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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



hour 1

  • Arnold Bax
    "Idyll: The Maiden with the Daffodil"
    Pianist Eric Parkin
  • Arnold Bax
    "The Garden of Fand"
    The BBC Concert Orchestra with conductor Paul Daniel
    The BBC Proms, London, England
  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    Prelude from Cello Suite No. 1 in G, BWV 1007
    Cellist Pieter Wispelwey
    Jordan Hall, Boston
  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, BWV 1050
    Musicians of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
    Alice Tully Hall, New York City
  • Robert Schumann
    "Des Abends" from "Fantasiestucke," Op. 12
    Pianist Daniel Barenboim
    Laieszhalle, Hamburg, Germany

hour 2

  • 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
  • Giovanni Maria Trabaci
    Three Galliards from "Primo libro de ricarcate canzone franzese, capricci"
    Accademia Bizantina with conductor Ottavio Dantone
    Schwetzingen Festival, Schwetzingen, Germany
  • Henry Purcell
    "Two in One Upon a Ground"
    Red Priest
    Schwetzingen Festival, Schwetzingen, Germany
  • Riccardo Broschi
    Sinfonia from the opera, "Merope"
    Le Musiche Nove with conductor Claudio Osele
    Schwetzingen Festival, Schwetzingen, Germany
  • 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
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