July 28, 2008
The return of nigel kennedy
It had been 21 years since violinist Nigel Kennedy had played at London's BBC Proms. But the onetime classical bad boy (and pop culture phenomenon) was the featured soloist at an opening-weekend concert nine days ago. We'll go there to hear him perform music from Sir Edward Elgar's Violin Concerto.
Today's Playlist
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Arnold Bax
"Idyll: The Maiden with the Daffodil"
Pianist Eric Parkin
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Arnold Bax
"The Garden of Fand"
The BBC Concert Orchestra with conductor Paul Daniel
The BBC Proms, London, England
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude from Cello Suite No. 1 in G, BWV 1007
Cellist Pieter Wispelwey
Jordan Hall, Boston
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, BWV 1050
Musicians of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Alice Tully Hall, New York City
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Robert Schumann
"Des Abends" from "Fantasiestucke," Op. 12
Pianist Daniel Barenboim
Laieszhalle, Hamburg, Germany
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Edward Elgar
No. 6 from Six Easy Pieces for Violin in the First Position, Op. 22, and "Canto Popolare (In Moonlight)" from "In the South"
Violinist Nigel Kennedy and pianist Peter Pettinger
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Giovanni Maria Trabaci
Three Galliards from "Primo libro de ricarcate canzone franzese, capricci"
Accademia Bizantina with conductor Ottavio Dantone
Schwetzingen Festival, Schwetzingen, Germany
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Henry Purcell
"Two in One Upon a Ground"
Red Priest
Schwetzingen Festival, Schwetzingen, Germany
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Riccardo Broschi
Sinfonia from the opera, "Merope"
Le Musiche Nove with conductor Claudio Osele
Schwetzingen Festival, Schwetzingen, Germany
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Edward Elgar
Second and third movements from Violin Concerto, Op. 61
Violinist Nigel Kennedy with the BBC Concert Orchestra and conductor Paul Daniel
The BBC Proms, London, England