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May 10, 2010

Cello Concertos, New and Old

A pair of great cello concertos in concert today. Conductor Christopher Hogwood and cellist Gautier Capucon team up with the North German Radio Philharmonic for Haydn's Cello Concerto No. 1, in concert in Germany. And in hour 1, a rarely played gem: the 1955 Cello Concerto by William Walton. Daniel Muller-Schott solos, Mark Wigglesworth conducts the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Today's Playlist

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hour 1

  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    Prelude from Cello Suite No. 1 and Gigue from Cello Suite No. 2
    Daniel Muller-Schott, cello
  • Jean Francaix
    Two movements from Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano
    The Hot Springs Festival Chamber Players
    Hot Springs Music Festival, Hot Springs, Arkansas
  • William Walton
    Cello Concerto
    Daniel Muller-Schott, cello, the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Mark Wigglesworth, conductor
    Concert Hall, Gothenburg, Sweden
  • Frederic Chopin
    My Joys, Op. 74, No. 12
    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
    Wellspring Theater, Kalamazoo, Michigan

hour 2

  • Joseph Haydn
    First movement from Symphony No. 16 in B-flat
    The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood, conductor
  • Henry Purcell
    Fantasia No. 8 in D Minor
    Fretwork
    Stiftsbibliotheck, St. Gallen, Switzerland
  • Henry Purcell
    Air from Bonduca, Z. 574
    Arte Dei Suonatori
    Frederiksberg Church, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Joseph Haydn
    Cello Concerto in C, Hob. VIIb:1
    Gautier Capucon, cello, the North German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Christopher Hogwood, conductor
    Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
  • Sergei Prokofiev
    March from Music for Children, Op. 65
    Gautier Capucon, cello
    Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
  • Claude Debussy
    For the Piano
    Rafal Blechacz, piano
    Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia
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