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March 13, 2009

Making Overtures

Usually, overtures are relegated to the start of a concert. They make great appetizers, with the symphonies and concertos forming the entrees for the evening. But sometimes, overtures are so good that you can make a whole meal out of them. We've got three of them in the second hour of today's show, plus a few other tasty morsels.

Today's Playlist



hour 1

  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    Allemande from Suite in G Minor, BWV 995
    Guitarist Jason Vieaux
  • Fernando Bustamante
    "Misionera"
    Guitarist Jason Vieaux
    92nd Street Y, New York City
  • Arturo Marquez
    Danzon No. 2
    The Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela with conductor Gustavo Dudamel
    Symphony Hall, Boston
  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    Prelude and Fugue in G
    The Bergen Woodwind Quintet
    Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, Minnesota
  • Harald Saeverud
    Quintet No. 1 from "Siljustol," Op. 21
    The Bergen Woodwind Quintet
    Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, Minnesota

hour 2

  • Richard Strauss
    Scherzo from Symphony in D Minor
    The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra with conductor Karl Anton Rickenbacher
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Overture to "The Marriage of Figaro"
    The Los Angeles Philharmonic with conductor Charles Dutoit
    Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
  • Jennifer Higdon
    "Dash"
    Flutist Elizabeth Mann, clarinetist, Bil Jackson, and pianist John Novacek
    Colorado College Summer Music Festival, Colorado Springs, Colorado
  • Gabriel Jackson
    "To Music"
    The BBC Singers with conductor Stephen Cleobury
    BBC Maida Vale Studios, London, England
  • Judith Bingham
    "The Spirit of Truth"
    The BBC Singers with conductor Stephen Cleobury
    BBC Maida Vale Studios, London, England
  • Johannes Brahms
    "Tragic Overture," Op. 81
    The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra with conductor Lorin Maazel
    Philharmonie in Gasteig, Munich, Germany
  • Gioachino Rossini
    Overture to "The Thieving Magpie"
    The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra with conductor Mariss Jansons
    Prinzregenten Theater, Munich, Germany
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