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July 2, 2008

Mozart's coronation mass

It's still not clear who was being crowned when Mozart wrote the "Coronation" Mass. But it's a masterpiece for choir, orchestra and vocal soloists. And we have an outstanding performance of it from the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, where Ton Koopman conducted the Netherlands Chamber Choir and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.

Today's Playlist



hour 1

  • Giuseppe Verdi
    Fourth movement from String Quartet
    The Leipziger String Quartet
  • Giacomo Puccini
    "Crisantemi"
    Violinists Daishin Kashimoto and Alexander Sitkovetsky, violist Razvan Popovici and cellist Bernhard Naoki Hedenborg
    Cotroceni Palace, Bucharest, Romania
  • "The Piano Puzzler"
    This week's contestant is Matt McFarlane from Hopkins, Minnesota
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Mass No. 15 in C, K. 317 ("Coronation Mass")
    The Netherlands Chamber Choir and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra with conductor Ton Koopman, soprano Malin Hartelius, alto Wilke te Brummelstroete, tenor Christoph Strehl and bass Ruben Drole
    The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

hour 2

  • Dario Castello
    Sonata Ottava in D Minor
    Trio Settecento
  • Dmitri Shostakovich
    Prelude and Fugue No. 15 in D-flat, Op. 87
    Pianist Bernd Glemser
    Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia
  • Sergei Prokofiev
    Suite from "The Love for Three Oranges"
    The Orchestra of the Suisse Romande with conductor Bertrand de Billy
    Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland
  • Franz Schubert
    Sonatina in D, No. 1, D. 384
    Violinist Rachel Barton Pine and pianist Wonny Song
    Montreal Chamber Music Festival, Montreal
  • Felix Mendelssohn
    "The Hebrides" Overture
    The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra with conductor Louis Langree
    Temppeliauko Church, Helsinki, Finland
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