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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



hour 1

  • Antonio Vivaldi
    Second movement from Concerto in A, R. 82
    Sharon Isbin, guitar, the Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Howard Griffiths, conductor
  • John Philip Sousa
    The George Washington Bicentennial March
    The United States Marine Band, Colonel Timothy W. Foley, conductor
    University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
  • Leonard Bernstein
    Second movement from Piano Trio
    The Amelia Piano Trio
    Flagler Museum, Palm Beach, Florida
  • The Piano Puzzler
    This week's contestant is Alejandro Rubio from San Diego, California
  • Aaron Copland
    Appalachian Spring
    The Swiss Italian Orchestra, Howard Griffiths, conductor
    Stelio Molo Auditorium, Lugano, Switzerland

hour 2

  • William Grant Still
    Third movement from Symphony No. 1 (Afro-American)
    The Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi, conductor
  • 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
  • John Stafford Smith
    The Star-Spangled Banner
    The Dallas Wind Symphony, Jerry Junkin, conductor
    Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas
  • Maurice Ravel
    Suite No. 2 from Daphnis and Chloe
    The Academy Festival Orchestra, Larry Rachleff, conductor
    Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara, California
  • John Philip Sousa
    The Washington Post March
    The Dallas Wind Symphony, Jerry Junkin, conductor
    Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas
  • Traditional
    All the Pretty Horses
    Jessye Norman, soprano, and friends
    Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany
  • George Frideric Handel
    Royal Fireworks Music
    The Los Angeles Philharmonic, Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
    Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
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