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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



hour 1

  • Antonio Vivaldi
    Symphony in G, No. 36, RV 150
    The Israel Chamber Orchestra with conductor Shlomo Mintz
    Richard strauss'"Le bourgeois gentilhomme" suite
  • 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
  • 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
  • Francis Poulenc
    Sinfonietta
    The Israel Chamber Orchestra with conductor Gil Shohat
    Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, West Palm Beach, Florida
  • Erik Satie
    "Gymnopedie" No. 1
    Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet
    Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, West Palm Beach, Florida

hour 2

  • 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
  • Franz Krommer
    Duettino No. 6 for Two Clarinets
    Clarinetists Emil Drapela and Lukas Danhel
    Otakar Jeremias Concert Hall, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
  • George Gershwin
    "I Got Rhythm"
    Clarinetist Jon Manasse and pianist Cary Lewis
    Strings in the Mountains Festival, Steamboat Springs, Colorado
  • Richard Strauss
    "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme" Suite, Op. 60
    The North German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Eiji Oue
    Grand Studio, Hanover, Germany
  • Christoph Willibald Gluck
    "Dance of the Blessed Spirits" from "Orfeo and Eurydice"
    Violinist Renaud Capucon
    Teatro Nuovo Giovanni, Udine, Italy
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