July 30, 2008
A lark in manhattan
The Frick Collection is a small museum in New York City that hosts some wonderful concerts. The Czech Republic's Talich Quartet was there to perform Haydn's "Lark" String Quartet, a work that gained its nickname for a violin part reminiscent of the song of a lark.
Today's Playlist
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Leos Janacek
Romance for Violin and Piano
Violinist Petr Messieurer and pianist Radoslav Kvapil
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Matthew Locke
Suite No. 1 in G Minor ("For Several Friends")
Hille Perl, viola de gamba; Lee Santana, lute; and Maurice Steger, recorder
Dresden Music Festival, Dresden, Germany
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"The Piano Puzzler"
This week's contestant is Keith Aleo from Boston
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Leos Janacek
Suite from the opera, "The Cunning Little Vixen"
The Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra with conductor Vladimir Valek
Dvorak Hall, Prague, Czech Republic
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Peter Tchaikovsky
"Old French Melody" and "Song of the Lark" from "Children's Album," Op. 39
Pianist Michael Ponti
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Traditional Irish
"The Lark in the Clear Air"
Violinist Geraldine O'Grady and pianist Margaret O'Sullivan
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Grigoras Dinicu
"The Lark"
Flutist Michael Martin Kofler and the Sebastian String Quartet
Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall, Zagreb, Croatia
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in D, Op. 64, No. 5 ("The Lark")
The Talich Quartet
The Frick Collection, New York City
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Bela Bartok
Second movement from Concerto for Orchestra
The Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela with conductor Gustavo Dudamel
Symphony Hall, Boston
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Bassoon Concerto in B-Flat, K. 191
Bassoonist Kenneth Munday with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and conductor Joseph Swensen
Royce Hall, Westwood, California