April 30, 2009
First Impressions
Anyone who's just starting a new job wants to make a big splash, hit the ground running, impress the boss and the new colleagues. Joseph Haydn was no different. He was 29 and just starting his job working for Prince Esterhazy. Haydn was pretty savvy. To start things off right with the Prince's musicians, Haydn wrote a symphony where everybody got big solos. On today's show, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra makes a big splash with that symphony, Haydn's sixth.
Today's Playlist
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Allegro from Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G, BWV 1048
The European Brandenburg Ensemble with conductor and harpsichordist Trevor Pinnock
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George Frideric Handel
Allegro from Concerto Grosso in B-flat, Op. 3, No. 1
The Academy of Ancient Music
Virginia Arts Festival, Portsmouth, Virginia
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Traditional
"I'm On My Journey Home"
Anonymous 4
Virginia Arts Festival, Portsmouth, Virginia
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Georges Bizet
Intermezzo from "Carmen"
Flutist Debra Wendells Cross, clarinetist Robert Alemany, and guitarist JoAnn Falletta
Virginia Arts Festival, Gloucester, Virginia
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550
The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Trevor Pinnock
Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany
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Sergei Rachmaninoff
Romance in A and Valse in A
Pianists Susan Grace, John Novacek, and Anne Epperson
Colorado College Summer Music Festival, Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Igor Stravinsky
Duet for Two Bassoons
Bassoonists Frank Morelli and Dennis Godburn
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Igor Stravinsky
"Scherzo a la Russe"
The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
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Sulkhan Zinzadze
Georgian Folk Suite
The Rastrelli Cello Quartet
Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, Georgia
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Witold Lutoslawski
"Epitaph"
Oboist Kalev Kuljus and pianist Marko Martin
Meder Hall, Tallinn, Estonia
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Giacomo Puccini
"Che Gelida Manina," from "La Boheme"
Tenor Luciano Pavarotti with the Emilia Romagna Arturo Toscanini Symphony Orchestra and conductor Emerson Buckley
Piazza Grande, Modena, Italy
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Josef Haydn
Symphony No. 6 in D ("The Morning")
The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Carnegie Hall, New York City