Classical Performance Podcast (WGBH)
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George Li Plays Schumann, Haydn and Debussy
Pianist George Li has been in the public eye for about a decade which is more than half his life. Hear this incredible young pianist play works by Schumann, Haydn, and Debussy on this weeks podcast. *** Robert Schumann, arr. Franz Liszt: Widmung Franz Josef Haydn: Sonata in B minor, Hob. XVI/32 Claude Debussy: Images, Book I George Li, piano. +++ Recorded at WGBHs Fraser Performance Studio on May 10, 2013. 2013 WGBH Educational Foundation. http://www.classicalnewengland.org/podcasts e-mail:...
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Duo Sonidos Plays Tributes
Duo Sonidos guitarist Adam Levin and violinist William Knuth joined together by happenstance at New England Conservatory. Seven years later, the duo performs music of tribute and homage. *** Georg Friedrich Handel: Sonata No. 4 in D Major, Op. 1, No. 13 Ricardo Llorca: Handeliana Jorge Muniz: Funk Eduardo Morales-Caso: Homanajes Duo Sonidos: Adam Levin, guitar; William Knuth, violin +++ Recorded at WGBHs Fraser Performance Studio on April 30, 2013. 2013 WGBH Educational Foundation....
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Sean Chen Plays Chopin and Scriabin
Fresh off of his win at the American Pianists Association competition, Sean Chen visits Fraser to play some Chopin and Scriabin. *** Alexander Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 5 Fryderyk Chopin: Mazurka, Op. 59, No. 1 Sean Chen, piano. +++ Recorded at WGBHs Fraser Performance Studio on April 26, 2013. 2013 WGBH Educational Foundation. http://www.classicalnewengland.org/podcasts e-mail: classical@wgbh.org
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Discovery Ensemble Plays Haydn
Boston is a special place few cities in the country are home to so many superbly talented young musicians that the city has more than one chamber orchestra whose members are all under 35. Here is one of those orchestras: Discovery Ensemble, conducted by Courtney Lewis. *** Franz Josef Haydn: Symphony No. 92, Oxford Discovery Ensemble; Courtney Lewis, cond. +++ Recorded at WGBHs Fraser Performance Studio on February 4, 2013. 2013 WGBH Educational Foundation....
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Xiang Yu and Vivian Hornik Weilerstein Play Dvorak
Xiang Yu and Vivian Hornik Weilerstein play a Dvorak Sonatine in a preview of a Music for Food concert. *** Antonin Dvorak: Sonatine for Violin and Piano Xiang Yu, violin; Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, piano. +++ Recorded at WGBHs Fraser Performance Studio on April 12, 2013. 2013 WGBH Educational Foundation. http://www.classicalnewengland.org/podcasts e-mail: classical@wgbh.org
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The Cypress String Quartet Plays Dvorak
It is Public Radio Music Month here at CNE, and to celebrate we are featuring a different performer or ensemble each day. The featured ensemble for today is the Cypress String Quartet a quartet whose focus lies in bringing the past and the present together in new ways. *** Dvorak: String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96 American Cypress String Quartet: Cecily Ward and Tom Stone, violins; Ethan Filner, viola; and Jennifer Kloetzel, cello. +++ Recorded at WGBHs Fraser Performance Studio on...
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Borromeo String Quartet Plays Bach
The Borromeo String Quartet has been playing incredible concerts all over the world since 1989 and at WGBH since 1991. Here is one of their concerts from back in 2009, featuring an arrangement of a piece originally written for the organ. *** J.S. Bach (arr. Nicholas Kitchen): Passacaglia and Fugue for Organ in C minor, BWV 582 Borromeo String Quartet: Nicholas Kitchen and Kristopher Tong, violins; Mai Motobuchi, viola; and Yeesun Kim, cello. +++ Recorded at WGBHs Fraser Performance Studio on...
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Jonathan Biss Plays Schumann and Janacek
Pianist Jonathan Biss delves into Robert Schumanns emotional landscape, and compares it with that of Leos Janacek. *** Robert Schumann: Fantasiestucke, Op. 12: Des Abends Leos Janacek: On an Overgrown Path: Our Evenings Jonathan Biss, piano. +++ Recorded at WGBHs Fraser Performance Studio on March 22, 2013. 2013 WGBH Educational Foundation. http://www.classicalnewengland.org/podcasts e-mail: classical@wgbh.org
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Inon Barnatan Plays Bach
Pianist Inon Barnatan is originally from Israel, and now lives in New York. He visited Boston for a concert with the Academy of St. Martin In The Fields, and stopped by WGBH to give us a little taste of Bach before he headed west to Worcester. *** J.S. Bach: Keyboard Partita No. 1 in B-flat Major, BWV 825 Inon Barnatan, piano. +++ Recorded at WGBHs Fraser Performance Studio on March 8, 2013. 2013 WGBH Educational Foundation. http://www.classicalnewengland.org/podcasts e-mail:...
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The Boston Trio Plays Dvorak
The Boston Trio is three powerful ladies with a knack for chamber music. Hear their mastery of Dvoraks Trio in F minor on this weeks podcast. *** Antonin Dvorak: Piano Trio No. 3 in F minor, Op. 65 The Boston Trio: Irina Muresanu, violin; Denise Djokic, cello; and Heng-Jin Park, piano. +++ Recorded at WGBHs Fraser Performance Studio on March 8, 2013. 2013 WGBH Educational Foundation. http://www.classicalnewengland.org/podcasts e-mail: classical@wgbh.org
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Low and Lower Play Rossini and Bach
Yes, classical musicians do have more fun. And well prove it, this week, with bass and cello duo Low and Lower. *** Gioacchino Rossino: Duo for Cello and Bass: Allegro J.S. Bach, arr. Whitehouse: Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012 Sarabande Low and Lower: Brooks Whitehouse, cello; Paul Sharpe, bass. +++ Recorded at WGBHs Fraser Performance Studio on March 1, 2013. 2013 WGBH Educational Foundation. http://www.classicalnewengland.org/podcasts e-mail: classical@wgbh.org
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Trio Cleonice Plays Beethoven
Seldom can you hear the absolute joy a trio feels in the music theyre playing but with Trio Cleonice, you can. Hear their interpretation of Beethovens Piano Trio Op. 70, No. 2 on this weeks podcast. *** Beethoven: Piano Trio Op. 70, No. 2 in E-flat Major Trio Cleonice: Ari Isaacman-Beck, violin; Gwen Krosnick, cello; Emely Phelps, piano. +++ Recorded at WGBHs Fraser Performance Studio on February 22, 2013. 2013 WGBH Educational Foundation. http://www.classicalnewengland.org/podcasts e-mail:...
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Mir Quartet Plays Beethoven
The Mir Quartet is a prize-winning string quartet and quartet-in-residence at the Butler School of Music. The quartet was in Boston last week, and they stopped by our Fraser Performance Studio to play some Beethoven. *** Beethoven: String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3 Mir Quartet: Daniel Ching, William Fedkenheuer, violins; John Largess, viola; Joshua Gindele, cello. +++ Recorded at WGBHs Fraser Performance Studio on February 13, 2013. 2013 WGBH Educational Foundation....
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Aisslinn Nosky Plays Bach
Aisslinn Nosky plays Baroque music as if it were rock and roll and she explains why its so much fun, on this weeks podcast. *** J.S. Bach: Partita No. 3 in E Major for violin, BWV 1006 Aisslinn Nosky, violin. +++ Recorded at WGBHs Fraser Performance Studio on January 24, 2013. 2013 WGBH Educational Foundation. http://www.classicalnewengland.org/podcasts e-mail: classical@wgbh.org
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The Borromeo Quartet Plays Dvorak
The Borromeo Quartet epitomizes the contrast of the very old and the very new in classical music combining the cutting edge technology of using laptops to scroll through pages of a score during their performance, with playing on instruments that have been traditionally passed down through generations of musicians. *** Antonin Dvorak: String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 51 Borromeo Quartet: Nicholas Kitchen, Kristopher Tong, violins; Mai Motobuchi, viola; Yeesun Kim, cello. +++ Recorded at...
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The Boston Cello Quartet Plays Rossini, Dejardin, and...
The Boston Cello Quartet: four cellists in the Boston Symphony Orchestra, with a knack for finding the fun in chamber music. This week, they explore Mozart, Rossini, and Rimsky-Korsakov in arrangements for cello quartet. *** Gioachino Rossini, arr. Douglas B. Moore: Overture to The Barber of Seville Blaise Dejardin: The Wolfgang Variations Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, arr. Terry King: Flight of the Bumblebee The Boston Cello Quartet: Blaise Dejardin, Adam Esbensen, Mihail Jojatu, and Alexandre...
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Sarasa and Les Sirnes Play Handel and Corelli
This week, we hear from two Baroque ensembles, performing together: Sarasa, a period instrument ensemble dedicated to bringing music to diverse communities, and Les Sirenes, two sopranos joining together to celebrate the music of the baroque era. *** Handel: Quel bel labbro, from Berenice, HWV 38 Corelli: Sonata in G Major for Two Violins, Op. 4, No. 10 Handel: Per abbattere il rigore, from Aminta e Fillide, HWV 83 Sarasa: Beth Wenstrom and Adriane Post, violins; Timothy Merton, cello;...
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Walden Chamber Players Play Mozart
Happy Birthday to one of the worlds most well-known composers, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart! Were celebrating on the podcast this week with a piece he wrote specifically for oboist Friedrich Ramm, while Mozart was in Munich writing Idomeneo. *** Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet for Oboe and Strings, K. 370 Walden Chamber Players: Laura Ahlbeck, oboe; Joel Pitchon, violin; Christof Huebner, viola; and Ashima Scripp, cello. +++ Recorded at WGBHs Fraser Performance Studio on November 12, 2007. 2013...
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Xiang Yu Plays Bach (With the Lights On)
When Xiang Yu describes his experience recording in Chicago, it feels like youre there with him. Hear his moving interpretation of Bachs Chaconne on this weeks podcast. *** J.S. Bach: Partita No. 2 for Violin in D minor, BWV 1004 - Chaconne Xiang Yu, violin. +++ Recorded at WGBHs Fraser Performance Studio on January 4, 2013. 2012 WGBH Educational Foundation. http://www.classicalnewengland.org/podcasts e-mail: classical@wgbh.org
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Rudolf Buchbinder Plays Strauss for the New Year
Every New Years Day in Vienna, the Vienna Philharmonic celebrates with copious waltz music. Were bringing you some of that waltz music on the air, and also on todays podcast but of course, this waltz comes courtesy of the Fraser Performance Studio at WGBH. *** Alfred Grunfeld: Soiree de Vienne, Concert Paraphrase from Strausss Waltzes from Die Fledermaus and others, Op. 56 Rudolf Bucbinder, piano. +++ Recorded at WGBHs Fraser Performance Studio on November 19, 2008. 2012 WGBH Educational...
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Musicians of the Old Post Road Play Gervais
This weeks podcast brings us back to 18th-century France, to Christmas time as heard through the ears of little-known composer Chalres-Hubert Gervais. *** Charles-Hubert Gervais: Suite de noels Musicians of the Old Post Road: Suzanne Stumpf and Wendy Rolfe, traversos; Julia McKenzie and Lisa Brooke, violins; Shannon Snapp, cello; Douglas Freundlich, theorbo; Daniel Ryan, harpsichord. +++ Recorded at WGBHs Fraser Performance Studio on December 12, 2004. 2012 WGBH Educational Foundation....
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David Krakauer and Kathleen Tagg Play Klezmer
Join us for latkes and dreidel as we celebrate Hanukkah with klezmer tunes from clarinetist David Krakauer and pianist Kathleen Tagg. *** Abraham Ellstein: Hassidic Dance David Krakauer: Synagogue Wail Trad.: Der Heyser Bulgar David Krakauer, clarinet; Kathleen Tagg, piano. +++ Recorded at WGBHs Fraser Performance Studio on September 7, 2012. 2012 WGBH Educational Foundation. http://www.classicalnewengland.org/podcasts e-mail: classical@wgbh.org
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Cassatt String Quartet and Judith Lynn Stillman Play...
Did you ever revise something, only to find you might as well write something completely new? Antonin Dvorak did exactly that, and the product was the Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81. Hear it with the Cassatt String Quartet and pianist Judith Lynn Stillman on this weeks podcast. *** Antonin Dvorak: Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81 Judith Lynn Stillman, piano; Cassatt String Quartet: Muneko Otani and Jennifer Leshnower, violins; Sarah Adams, viola; Nicole Johnson, cello. +++ Recorded at...
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The Weilerstein Family Plays Elgar with Roger Tapping
Every year around Thanksgiving, families come together to celebrate, and the Weilerstein family is no different. Hear this talented family - mother and father, daughter and son with special guest Roger Tapping, on this weeks podcast. *** Elgar: Piano Quintet, Op. 84 (II. Adagio) Donald Weilerstein and Joshua Weilerstein, violins; Roger Tapping, viola; Alisa Weilerstein, cello; Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, piano. +++ Recorded at New England Conservatorys Jordan Hall on November 19, 2012. 2012...
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Augustin Hadelich Plays Ysaye
When Belgian violinist Eugene Ysaye wrote his Six Sonatas for Solo Violin, he took inspiration not from past musicians, or styles from bygone eras, but from the style of his contemporaries. Augustin Hadelich plays the fourth sonata, written with Fritz Kreisler in mind. *** Eugene Ysaye: Violin Sonata No. 4 in E minor Augustin Hadelich, violin. +++ Recorded at WGBHs Fraser Performance Studio on November 16, 2012. 2012 WGBH Educational Foundation. http://www.classicalnewengland.org/podcasts...
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Boston Chamber Music Society Plays Beethoven
When Beethovens fourth piano concerto was about to premiere in a large concert, the composer decided to give a sneak preview to a smaller group, and made this arrangement for a small ensemble rather than a full concert orchestra. *** Ludwig Van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58, Movement III: Rondo: Vivace Boston Chamber Music Society: Ida Levin and Yura Lee, violins; Roger Tapping and Marcus Thompson, violas; Ronald Thomas, cello, Thomas Van Dyck, bass; and David Deveau,...
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Alessio Bax Plays Brahms
Pianist Alessio Bax just released an album of works by Johannes Brahms. He brings his unique take on some of the composers earlier works to our studio in this weeks podcast. *** Johannes Brahms: Ballades, Op. 10: No. 1 in D Major; No. 2 in D minor Alessio Bax, piano. +++ Recorded at WGBHs Fraser Performance Studio on November 2, 2012. 2012 WGBH Educational Foundation. http://www.classicalnewengland.org/podcasts e-mail: classical@wgbh.org
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Kadar Qian Plays Chopin
Kadar Qian is a fifteen-year-old pianist from Westford who has a knack for the music of Frederic Chopin. Hear this prize-winning local pianist on this weeks podcast from CNE. *** Frederic Chopin: Mazurka No. 25 in B Minor, Op. 33, No. 4 Frederic Chopin: Waltz No. 4 in F Major, Op. 34, No. 3, Valse Brillante Kadar Qian, piano. +++ Recorded at WGBHs Fraser Performance Studio on October 26, 2012. 2012 WGBH Educational Foundation. http://www.classicalnewengland.org/podcasts e-mail:...
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Pinkas, Muller-Szeraws, and Bitran Play Dvorak
Pianist Sally Pinkas, cellist Jan Mller-Szeraws, and violinist Saul Bitrn all have extensive careers with their own ensembles, and when they came together for a concert at Dartmouth University in January they stopped by our studio on the way. *** Antonin Dvorak: Piano Trio No. 2 in G minor, Op. 26 Sally Pinkas, piano; Jan Mller-Szeraws, cello; and Saul Bitrn, violin. +++ Recorded at WGBHs Fraser Performance Studio on January 6, 2012. 2012 WGBH Educational Foundation....
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Daniil Trifonov Plays Chopin
Daniil Trifonov started composing music for piano when he was five years old. Sixteen years later, having already won three prestigious international piano competitions, he visited Boston for a performance presented by the Celebrity Series of Boston, and stopped by our studio for a concert with an audience of CNE supporters. Hear his astounding performance, which left our audience utterly speechless, on this weeks podcast. Check out a video of him at 8 years old playing his own compositions...
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Daniil Trifonov Plays Medtner and Stravinsky
Winner of the Tchaikovsky and Rubinstein Competitionsm, Daniil Trifonov visited Boston for a performance presented by the Celebrity Series of Boston, and stopped by our studio for a concert with an audience of CNE supporters. Hear his astounding performance, which left our audience utterly speechless, on this weeks podcast. *** Nicolai Medtner: Fairy Tales (selections) Fairy Tale in A minor, Op. 51, No. 2 Fairy Tale in E-flat Major, Op. 26, No. 2 Fairy Tale in B-flat minor, Op. 20, No. 1...
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Jessica Zhou and NEC First Mondays Play Debussy
Debussy wrote the Danses sacre et profane as a commission for a new kind of harp the chromatic harp. Though we dont see this instrument too much these days (its tricky to play), this piece has become a staple of the chamber ensemble repertoire. Hear BSO Principal Harpist Jessica Zhou with violinists Masuko Ushioda and Amy Galluzzo, violist DJ Cheek, cellist Mickey Katz, and bassist DaeHee Choo in a stunning rendition of the Danses on this weeks podcast. *** Claude Debussy: Danses sacre et...
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Jorge Caballero Plays Agustn Barrios
Jorge Caballeros is a gifted musician and the first guitarist to ever win the Naumburg International Competition Award. On this weeks podcast, he plays music by Paraguayan composer Agustn Barrios. *** Agustn Barrios: Julia Florida Agustn Barrios: Vals de primavera Agustn Barrios: Mazurka apasionata Agustn Barrios: Una Limosna por el Amor de Dios Jorge Caballero, guitar. +++ Recorded at WGBHs Fraser Performance Studio on March 27, 1998. 2012 WGBH Educational Foundation....
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Kim Kashkashian, Angelo Yu, and Lydia Artimiw Play...
Music can feed the soul, and in the case of the Music For Food initiative, it can also feed the stomach instead of buying a ticket to a concert, the audience donates to the Greater Boston Food Bank. Hear violist and MFF founder Kim Kashkashian and friends in a preview of this seasons Music For Food concert season on this weeks podcast. *** Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Duo No. 1 in G Major for Violin and Viola, K. 423 Angelo Yu, violin; Kim Kashkashian, viola. Antonin Dvorak: Waltz in A...
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David Krakauer and Kathleen Tagg Play Brahms
Clarinetist David Krakauer and pianist Kathleen Tagg are both genre-blending virtuosos. Hear them play Brahms together in their American debut as a duo on todays podcast. *** Johannes Brahms: Sonata in F minor for clarinet and piano, Op. 120, No. 1 David Krakauer, clarinet; Kathleen Tagg, piano. +++ Recorded at WGBHs Fraser Performance Studio on September 7, 2012. 2012 WGBH Educational Foundation. http://www.classicalnewengland.org/podcasts e-mail: classical@wgbh.org
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Simone Dinnerstein Plays Bach
Simone Dinnerstein has a distinctive style thats easily recognizable among Bach fanatics. On this weeks podcast, she joins us to celebrate J.S. Bachs 327th birthday, and we discover part of what inspired her to delve into Bach. *** J.S. Bach: Partita No. 1 in B flat Major, BWV 825. Simone Dinnerstein, piano. +++ Recorded at WGBHs Fraser Performance Studio on March 8, 2012. 2012 WGBH Educational Foundation. http://www.classicalnewengland.org/podcasts e-mail: classical@wgbh.org
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The Colors of Claude Debussy, part 4
Claude Debussys music altered the course of composition in the 19th century. Classical New England celebrates this composers life and music in a four-part series of podcasts from a recent concert marking what would have been his 150th birthday. *** Claude Debussy: Preludes, Book II: IV. Les fes sont dexquises danseuses V. Bruyres VI. Gnral Lavine - eccentric VII. La terrasse des audiences du clair du lune XI. Les tierces alternes XII. Feux dartifice Marc-Andr Hamelin, piano. +++ Recorded at...
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The Colors of Claude Debussy, part 3
Claude Debussys music altered the course of composition in the 19th century. Classical New England celebrates this composers life and music in a four-part series of podcasts from a recent concert marking what would have been his 150th birthday. *** Claude Debussy: Syrinx Claude Debussy: Rapsodie pour saxophone Kenneth Radnofsky, saxophone; Marc-Andr Hamelin, piano. +++ Recorded at WGBHs Fraser Performance Studio on June 23, 2012. 2012 WGBH Educational Foundation....
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The Colors of Claude Debussy, part 2
Claude Debussys music altered the course of composition in the 19th century. Classical New England celebrates this composers life and music in a four-part series of podcasts from a recent concert marking what would have been his 150th birthday. *** Claude Debussy: Premire rapsodie Claude Debussy: La fille aux cheveux de lin Richard Stoltzman, clarinet; Marc-Andr Hamelin, piano. +++ Recorded at WGBHs Fraser Performance Studio on June 23, 2012. 2012 WGBH Educational Foundation....
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The Colors of Claude Debussy, part 1
Claude Debussys music altered the course of composition in the 19th century. Classical New England celebrates this composers life and music in a four-part series of podcasts from a recent concert marking what would have been his 150th birthday. *** Claude Debussy: Cello Sonata. Emily Taubl, cello; Pei-Shan Lee, piano. +++ Recorded at WGBHs Fraser Performance Studio on June 23, 2012. 2012 WGBH Educational Foundation. http://www.classicalnewengland.org/podcasts e-mail: classical@wgbh.org
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Alexander Baillie and Randall Hodgkinson Play Franck
Cesar Francks Sonata for Violin and Piano tells the story of a life of love, which is fitting - he wrote it for his friend, composer Eugene Ysaye, as a wedding present. Hear cellist Alexander Baillie and pianist Randall Hodgkinson with their stunning interpretation of the piece on this weeks podcast. *** Cesar Franck: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major Alexander Baillie, cello; Randall Hodgkinson, piano. +++ Recorded at WGBHs Fraser Performance Studio on February 7, 2012. 2012 WGBH...
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Gordon Neidinger Plays Brahms and Monti
Most high school students dont devote themselves wholeheartedly to studying an instrument. Most high school students dont end up showcasing their talents on radio and television. But for the performers on From the Top, thats just not the case. Todays podcast features mandolinist Gordon Neidinger, in a performance from our studios, when he visited Boston to appear on the show. *** Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5 Vittorio Monti: Csardas Gordon Neidinger, mandolin. +++ Recorded at WGBHs...
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Kirill Gerstein Plays Weber
Carl Maria von Webers Invitation to the Dance is most commonly known in its orchestrated version, as imagined by Hector Berlioz. Hear Webers original version, for solo piano, on this weeks Classical Performance Podcast. *** Carl Maria von Weber: Invitation to the Dance, J. 260, Op. 65 Kirill Gerstein, piano. +++ Recorded at WGBHs Fraser Performance Studio on March 26, 2012. 2012 WGBH Educational Foundation. http://www.classicalnewengland.org/podcasts e-mail: classical@wgbh.org
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Blue Heron Renaissance Choir Sings Perotin
Revisit the origins of music with the Blue Heron Renaissance Choir as they sing works by Perotin, a European composer (most likely French) who lived around the end of the 12th century. *** Perotin: Beata viscera Perotin: Sederunt principes (organum quadruplum) Blue Heron Renaissance Choir: Lydia Brotherton; Lydia Heather Knutson; Pamela Dellal; Daniela Tosic; Martin Near; Michael Barrett; Allen Combs; Jason McStoots; Stephen Soph; Cameron Beauchamp; Glenn Billingsley; Paul Guttry; Darrick...
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Christoph Eschenbach and Keisuke Wakao Play Schumann and...
In honor of his recent gig conducting at Tanglewood, heres a performance from famed conductor Christoph Eschenbach only this time, hes not at the podium, hes at the piano. BSO oboist Keisuke Wakao joins him for works by Schumann and Schubert on todays podcast. *** Robert Schumann: Adagio and Allegro in A flat major, Op. 70 Franz Schubert: Das Wirsthaus (The Inn), from Die Winterreise, D. 911 Keisuke Wakao, oboe; Christoph Eschenbach, piano. +++ Recorded at WGBHs Fraser Performance Studio on...
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Discovery Ensemble Plays Prokofiev
In a city teeming with musical talent of all ages, the Discovery Ensemble emerges as the pre-eminent chamber orchestra of young musicians in Boston. The ensemble is only four years old, and is already well-known for performances that are thoughtfully conceived, meticulously rehearsed, and memorable and dynamic in execution. *** Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1, Classical The Discovery Ensemble; Courtney Lewis, conductor. +++ Recorded at WGBHs Fraser Performance Studio on January 15, 2010....
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The Parker String Quartet Plays Schumann
Robert Schumann was best known for his piano works, though he wrote some beautiful pieces for instruments without keys as well. This weeks podcast features the Grammy-award-winning Parker String Quartet, who dropped by the studio before their concert at the Rockport Chamber Music Festival. *** Robert Schumann: String Quartet in A Major, Op. 41, No. 3 The Parker String Quartet: Daniel Chong, violin; Karen Kim, violin; Jessica Bodner, viola; and Kee-Hyun Kim, cello. +++ Recorded at WGBHs...
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Xuefei Yang Plays Bach
J.S. Bach was a pioneer of the music world, and so is the guitarist in this weeks podcast. Xuefei Yang was the first professional classical guitarist in China, and she came to our studios in March to help us celebrate J.S. Bachs 327th birthday. *** J.S. Bach: "Bist du bei mir" from The Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach, BWV 508 J.S. Bach: Air ("Air on the G string") from Orchestral Suite No. 3, BWV 1068 J.S. Bach: Violin Sonata in G minor, BWV 1001 Xuefei Yang, guitar +++ Recorded at WGBHs...
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