33
    Pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy
  • Antonio Vivaldi
    Concerto No. 9 in D, RV 230
    Trumpeter Alison Balsom and friends
    Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
  • 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
  • The Piano Puzzler
    This week's contestant is Robert Levine from Roswell, GA.
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Isle of the Dead, Op. 29
    The Brabant Orchestra with conductor Alan Buribayev
    The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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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