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August 18, 2008

Cowboy Ballet

If you thought cowboys couldn't dance, you'd be wrong. Argentinian composer Alberto Ginastera wrote a ballet called "Estancia" about the cowboys of South America, including a foot-stomping final dance. We'll hear a suite from that ballet. Conductor David Zinman led the Aspen Chamber Symphony in a performance of the Estancia Suite last month at the Aspen Music Festival.

Today's Playlist



hour 1

  • Gioachino Rossini
    Overture to "Il Signor Bruschino" ("The Gambling Son")
    The Montreal Symphony with conductor Charles Dutoit
  • Alberto Ginastera
    Estancia Suite, Op. 8a
    The Aspen Chamber Symphony with conductor David Zinman
    Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
  • Joseph Haydn
    String Quartet in Eb, Op. 20, No. 1, Hob. III:31
    The Dædalus Quartet
    Rockport Chamber Music Festival, Rockport, Massachusetts
  • Gioachino Rossini
    Overture to "William Tell"
    The Stuttgart Radio Symphony with conductor Sir Roger Norrington
    The BBC Proms, London, England

hour 2

  • Jacques Offenbach
    Overture to "Rheinnixen" ("The Rhine Fairies")
    The Philharmonia Orchestra with conductor Antonio de Almeida
  • Reynaldo Hahn
    Overture to "Mozart"
    The Hot Springs Festival Symphony Orchestra with conductor Rodolfo Saglimbeni
    Hot Springs Music Festival, Hot Springs, Arkansas
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Quartet for Flute, Violin, Viola and Cello in A, K 298
    Flutist Marya Martin, violinist Martin Beaver, violist Kirsten Johnson and cellist Clive Greensmith
    Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, Bridgehampton, New York
  • Michael Torke
    "After the Forest Fire" for Flute, Cello, and Marimba
    Flutist Marya Martin, cellist Eric Bartlett and marimbist Makoto Nakura
    Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, Bridgehampton, New York
  • Richard Wagner
    "Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey," from "Gotterdammerung"
    The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra with conductor Riccardo Chailly
    Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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