March 16, 2009
Front and Center
French horn players usually sit in the back of the orchestra. The bells of their instruments pointing backwards, their sound goes the wrong direction, towards the back of the stage. There's not much glory in that. But in today's show, the horn section of the German Symphony Orchestra moves to the front of the orchestra to perform Robert Schumann's Concert Piece for Four Horns in Berlin.
Today's Playlist
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Ottorino Respighi
One movement from "Roman Festivals"
The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields with conductor Sir Neville Marriner
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata No. 18 in E-flat, Op. 31, No. 3
Pianist Ingrid Fliter
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Ottorino Respighi
"Ancient Airs and Dances," Suite No. 3
The Juilliard Chamber Orchestra
The Peter Jay Sharp Theater, New York City
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Joe Rixner
"Blauer Himmel"
Prima Carezza
International Salon Music Festival, Interlaken, Switzerland
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Arthur Benjamin
"Jamaican Rhumba"
I Salonisti
International Salon Music Festival, Interlaken, Switzerland
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Philip Glass
"The Secret Agent"
La Pieta with conductor and violinist Angele Dubeau
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Benjamin Britten
Alla Marcia
The Sebastian String Quartet
Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall, Zagreb, Croatia
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Traditional (Arranged by Michael Neaum)
"The Water of Tyne"
The San Francisco Girls Chorus with conductor Susan McMane
Calvary Presbyterian Church, San Francisco
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Robert Schumann
Concert Piece for Four Horns in F
The German Symphony Orchestra with conductor Kent Nagano
Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany
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Robert Schumann
Fantasy in C, Op. 131
Violinist Christian Tetzlaff with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra and conductor Paavo Jarvi
Grand Hall, Frankfurt, Germany
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Joe Hisaishi
Theme from "Princess Mononoke"
La Pieta with conductor and violinist Angele Dubeau
Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, Georgia
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Traditional (Arranged by Angele Dubeau)
"Reel de Rimouski"
La Pieta with conductor and violinist Angele Dubeau
Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, Georgia