Weekend of April 24, 2010

Pretty is good, gritty is better

In 1924, American composer George Antheil was experimenting with jazz styles. He liked Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue," but thought it was too pretty. So he began writing his own answer to Gershwin and the new world of jazz. The grittier, not-as-pretty result, Antheil's "Jazz Symphony," is in today's show. We'll hear a performance by the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.

Today's Playlist

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hour 1

Blind Tom Wiggins
The Rainstorm
John Davis, piano
Carl Orff
Veni Creator Spiritus
The Munich Academy of Music Madrigal Choir
Ludwig van Beethoven
Melodram
Thomas Bloch, glass harmonica
Coves del Salnitre, Montserrat, Spain
Claude Debussy
Syrinx
Alison Balsom, trumpet
Weimarhalle, Weimar, Germany
The Piano Puzzler
This week's contestant is Doug Griggs from Georgetown, Kentucky
George Antheil
A Jazz Symphony
The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Heinz Karl Gruber, conductor
Gewandhaus, Leipzig, Germany
Maurice Ravel
Piano Concerto No. 1 in G
Martha Argerich, piano, the Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tugan Sokhiev, conductor
Konzerthaus, Freiburg, Germany

hour 2

Jean Sibelius
Third movement from Symphony No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 39
The Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vanska, conductor
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
Excerpts from Sonata No. 3 in F for Violin and Continuo
Daniel Phillips, violin, Keith Robinson, cello, Robert Wolinsky, harpsichord
Music from Angel Fire, Taos, New Mexico
Perfchat with Barthold Kuijken
Francois Couperin
13th Concerto from Les Gouts Reunis
Barthold Kuijken and Immanuel Davis, flutes
Studio P, St. Paul
Georg Philipp Telemann
Fantasy in D Minor for Solo Flute
Barthold Kuijken, flute
Studio P, St. Paul
Jean Sibelius
Finlandia
The Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles

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