August 11, 2008
Making it up on the fly
We're going to spend part of each day this week exploring improvisation in classical music. It used to be a vital part of every musician's skill set. What changed and why? We'll have conversations with a pair of experts on baroque improvisation - guitarist Rolf Lislevand and recorder virtuoso Matthias Maute - and listen to them play music of Vivaldi and Johann Kapsberger.
Today's Playlist
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
"The Running Set"
The Bournemouth Sinfonietta with conductor George Hurst
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Joseph Haydn
Sonata in B-flat, HOB XVI: 41
Pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin
Portland Center for the Performing Arts, Portland, Oregon
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 8 in D Minor
The Halle Orchestra with conductor Mark Elder
The BBC Proms, London, England
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George Enescu
Transcription of Piano Suite No. 1 for violin
Violinist Alexandru Tomescu and pianist Horia Mihail
Mihail Jora Hall, Bucharest, Romania
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Henry Purcell
"Prelude/Rondeau" from "The Fairy Queen"
Red Priest
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Three-Part Invention No. 1 in C
Pianist Till Fellner
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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Yuri Kuznetsov
"Perpetuum Mobile" ("Fantasy on Themes by Bach")
Pianist Yuri Kuznetsov
Grand Concert Hall, Minsk, Belarus
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Rolf Lislevand
"Improvisation on Spanish Haqueras"
Guitarist Rolf Lislevand
National Public Radio Studios, Washington, D.C.
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Johann Kapsberger
"Improvisation on a Theme"
Guitarist Rolf Lislevand
National Public Radio Studios, Washington, D.C.
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Antonio Vivaldi
First movement from Flute Concerto in B-Flat, RV 375
Matthias Maute, recorder, with Ensemble Caprice Analekta
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Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-flat, Op. 10
Pianist Daria Rabotkina with the Music Academy of the West Festival Orchestra and conductor Giancarlo Guerrero
Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbara