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September 18, 2012

Mozart's Weekend Masterpiece

Efficiency experts would have loved Mozart. Some composers spend years, even decades, writing a single symphony. But in 1783, Mozart proved that it's possible to get the job done in just four days. We'll hear Mozart's weekend masterpiece, his Linz Symphony, from a concert at the Music Academy of the West in California. The always efficient Nicholas McGegan conducts.

Today's Playlist

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hour 1

  • Darius Milhaud
    Two movements from La Cheminee du Roi Rene, Op. 205
    The Bergen Woodwind Quintet
  • Robert Jones
    I Come, Sweet Birds
    Piffaro
    Town Hall, Seattle
  • Yossele Rosenblatt
    T'Filas Tal (Prayer for Dew)
    Itzhak Perlman, violin, Yitzchak Meir Helfgot, cantor
  • Gabriel Faure
    Une Chatelaine en sa Tour (A Lady in her Tower), Op. 110
    Bridget Kibbey, harp
    Brooks Center for the Performing Arts, Clemson, South Carolina
  • Gabriel Faure
    Tendresse, from Dolly Suite Op. 56
    Randall Hodgkinson and Leslie Amper, piano
    Rockport Chamber Music Festival, Rockport, Massachusetts
  • Gabriel Faure
    Elegy for Cello and Orchestra
    Yo-Yo Ma, cello, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
    Royce Hall, Los Angeles
  • Darius Milhaud
    La Creation du Monde (The Creation of the World), Op. 81
    The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Donato Cabrera, conductor
    Ordway Center, St. Paul

hour 2

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Overture to La Clemenza di Tito
    The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Nicholas McGegan, conductor
  • Percy Grainger
    English Morris Dance (Shepherd's Hey)
    The United States Marine Band, Maj. Jason K. Fettig, conductor
    Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall, Alexandria, Virginia
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams
    The Turtle Dove
    The Choir of Clare College, Tim Brown, director
    Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Paul
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Symphony No. 36 in C, K. 425 (Linz)
    The Academy Festival Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan, conductor
    Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara, California
  • Jacques Ibert
    Homage to Mozart
    The Academy Festival Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan, conductor
    Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara, California
  • Astor Piazzolla
    Oblivion
    The River Oaks Chamber Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta, conductor
    Church of St. John the Divine, Houston
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