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March 28, 2008

Firebird from the Tetons

There are few more stirring and majestic works than Igor Stravinsky's "Firebird" Suite. And there are few more stirring and majestic settings than the Grand Teton Mountains of Wyoming. We'll go there to hear Andrey Boreyko lead the Grand Teton Festival Orchestra in Stravinsky's "Firebird."

Today's Playlist



hour 1

  • Ludwig van Beethoven
    Overture to "The Ruins of Athens"
    The Hanover Band with conductor Roy Goodman
  • Paul Juon
    Second and third movements from Piano Quartet in D Minor ("Rhapsody"), Op. 37
    Ames Piano Quartet
    Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall, Ames, Iowa
  • Alexander Tansman
    Polka from "Suite Divertissement"
    The Ames Piano Quartet
    Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, Minnesota
  • Richard Strauss
    "Don Juan," Op. 20
    The BBC National Orchestra of Wales with conductor Thierry Fischer
    Anderson Center for the Performing Arts, Binghamton, New York
  • Ludwig van Beethoven
    Third movement from Violin Sonata No. 1 in D, Op. 12
    Violinist Augustin Hadelich and pianist Rohan de Silva
    International Violin Competition of Indianapolis

hour 2

  • Igor Stravinsky
    Suite No. 1
    The London Symphonietta with conductor Riccardo Chailly
  • Anonymous
    “Frissen”
    Pianist David Owen Norris and Sonnerie
    Gilmore Festival, Kalamazoo, Michigan
  • Giovanni Gabrieli
    Canzona prima toni
    Organist Fred Swann and the Canadian Brass
    First Presbyterian Church, Santa Barbara, California
  • John Lennon and Paul McCartney
    "Penny Lane"
    Canadian Brass
    First Presbyterian Church, Santa Barbara, California
  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004
    Violinist Christian Tetzlaff
    Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia
  • Igor Stravinsky
    Suite from "The Firebird"
    The Grand Teton Festival Orchestra with conductor Andrey Boreyko
    Walk Festival Hall, Teton Village, Wyoming
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