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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



hour 1

  • Ottorino Respighi
    One movement from "Roman Festivals"
    The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields with conductor Sir Neville Marriner
  • Ludwig van Beethoven
    Sonata No. 18 in E-flat, Op. 31, No. 3
    Pianist Ingrid Fliter
    The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • Ottorino Respighi
    "Ancient Airs and Dances," Suite No. 3
    The Juilliard Chamber Orchestra
    The Peter Jay Sharp Theater, New York City
  • Joe Rixner
    "Blauer Himmel"
    Prima Carezza
    International Salon Music Festival, Interlaken, Switzerland
  • Arthur Benjamin
    "Jamaican Rhumba"
    I Salonisti
    International Salon Music Festival, Interlaken, Switzerland

hour 2

  • Philip Glass
    "The Secret Agent"
    La Pieta with conductor and violinist Angele Dubeau
  • Benjamin Britten
    Alla Marcia
    The Sebastian String Quartet
    Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall, Zagreb, Croatia
  • Traditional (Arranged by Michael Neaum)
    "The Water of Tyne"
    The San Francisco Girls Chorus with conductor Susan McMane
    Calvary Presbyterian Church, San Francisco
  • Robert Schumann
    Concert Piece for Four Horns in F
    The German Symphony Orchestra with conductor Kent Nagano
    Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany
  • Robert Schumann
    Fantasy in C, Op. 131
    Violinist Christian Tetzlaff with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra and conductor Paavo Jarvi
    Grand Hall, Frankfurt, Germany
  • Joe Hisaishi
    Theme from "Princess Mononoke"
    La Pieta with conductor and violinist Angele Dubeau
    Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, Georgia
  • Traditional (Arranged by Angele Dubeau)
    "Reel de Rimouski"
    La Pieta with conductor and violinist Angele Dubeau
    Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, Georgia
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