July 11, 2008
Music coming up from down under
We'll spend an hour with performances from Australian musicians and composers. The Australian Chamber Orchestra plays Walton, Corelli and Debussy on a U.S. tour stop in Boston. Then we'll hear music of Australian composers Nigel Westlake (from the Australia Ensemble), Sarah Hopkins (courtesy of Chanticleer), and Percy Grainger from pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin.
Today's Playlist
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Nigel Westlake
"Wooden Ships" from "Antarctica: Suite for Guitar and Orchestra"
Guitarist John Williams with the London Symphony Orchestra and conductor Paul Daniel
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William Walton
Fourth movement from Sonata for Strings
The Australian Chamber Orchestra with violinist and director Richard Tognetti
Jordan Hall, Boston
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Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto Grosso in F, Op. 6, No. 2
The Australian Chamber Orchestra with violinist and director Richard Tognetti
Jordan Hall, Boston
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Claude Debussy
"The Girl with the Flaxen Hair"
The Australian Chamber Orchestra with violinist and director Richard Tognetti
Jordan Hall, Boston
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Nigel Westlake
"Rare Sugar"
The Australia Ensemble
Sir John Clancy Auditorium, Kensington, Australia
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Sarah Hopkins
"Past Life Melodies"
Chanticleer
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Music Studio, St. Paul
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Percy Grainger
"Colonial Song"
Pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin
Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia
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Samuel Barber
Nocturne, Op. 33
Pianist Israela Margalit
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Maurice Ravel
"Alborada del gracioso"
The Texas Festival Orchestra with conductor Emmanuel Leducq-Barome
The International Festival-Institute at Round Top, Round Top, Texas
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata in C-sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2 ("Moonlight")
Pianist John Lill
The Neurosciences Institute, La Jolla, California
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Frederic Chopin
Nocturne in C-sharp Minor, Op. 27
Pianist Lars Vogt
Grand Studio, Hanover, Germany
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Samuel Barber
Second movement from Piano Concerto, Op. 38
Pianist Stephen Prutsman with the WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne, with conductor Gilbert Varga
The Philharmonie, Cologne, Germany
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Antonin Dvorak
"Carnival," Op. 92
The Prague Symphony Orchestra with conductor Tomas Netopil
Smetana Hall, Prague, Czech Republic