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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



hour 1

  • Nigel Westlake
    "Wooden Ships" from "Antarctica: Suite for Guitar and Orchestra"
    Guitarist John Williams with the London Symphony Orchestra and conductor Paul Daniel
  • William Walton
    Fourth movement from Sonata for Strings
    The Australian Chamber Orchestra with violinist and director Richard Tognetti
    Jordan Hall, Boston
  • Arcangelo Corelli
    Concerto Grosso in F, Op. 6, No. 2
    The Australian Chamber Orchestra with violinist and director Richard Tognetti
    Jordan Hall, Boston
  • Claude Debussy
    "The Girl with the Flaxen Hair"
    The Australian Chamber Orchestra with violinist and director Richard Tognetti
    Jordan Hall, Boston
  • Nigel Westlake
    "Rare Sugar"
    The Australia Ensemble
    Sir John Clancy Auditorium, Kensington, Australia
  • Sarah Hopkins
    "Past Life Melodies"
    Chanticleer
    Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Music Studio, St. Paul
  • Percy Grainger
    "Colonial Song"
    Pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin
    Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia

hour 2

  • Samuel Barber
    Nocturne, Op. 33
    Pianist Israela Margalit
  • Maurice Ravel
    "Alborada del gracioso"
    The Texas Festival Orchestra with conductor Emmanuel Leducq-Barome
    The International Festival-Institute at Round Top, Round Top, Texas
  • Ludwig van Beethoven
    Sonata in C-sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2 ("Moonlight")
    Pianist John Lill
    The Neurosciences Institute, La Jolla, California
  • Frederic Chopin
    Nocturne in C-sharp Minor, Op. 27
    Pianist Lars Vogt
    Grand Studio, Hanover, Germany
  • 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
  • Antonin Dvorak
    "Carnival," Op. 92
    The Prague Symphony Orchestra with conductor Tomas Netopil
    Smetana Hall, Prague, Czech Republic
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