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
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Gioachino Rossini
Overture to "Il Signor Bruschino" ("The Gambling Son")
The Montreal Symphony with conductor Charles Dutoit
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Alberto Ginastera
Estancia Suite, Op. 8a
The Aspen Chamber Symphony with conductor David Zinman
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in Eb, Op. 20, No. 1, Hob. III:31
The Dædalus Quartet
Rockport Chamber Music Festival, Rockport, Massachusetts
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Gioachino Rossini
Overture to "William Tell"
The Stuttgart Radio Symphony with conductor Sir Roger Norrington
The BBC Proms, London, England
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Jacques Offenbach
Overture to "Rheinnixen" ("The Rhine Fairies")
The Philharmonia Orchestra with conductor Antonio de Almeida
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Reynaldo Hahn
Overture to "Mozart"
The Hot Springs Festival Symphony Orchestra with conductor Rodolfo Saglimbeni
Hot Springs Music Festival, Hot Springs, Arkansas
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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
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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
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Richard Wagner
"Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey," from "Gotterdammerung"
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra with conductor Riccardo Chailly
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, The Netherlands