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
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Allemande from Suite in G Minor, BWV 995
Guitarist Jason Vieaux
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Fernando Bustamante
"Misionera"
Guitarist Jason Vieaux
92nd Street Y, New York City
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Arturo Marquez
Danzon No. 2
The Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela with conductor Gustavo Dudamel
Symphony Hall, Boston
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in G
The Bergen Woodwind Quintet
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, Minnesota
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Harald Saeverud
Quintet No. 1 from "Siljustol," Op. 21
The Bergen Woodwind Quintet
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, Minnesota
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Richard Strauss
Scherzo from Symphony in D Minor
The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra with conductor Karl Anton Rickenbacher
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Overture to "The Marriage of Figaro"
The Los Angeles Philharmonic with conductor Charles Dutoit
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
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Jennifer Higdon
"Dash"
Flutist Elizabeth Mann, clarinetist, Bil Jackson, and pianist John Novacek
Colorado College Summer Music Festival, Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Gabriel Jackson
"To Music"
The BBC Singers with conductor Stephen Cleobury
BBC Maida Vale Studios, London, England
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Judith Bingham
"The Spirit of Truth"
The BBC Singers with conductor Stephen Cleobury
BBC Maida Vale Studios, London, England
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Johannes Brahms
"Tragic Overture," Op. 81
The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra with conductor Lorin Maazel
Philharmonie in Gasteig, Munich, Germany
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Gioachino Rossini
Overture to "The Thieving Magpie"
The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra with conductor Mariss Jansons
Prinzregenten Theater, Munich, Germany