Weekend of July 3, 2010
Fiddle-Free Fireworks
The Master General of the Ordnance told the Comptroller of His Majesty's Fireworks in 1749, that "the King objected to there being any musick, but when I told him the quantity and number of (trumpets and drums) martial musick there was to be, he was better satisfied, and said he hoped there would be no fiddles." George Frideric Handel got wind of that, and left the fiddles out of his Royal Fireworks Music. The Los Angeles Philharmonic and conductor Herbert Blomstedt give a performance, in honor of the 4th of July holiday.
Today's Playlist
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Antonio Vivaldi
Second movement from Concerto in A, R. 82
Sharon Isbin, guitar, the Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Howard Griffiths, conductor
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John Philip Sousa
The George Washington Bicentennial March
The United States Marine Band, Colonel Timothy W. Foley, conductor
University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
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Leonard Bernstein
Second movement from Piano Trio
The Amelia Piano Trio
Flagler Museum, Palm Beach, Florida
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The Piano Puzzler
This week's contestant is Alejandro Rubio from San Diego, California
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Aaron Copland
Appalachian Spring
The Swiss Italian Orchestra, Howard Griffiths, conductor
Stelio Molo Auditorium, Lugano, Switzerland
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William Grant Still
Third movement from Symphony No. 1 (Afro-American)
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi, conductor
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William Grant Still
First movement from Folk Suite No. 4 for Flute, Clarinet, Cello, and Piano
Leonard Garrison, flute, Robert Umiker, clarinet, Samuel Magill, cello, Arthur Tollefson, piano
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John Stafford Smith
The Star-Spangled Banner
The Dallas Wind Symphony, Jerry Junkin, conductor
Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas
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Maurice Ravel
Suite No. 2 from Daphnis and Chloe
The Academy Festival Orchestra, Larry Rachleff, conductor
Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara, California
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John Philip Sousa
The Washington Post March
The Dallas Wind Symphony, Jerry Junkin, conductor
Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas
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Traditional
All the Pretty Horses
Jessye Norman, soprano, and friends
Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany
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George Frideric Handel
Royal Fireworks Music
The Los Angeles Philharmonic, Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles