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September 22, 2009

Brooklyn Rider: Musical Omnivores

"Brooklyn Rider" is musically omnivorous. Every member of this string quartet is classically-trained, but having toured with Yo-Yo Ma and his Silk Road Ensemble for ten years now, they're open to musical flavors from around the world. They'll join Fred in the studio for day two of music and conversation. Brooklyn Rider will play the final movement from Dvorak's "American" Quartet, a set of hauntingly beautiful Armenian folk songs, and a wildly eclectic piece by a member of the group, Colin Jacobsen.

Today's Playlist

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hour 1

  • Lev Zhurbin
    "Garmoshka"
    Cellist Jan Vogler with the Knights and conductor Eric Jacobsen
  • Johannes Brahms
    Hungarian Dances Nos. 5 and 6
    The Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra with conductor Paavo Jarvi
    Bela Bartok National Concert Hall, Budapest, Hungary
  • Astor Piazzolla
    "Autumn," from "The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires"
    Violinist Lindsay Deutsch with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and conductor Jeffrey Kahane
    Royce Hall, Los Angeles
  • Perfchat with Brooklyn Rider
  • Antonin Dvorak
    Vivace from Quartet in F, Op. 96 ("American")
    Brooklyn Rider
    Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
  • Vartabed Komitas
    "Harvest Song," from Armenian Folk Songs
    Brooklyn Rider
    Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
  • Colin Jacobsen
    "Sheriff's Lied, Sheriff's Freude"
    Brooklyn Rider
    Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul

hour 2

  • Sergei Prokofiev
    Pushkin Waltz No. 2, Op. 120
    The Seattle Symphony Orchestra with conductor Gerard Schwarz
  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    Excerpts from Cello Suite No. 4 in E-flat, BWV 1010 (transcription for viola)
    Violist Maxim Rysanov
    The BBC Proms, London, England
  • Meredith Monk
    "Things," from "Three Heavens and Hells"
    The Young People's Chorus of New York City with conductor Francisco Núñez
    Greene Space, WNYC Radio, New York City
  • Sergei Prokofiev
    Suite from "The Love of Three Oranges," Op. 33
    The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Charles Dutoit
    The BBC Proms, London, England
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