April 15, 2008
Richard strauss'"Le bourgeois gentilhomme" suite
When Moliere's comedy, "The Bourgeois Gentleman," premiered in 1670, Jean-Baptiste Lully not only wrote the music... he acted in it, too. Almost two-and-a-half centuries later, Lully pulled another cameo when some of his themes for that production showed up in a suite by Richard Strauss inspired by the same play. We'll head to Hanover, Germany, to hear Eiji Oue conduct the North German Radio Philharmonic.
Today's Playlist
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Antonio Vivaldi
Symphony in G, No. 36, RV 150
The Israel Chamber Orchestra with conductor Shlomo Mintz
Richard strauss'"Le bourgeois gentilhomme" suite
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Gabriel Faure
"Fileuse," Op. 80, No. 2, and "Sicilienne," Op. 78, from "Pelleas and Melisande"
Violinist Gil Shaham and pianist Orli Shaham
Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia
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Maurice Ravel
"Nahandove" from "Songs of Madagascar"
Baritone Thomas Meglioranza, flutist Valérie Tessa Chermiset, cellist Earl Lee and pianist Gilbert Kalish
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
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Francis Poulenc
Sinfonietta
The Israel Chamber Orchestra with conductor Gil Shohat
Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, West Palm Beach, Florida
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Erik Satie
"Gymnopedie" No. 1
Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, West Palm Beach, Florida
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Gavotte from English Suite No. 3, BWV 808, and Invention No. 13 in A Minor
Violinist Renaud Capucon and cellist Gautier Capucon
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Franz Krommer
Duettino No. 6 for Two Clarinets
Clarinetists Emil Drapela and Lukas Danhel
Otakar Jeremias Concert Hall, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
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George Gershwin
"I Got Rhythm"
Clarinetist Jon Manasse and pianist Cary Lewis
Strings in the Mountains Festival, Steamboat Springs, Colorado
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Richard Strauss
"Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme" Suite, Op. 60
The North German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Eiji Oue
Grand Studio, Hanover, Germany
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
"Dance of the Blessed Spirits" from "Orfeo and Eurydice"
Violinist Renaud Capucon
Teatro Nuovo Giovanni, Udine, Italy