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Sergey Antonov and Ilya Kazantsev Play Scriabin
Cellist Sergey Antonov and pianist Ilya Kazantsev dont always play together as a duo, but when they do, magic happens. Hear that magic with their transcriptions of solo piano works by Alexander Scriabin on this weeks Classical Performance podcast. *** Scriabin, arr. Kazantsev Antonov: Prelude, Op. 9, No. 1 Scriabin, arr. Kazantsev Antonov: Etude, Op. 8, No. 11 Sergey Antonov, cello; Ilya Kazantsev, piano. +++ Recorded at WGBHs Fraser Performance Studio on May 17, 2013. 2013 WGBH Educational...
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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
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Gordon Neidinger Plays Brahms and Monti
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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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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
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Leif Ove Andsnes Plays Granados and Grieg
This week on the podcast, Leif Ove Andsnes brings us music from two very different parts of Europe, and tells us how having a baby changes your life as a musician. *** Enrique Granados: Spanish Dance, Op. 37 No. 5 Edvard Grieg: Norwegian Peasant March, from Lyric Pieces, Op. 54, No. 2 Leif Ove Andsnes, piano +++ Recorded at WGBHs Fraser Performance Studio on January 13, 2012. 2012 WGBH Educational Foundation. http://www.classicalnewengland.org/podcasts e-mail: classical@wgbh.org
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Three Great Performances
This weeks Classical Performance Podcast brings you some highlights from recent performances that were too short to present on their own but too good to ignore. Join us for a musical feast as we travel through time and space to late-nineteenth-century Russia, to Baroque Germany, and to twentieth-century Brazil with Wendy Warner, Irina Nuzova, Tai Murray, and the Cuarteto Latinoamericano. *** Aleksandr Scriabin: 12 Etudes, Op. 8, No. 11 in B-flat minor (arr. Piatigorsky) Wendy Warner, cello;...
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Richard Egarr Plays Couperin on Shuffle
Richard Egarr has had an illustrious career as a harpsichordist and conductor. He is a skilled keyboardist specializing in a range of repertoire, from 15th-century organ intabulations on early pianos to twentieth-century works on modern pianos. When he came to our studios in February, he played a program that showcased harpsichord music of the Baroque era, and discussed the merits of being able to pick and choose which movements you want to play. *** Louis Couperin: Suite in C Major Richard...
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Merkelo and Stillman play Enesco, Ravel, & Obradors
Paul Merkelo travels the world playing trumpet though he is primarily a soloist with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, he has played with orchestras in Japan, Portugal, Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, France, Thailand, Russia, and China. Join him and pianist Judith Lynn Stillman, a fellow world-traveler, on a musical journey on this weeks Classical Performance Podcast. *** Georges Enesco: Legend Maurice Ravel: Pice en forme de Habanera Fernando Obradors: Coplas de Curro Dulce Paul Merkelo, trumpet;...
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Vassily Primakov Plays Preludes
Sergei Rachmaninovs thrilling preludes for solo piano span all 24 major and minor keys. Here are three of them, played by award-winning pianist Vassily Primakov in our Fraser Performance Studio, with a live audience of Classical New England supporters. *** Rachmaninov: Prelude in C sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2 Rachmaninov: Prelude in E flat Major, Op. 23 No. 6 Rachmaninov: Prelude in G sharp minor, Op. 32, No. 12 Vassily Primakov, piano +++ Recorded at WGBHs Fraser Performance Studio on May 4,...
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Soovin Kim Plays Bach with the Lights On
Soovin Kim, artistic director for the Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival, is an award-winning violinist and also a genuinely nice person. Hear the story of how he saved the day one snowy night in Vermont in this theater, along with his thrilling rendition of Bachs Partita for Violin No. 2 including the famous Ciaconna. *** Bach: Partita No. 2 for Violin in D minor, BWV. 1004 Soovin Kim, violin +++ Recorded at WGBHs Fraser Performance Studio on May 18, 2012. 2012 WGBH Educational...
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Boston Chamber Music Society plays Arensky
Members of the Boston Chamber Music Society play a trio by Anton Arensky, a composer who may have partied just a little too hard. *** Anton Stepanovich Arensky: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 32 (1894) Boston Chamber Music Society: Jonathan Crow, violin; Ronald Thomas, cello; Mihae Lee, piano +++ Recorded at WGBHs Fraser Performance Studio on May 11, 2012. 2012 WGBH Educational Foundation. http://www.classicalnewengland.org email: classical@wgbh.org
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Seven Times Salt plays music from the English Civil War
The engaging early music ensemble Seven Times Salt plays a selection of music from the English Civil War. From a time of roundheads and the Cavaliers, Parliament and Kings, it becomes apparent that some things never change. *** Anon./John Playford: "Whitehall" and "The Kings Delight," from The Dancing Master Anon.: "The World Turnd Upside Down" Anon.: "A la Mode de France" from The Dancing Master Seven Times Salt: Karen Burciaga, renaissance violin voice; Daniel Meyers, recorder, pipe,...
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Trio Settecento plays Corelli and Muffat
The multi-faceted virtuoso violinist Rachel Barton Pine heads up the Trio Settecento, performing early music with John Mark Rozendaal, baroque cello, and David Schrader, harpsichord. They play music by the trend-setting composer Arcangelo Corelli, and by the frenchman, Georg Muffat. *** Corelli: Sonata in C major, Op. 5 No. 3 Georg Muffat: Sonata in D major Trio Settecento: Rachel Barton Pine, baroque violin; John Mark Rozendaal, baroque cello; David Schrader, harpsichord +++ Recorded at...
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William Hite sings Schumann
Things were looking up for Robert Schumann in 1840. He was finally getting permission to marry his sweetheart, Clara Wieck, over the objections of her father. And he poured all his joy into songs - hundreds of them in that year! Dichterliebe (Poets love) consists of 16 songs, which follow the path of love from longing and anticipation to heartache and illusion, when the lover discovers that his sentiments are not returned. *** Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op. 48 William Hite, tenor; Judith...
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Charlie Albright plays Chopin
Pianist Charlie Albright has been counted "...among the most gifted musicians of his generation" by the Washington Post, and hes the winner of dozens of prizes and awards for his playing, but he has another life too, as an undergrad working hard to finish his Economics exams at Harvard! He talks about the life of a student-artist, and plays sublime Chopin in this Fraser Performance. *** Chopin: Etudes, Op. 25: No. 1 in A-flat, No. 2 in F major, No. 7 in C-sharp minor, No. 9 in G-flat major,...
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The Gramercy Trio plays Schumann
Robert Schumanns great ambition was to become a concert pianist, and he was on his way to acheiving that goal when he permanently injured his hand, putting a stop to his performing career. But Clara Wieck, the love of his life, was also a great pianist, and she became the most brilliant and successful piano virtuoso of her time. So Robert was able to pour all his passion for the piano (and for Clara!) into his compositions. This is one of his best chamber pieces, the Piano Trio No. 1 in D...
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Martin Jones plays Liszt
They all laughed in 1851 when Franz Liszt claimed that Bachs works would for coming centuries remain an object of admiration and astonishment. But how were they to know? Liszt had a great admiration for the baroque master, as you can hear in this arrangement from one of Bachs Cantata themes. *** Liszt: Variations on a Theme By Bach Martin Jones, piano +++ Recorded at WGBHs Fraser Performance Studio on April 5th, 2011. 2011 WGBH Educational Foundation. http://www.wgbh.org/classical email:...
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Ann Hobson Pilot and Lucia Lin play Saint Saens
Ann Hobson Pilot played the harp with the Boston Symphony Orchestra for almost 40 years, until her retirement in 2008. She hasnt retired from music, though! A highly respected chamber musician, she got together with violinist Lucia Lin for this performance of Saint Saens before a live audience of WGBH members. *** Saint Saens: Fantaisie in A major for violin and harp, Op. 124 Ann Hobson Pilot, harp; Lucia Lin, violin +++ Recorded at WGBHs Fraser Performance Studio on March 4th, 2011. 2011...
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Amarcord sings Elgar, Schumann, Steinacker and...
The male vocal ensemble Amarcord comes from Leipzig, so they have the heritage of Bach, but also of the great German romantics that lived that city - Mendelssohn and Schumann among them. Its a treat to hear them sing Elgar as well! *** Elgar: From the Greek Anthology, Op. 45 Schumann: Die Minnesnger Steinacker: An den Mond Mendelssohn: LIebe und Wein Amarcord: Holger Krause, bass; Martin Lattke, tenor; Frank Ozimek, baritone; Wolfram Lattke, tenor; Daniel Knauft, bass. +++ Recorded at WGBHs...
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Gabriel Chodos plays Schumann
Robert Schumann set out to write a tribute to Beethoven. And he did that - sort of. There are themes by Beethoven - and the second movement sounds inspired by the great master. But the fact is, Schumann was in love, with the beautiful and talented Clara Wieck, and he couldnt help sounding like it in his music. See what you think. *** Robert Schumann: Fantasy in C major, Op. 17 Gabriel Chodos, piano +++ Recorded at WGBHs Fraser Performance Studio on February 1st, 2011. 2011 WGBH Educational...
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Discovery Ensemble plays Wagner
its the best birthday present ever! Richard Wagners wife, Cosima, woke up on her birthday morning in 1870 to the sound of this music wafting up the stairs. The composer had written his "Idyll" especially for the occasion, and hired an orchestra to come and play it for her in their villa. Discovery Ensemble re-creates the moment in this performance in our Fraser Performance Studio. *** Wagner: Siegfried Idyll. Discovery Ensemble; Courtney Lewis, conductor. +++ Recorded at WGBHs Fraser...
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Christina Day Martinson and Martin Pearlman play Biber
No, this is not music by Justin Bieber the 21st Century teen idol! Its amazing and beautiful violin music by the 17th century violinist and composer Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber. Biber wrote 15 of these pieces to go with engravings showing the fifteen Mysteries of the Rosary. The Canadian violinist, now resident in Boston, Christina Day Martinson played them with harpsichordist Martin Pearlman. *** Biber: from the Mystery Sonatas, Sonata no. 9 (Jesus carries his cross); Sonata no. 10 (The...
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The Weilerstein Trio plays Dvorak
What does "Dumky" mean? And whats it doing in the title of Dvoraks Piano trio in E minor? Well, the Dumka was just one of many Slavic folk styles that Dvorak introduced into classical pieces during his career. Its a lament really - a short, melancholy piece in three parts: slow, fast, and slow. The amazing thing about Dvorak was his ability to put so much variety and inventiveness into the six "Dumky" in this piece. The Weilerstein Trio played it in our Studio One back in 2005. *** Dvorak:...
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New England Conservatory Chamber Orchestra plays Arensky
The New England Conservatory Chamber Orchestra, NECs conductorless orchestra, was created in 2000 by double bassist Donald Palma, a founding member of Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. It gives young players a chance to work together in a completely new way, each player taking full responsibility for the sound of the group. They visited the studio this past week with music by Arensky. *** Arensky: Variations on a theme by Tchaikovsky, Op. 35a NEC Chamber Orchestra +++ Recorded at WGBHs Fraser...
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Antonio Pompa-Baldi plays Schubert and Martucci
Piano virtuoso Antonio Pompa-Baldi visited the Fraser Performance Studio this week. Born in Italy, hes an active teacher in Cleveland now, and travels throughout the world, performing and teaching. Antonio Pompa-Baldi plays an Impromptu by Schubert and music by the little-known Italian composer Giuseppe Martucci. *** Schubert: Impromptu, Op. 142 No. 3 Martucci: Fantasia, Op. 51 Antonio Pompa-Baldi, piano +++ More info: http://www.pompa-baldi.com/ Recorded at WGBHs Fraser Performance Studio...
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Alisa Weilerstein and Inon Barnatan play Chopin
Chopin is best known for his brilliant, inventive and emotional compositions for solo piano. He rarely attempted chamber music, and created only one piece for two instruments - this Sonata for piano and cello. Some think that when wrote this he was contemplating his recent breakup with Aurore Dudevant, the novelist who wrote under the pen name of George Sand. The split obviously caused him a great deal of pain, because he died soon after. In any case, what were left with is a deeply...
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Classical Performance podcast Audio Podcast
The Harlem Quartet, praised for its panache by the New York Times, is now the resident ensemble in the New England Conservatorys Professional String Quartet program. Its mission to advance diversity in classical music and engage young audiences is enhanced by exciting and inspirational performances wherever they play. Here they are with the first Quartet Beethoven ever wrote, his Opus 18 No. 3. *** Beethoven: String Quartet in D major, Op. 18 No. 3 Harlem Quartet +++ Ilmar Gavilan, violin;...
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Classical Performance podcast Audio Podcast
Kim Kashkashian and her musical friends were musing one day about the state of the world and what practical things they might be able to do as musicians, to help those in our own community who are most in need. And thats how the idea of "Music for Food" was born, with proceeds from concerts going to the Greater Boston Food Bank. Concerts take place each month at Emmanuel Church in Boston. Here are a couple of Trio Sonatas by Bach, originally for organ, played by Kim and her colleagues in the...
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Classical Performance podcast Audio Podcast
Lionheart recreates the sounds of medieval England at Christmastide, with works by anonymous composers. From a live-to-air performance. *** Anonymous: Nowell, nowell; Hayl Mary, ful of grace; Venter Tuus; As I outrode this endres night; Hic est discipulus; Worcept we this holy day; Lully lulla...o sisters too; Nowel, nowel...owt of your slepe aryse. Lionheart: John Olund; Daniel Clark Smith; Lawrence Lipnik; Jefrey Johnson; Richard Porterfield; Kurt Owen-Richard. +++ More information:...
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Classical Performance podcast Audio Podcast
Marina Lomazov was called "a mesmerizing risk taker" by the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and thats exactly the quality youll hear in this performance of Chopins "Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise." *** Chopin: Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise, Op. 22 Marina Lomazov, piano +++ More information at http://www.marinalomazov.com/ Recorded at WGBHs Fraser Performance Studio on February 4th, 2010. 2010 WGBH Educational Foundation. http://www.wgbh.org/classical email: classical@wgbh.org
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Classical Performance podcast Audio Podcast
American Guitarist Stephen Marchionda lives in Spain, but he stopped in at our studio on his way through Boston this week. Theres a lot going on in Stephens life: hes just released a new CD of music by Scarlatti on the MDG label, and hell be featured this month in a concert celebrating the life of the 21st century English composer Nicholas Maw. *** Albeniz: Mallorca Scarlatti: Sonata in D minor, K. 213 Stephen Marchionda, guitar +++ More information at http://www.stephenmarchionda.com/....
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Classical Performance podcast Audio Podcast
Robert Schumann must have been thinking of his beloved Clara as he composed these Fantasy Pieces, Op.12. We hear three of them, performed by Van Cliburn Competition winner Alexander Kobrin. *** Schumann, Robert: from Fantasy Pieces (Fantasiestcke), Op. 12: No. 3 Warum?(Why?); No. 5 In der Nacht (Night); No. 7 Traumes Wirren (Dream visions). Alexander Kobrin, piano +++ Recorded at WGBHs Fraser Performance Studio on March 8th, 2010. 2010 WGBH Educational Foundation....
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Classical Performance podcast Audio Podcast
Violinist Yevgeny Kutik is at the beginning of an illustrious career, having recently graduated with his masters degree from the New England Conservatory. He has already received accolades for his appearance this year with the WDR Radio Symphony Orchestra of Cologne and hell make his New York recital debut next week. He performs Franck with pianist Tim Bozarth *** Franck: Sonata in A major for violin and piano Yevgeny Kutik, violin; Timothy Bozarth, piano +++ More info:...
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Classical Performance podcast Audio Podcast
Clarinetist James Campbell and pianist Marc-Andr Hamelin in conversation with 99.5 All-Classical host Cathy Fuller, about the Sonata for Clarinet and Piano in F minor, Op. 120 No. 1, by Johannes Brahms. *** Interview +++ Recorded at WGBHs Fraser Performance Studio on October 20th, 2010. 2010 WGBH Educational Foundation. http://www.wgbh.org/classical email: classical@wgbh.org
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Classical Performance podcast Audio Podcast
Camille Saint-Saens was a representative of some of the newest trends in the musical world of Paris in the 19th century. He introduced the music of Bach and Handel, and played pieces by Robert Schumann, unheard-of at the time, on his recitals. The Boston Chamber Music Society plays his Piano Quartet in B-flat. *** Saint-Saens: Piano Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 41 The Boston Chamber Music Society +++ Harumi Rhodes, violin; Roger Tapping, viola; Michael Reynolds, cello; Randall Hodgkinson,...
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Musica Pacifica plays 17th Century Music from Britain
Musica Pacifica helps us imagine what music-making was like in Baroque-era England, with lively pieces that sound a lot like folk music! *** Anon/Johnson: A Jacobean Masque; Locke: Suite No. 4 in C major, from Broken Consort, Part 1; Purcell: Three Parts Upon a Ground Musica Pacifica +++ Musica Pacifica is: Judith Linsenberg, recorder; Elizabeth Blumenstock and Janet Strauss, violins; David Morris, viola da gamba; and Charles Sherman, harpsichord Recorded in a live broadcast in WGBH's Studio...
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Ya-Fei Chuang plays Chopin
Franz Liszt called Chopin's Preludes ...poetic preludes, analogous to those of a great contemporary poet, who cradles the soul in golden dreams... Ya-Fei Chuang is known in North America, Europe and Asia as a pianist of stunning virtuosity and communicative power. She has performed at the Berlin Philharmonie, the Gewandhaus Leipzig, National Philharmonic Hall Warsaw and at Symphony Hall and Jordan Hall in Boston. *** Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28 Ya-Fei Chuang, piano +++ More information:...
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St. Lawrence Quartet plays Haydn
Haydn's string quartets are great examples of his sense of humor, and this one is no exception, as played by the St. Lawrence Quartet. *** Haydn: String Quartet in C major, Op. 54 No. 2 St. Lawrence String Quartet +++ Goeff Nuffall and Scott St. John, violins; Lesley Robertson, viola; Christopher Costanza, cello More information: http://slsq.com/ Recorded at WGBH's Fraser Performance Studio on March 19th, 2010. 2010 WGBH Educational Foundation. http://www.wgbh.org/classical email:...
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Exsultemus sings Ensaladas by Mateo Flecha
Exsultemus Period Vocal Ensemble brings Ensaladas of Mateo Flecha, celebrating music of the Iberian Peninsula. This fascinating collection of pieces for four and five voices mixes humor, Biblical verse, and dance rhythms to create rousing miniature masterpieces that were among the most popular music of 16th-century Spain. *** Flecha: La Bomba; El Fuego; La Negrina Exsultemus Period Vocal Ensemble +++ Recorded at WGBH's Fraser Performance Studio on April 13th, 2010. 2010 WGBH Educational...
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Bion Tsang and Anton Nel play Schumann and Chopin
Cellist Bion Tsang and pianist Anton Nel came to the Fraser studio recently to help celebrate the 200th birthdays of Frederic Chopin and Robert Schumann. *** Schumann: Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70; Chopin: Polonaise Brillante in C major, Op.3 Bion Tsang, cello; Anton Nel, piano +++ More info: http://biontsang.com/ and http://www.antonnel.com/ Recorded at WGBH's Fraser Performance Studio on April 8th, 2010. 2010 WGBH Educational Foundation. http://www.wgbh.org/classical email: classical@wgbh.org
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Alexander Kobrin plays Chopin
Pianist Alexander Kobrin, winner of the 2005 Van Cliburn competition, gives a characteristically Russian reading of three Chopin Impromptus in this performance from our Fraser Performance Studio. *** Chopin: Impromptus - No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 29; No. 2 in F-sharp major, Op. 36; No. 3 in G-flat major, Op. 51 Alexander Kobrin, piano +++ Recorded at WGBH's Fraser Performance Studio on March 8th, 2010. 2010 WGBH Educational Foundation. http://www.wgbh.org/classical email: classical@wgbh.org
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The Chiara Quartet plays Beethoven - More!
For some musicians, there was just one piece of music that moved them to take up music as a profession. For Jonah Sirota, violist for the Chiara Quartet, it was the Heiliger Dankgesang from Beethoven's String Quartet No. 15. *** Beethoven: from String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132, the third movement, Adagio - Heiliger Dankgesang. Chiara String Quartet +++ Rebecca Fischer, Julie Yoon violins; Jonah Sirota, viola; Gregory Beaver, cello More info: http://www.chiaraquartet.net/ Recorded at...
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The Chiara Quartet plays Beethoven
The Chiara String Quartet are Blodgett Artists in Residence at Harvard University, and they've been performing all the Beethoven Quartets in a Series of concerts just across the river from us, in Cambridge, MA. Here they are with one of them - the first Quartet Beethoven wrote. *** Beethoven: String Quartet in D major, Op. 18 No. 3 Chiara String Quartet +++ Normal 0 0 1 11 66 WGBH Educational Foundation 1 1 81 11.1287 0 0 0 Rebecca Fischer, Julie Yoon violins; Jonah Sirota, viola; Gregory...
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A Far Cry plays Tchaikovsky
The Fraser Performance Studio rings to the sound of A Far Cry in this performance of Tchaikovsky's Sextet, Souvenir de Florence. A Far Cry is a Boston string ensemble that performs without a conductor, standing up. Read more about the group on its website: http://www.afarcry.org/. *** Tchaikovsky: String Sextet in D minor, Op. 70, Souvenir de Florence. A Far Cry (string ensemble) +++ More info: http://www.afarcry.org/ Recorded at WGBH's Fraser Performance Studio on January 22nd, 2010. 2010...
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Nikolaj Znaider plays Kreisler
Fritz Kreisler was known as one of the most expressive violinists of his generation, and also for the sweet sound of his violin. The young Danish violinist Nikolaj Znaider plays on Kreisler's violin, a Guarnerius del Gesu 1741 and makes it sing beautifully again, in this performance of a few of Kreisler's miniatures. *** Kreisler: LIebesleid; Tempo di minuetto in the style of Pugnani; Andantino in the style of Martini; Schn Rosmarin. Nikolaj Znaider, violin; Deborah DeWolf Emery, piano +++...
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Lise de la Salle plays Mozart and Chopin
21-year-old French pianist Lise de la Salles playing is so inspiring that The Washington Post wrote, For much of the concert, the audience had to remember to breathe...the exhilaration didnt let up for a second until her hands came off the keyboard. She played Mozart and Chopin for us in the Fraser Performance Studio. *** Mozart: Fantasy in D minor, K.397; Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23. Lise de la Salle, piano +++ More info about Lise de la Salle: http://www.lisedelasalle.com/...
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Irina Muresanu and the New England String Ensemble play...
Remembering our orchestral debut! Here's the first live performance from our new Fraser Performance Studio, back in September 2007, featuring the New England String Ensemble and violinist Irina Muresanu playing Hubay and Sarasate. Until then, we had been unable to feature a string orchestra because we just didn't have the space, but now we do! *** Hubay: Czardas Scene No. 2 and Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen Irina Muresanu, violin; New England String Ensemble, Federico Cortese conducting +++...
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Ina Zdorovetchi plays Scarlatti and Bach
Ina Zdorovetchi was a prizewinner in the Israel Harp Competition last summer, and to celebrate her achievement, we invited her to perform for the radio audience from the Fraser Performance Studio. *** Scarlatti, Domenico: Andante, K.380 in E major and Allegro, K.198 in E minor. Bach, J.S.: from Suite in C minor, BWV.997: Prelude, Sarabande, Gigue. Ina Zdorovetchi, harp. +++ More information: http://www.inazdorovetchi.com/ Recorded in a live broadcast at WGBH's Fraser Performance Studio on...
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The Boston Chamber Music Society plays Brahms
In the summer of 1865, Brahms escaped his busy life in Vienna and rented rooms in the ancient German spa town of Baden Baden. That's where he came up with this beautiful Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano in E flat major. *** Brahms: Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano in E flat major, Op. 40 Jonathan Crow, violin; William Purvis, French horn; Mihae Lee, piano +++ More information: http://bostonchambermusic.org/ Recorded in a live broadcast at WGBH's Fraser Performance Studio on November 20th,...
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Julie Scolnik and Mistral play Telemann
Telemann has to be the most productive composer of the Baroque era. The man was a powerhouse, and he wrote for every solo instrument he came across. This piece was probably inspired by the visit of Louis Bouffardin, a virtuoso on the transverse flute. *** Telemann: Suite for flute and strings in A minor. Julie Scolnik, flute, with the ensemble Mistral +++ More information: http://www.andoverchambermusic.org/ Recorded in a live broadcast at WGBH's Fraser Performance Studio on December 3rd,...
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Sergei Schepkin plays Bach
Sergei Schepkin has been getting accolades for years about his performances of the music of Bach. According to Fanfare magazine, No one who loves Bach can afford not to listen to these performances. He has several CDs available on the Ongaku label. Here's a sample of his Bach interpretations from two separate performances in our studio. *** Bach: Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp minor from Book II of the Well-Tempered Clavier; and Bach: Partita No. 5 in G major Sergei Schepkin, piano +++ More...
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Haldon Martinson plays Mozart
Mozart was on the road a lot as a young man, and some of his best pieces were written during his stopovers in various towns along the way. He wrote this Sonata in Mannheim, during a trip to Paris with his mother in 1778. *** Mozart: Sonata for violin and piano in G major, K.301 Haldon Martinson, violin; Sally Pinkas, piano +++ More info: Haldan Martinson: http://www.bso.org/bso/mods/bios_detail.jsp?id=1700055 Sally Pinkas: http://sally.hirsch-pinkas.org/ Recorded in a live broadcast at...
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Sergio Fiorentino plays Chopin
Legendary pianist Sergio Fiorentino was struck with an injury which kept him from performing for many years. It was only late in his life that he was able to recover from it, and we were lucky enough to capture this performance a few months before he passed away in 1998. *** Chopin: Ballade No. 4 in F minor Sergio Fiorentino, piano +++ Recorded in a live broadcast in WGBH's Studio One on April 14th, 1998. 2009 WGBH Educational Foundation. http://www.wgbh.org/classical email:...
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Peggy Pearson and Katherine Chi play Haydn
Oboist Peggy Pearson has a knack for bringing together some of the finest musicians for her Winsor Music Chamber Series, performing concerts in the Boston area. Here she joins the Canadian virtuoso pianist Katherine Chi to play a Sonata in G by Haydn, an arrangement of his String Quartet, Op. 77 No. 1. *** Haydn: Sonata in G Peggy Pearson, oboe; Katherine Chi, piano +++ More information: http://www.winsormusic.org/ Recorded in a live broadcast in WGBH's Fraser Performance Studio on September...
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Inna Faliks plays Beethoven and Pasternak
Nobody really knows what Beethoven's improvisations sounded like, but this Fantasy gives a rare glimpse into the inventive mind of the master, as he put music together on the spot, at the piano. Eventually this was written down as his Op. 77. As bonus, Inna Faliks plays a couple of Preludes by the composer, poet and novelist, Boris Pasternak. *** Beethoven: Fantasy, Op. 77. Pasternak: Two Preludes (1906) Inna Faliks, piano +++ Recorded in a live broadcast in WGBH's Fraser Performance Studio...
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Aldo Abreu plays Anonymous music from Mexico
This anonymous composer wrote some beautiful tunes. Too bad we have no idea who he or she was! These pieces dating from around 1750 were discovered in the Mexico City Cathedral. Aldo Abreu has arranged them for recorder and basso continuo. *** Anonymous (Mexico City Cathedral, 1750): Sonatas; Salaverde: Canzona Segunda. Aldo Abreu, recorders; Peter Sykes, harpsichord; Sarah Freiburg, cello +++ More info: http://www.hunsteinartists.com/artists/abreu.html Recorded in a live broadcast in WGBH's...
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Narek Hakhnazaryan plays Beethoven
Beethoven's friend the Baron Ignaz von Gleichenstein was the lucky dedicatee of this beautiful Sonata for cello and piano. Beethoven must have had a lot of respect for the cello-playing Baron, because he gave him the first notes of the theme to play without any accompaniment! *** Beethoven: Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 3 in A major, Op. 69 Narek Hakhnazaryan, cello; Noreen Cassidy-Polera, piano. +++ More info: http://www.yca.org/hakhnazaryan.html Recorded in a live broadcast in WGBH's...
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Roberto Plano performs Liszt's Petrarch Sonnets
Franz Liszt was captivated by the poetry of the 14th century humanist, Petrarch, who wrote ardent love poetry in honor of a woman he hardly knew, named Laura. Liszt thought of these pieces as his own sonnets in honor of his beloved Marie, the Countess Marie D'Agoult. *** Liszt: Three Sonnets of Petrarch. Roberto Plano, piano +++ More information: http://www.robertoplano.com/ Recorded in a live broadcast in WGBH's Fraser Performance Studio on September 10th, 2009. 2009 WGBH Educational...
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Raphael Popper-Keizer and Gloria Chien play Debussy
Debussy planned to write six sonatas before he died, for various combinations of instruments, but only got around to writing three before he died of colon cancer. This Cello Sonata is the first one he finished. He originally wanted to call it Pierrot angry with the moon, refering to the unhappy clown character in Commedia dell'arte theater. You can imagine PIerrot in this music: whimsical and funny, but occasionally revealing an undercurrent of sadness. *** Debussy: Sonata for cello and...
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Pacifica String Quartet performs Mendelssohn
Mendelssohn used his own song as a theme throughout this beautiful string quartet. It asks the question, Is it true that you wait for me each evening under the arbor that you ask the moon and the stars about me? Is it true? Oh, tell me! *** Mendelssohn, Felix: String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 130 Pacifica String Quartet +++ Simin Ganatra, violin; Sibbi Bernhardsson, violin; Masumi Per Rostad, viola; Brandon Vamos, cello More info: http://www.pacificaquartet.com/ Recorded in a live...
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Fenwick Smith and John Gibbons play C.P.E. Bach
During the 1750s, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, son of Johann Sebastian Bach, was a musician in the court of Frederick the Great, the king of Prussia. In addition to being a shrewd and powerful king, Frederick was quite an accomplished flutist, so its not surprising that most of C.P.E. Bachs flute compositions come from this period. Sonatas like this one show off the beauty of the flute, of course, but they also serve as showcases for the art of the keyboard C.P.E. was a harpsichord virtuoso....
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Roberto Plano plays Liszt
Franz Liszt was deeply inspired by the landscape, music and culture of Italy, where he went for a while in the 1830s with his lover and the mother of his three children, Marie dAgoult. The result of these travels was his Annes de Plerinage (Years of Pilgrimage), in two sets of pieces published several years later. These three pieces were published as a supplement to the Second Year. *** Liszt: Venezia e Napoli Roberto Plano, piano +++ More information: http://www.robertoplano.com/i_index.asp...
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Helena Winkelman and Anton Kernjak play Brahms
Johannes Brahms and Clara Schumann had a special relationship - there's no denying it. Brahms wrote to his friend Joachim, I often have to restrain myself forcibly from just quietly putting my arm around her... As for Clara, when she played his G major Violin Sonata, she wrote to Brahms, ...Icould not help bursting into tears of joy over it. There's no evidence of hanky-panky between them, but let's face it - he was head-over-heels in love! *** Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78...
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Borromeo String Quartet plays Bach
Nicholas Kitchen, first violinist with the Borromeo String Quartet, grew up with the sound of the pipe organ ringing in his ears - his father was an organist - so he developed a great love for the keyboard music of Bach. Here are a couple of Bach's works he has arranged. *** J.S. Bach (arr. Nicholas Kitchen) Passacaglia and Fugue for Organ in C minor, BWV 582. Borromeo String Quartet +++ Nicholas Kitchen, violin; Kristopher Tong, violin; Mai Motobuchi, viola; Yeesun Kim, cello More...
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Dominique LaBelle sings Saint Saens
Saint Saens is best known for large-scale works like the Carnival of the Animals or the orchestral version of Danse Macabre, but you might not know that he wrote a large number of songs during his lifetime. Here are five of them, performed by Soprano Dominque LaBelle and pianist/composer Yehudi Wyner. *** Saint Saens: Five Songs: Aimons-nous; L'attente; La Coccinelle; Tournoiement; Danse Macabre. Dominique LaBelle, soprano; Yehudi Wyner, piano. +++ More information:...
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Alexander Ghindin plays Mussorgsky
Modest Mussorgsky had a lively interest in folk art. It was an interest he shared with his friend Victor Hartmann, a brilliant young artist who died unexpectedly in 1873. Mussorgsky was devastaed by the loss of his friend and wrote this work after a visit to a memorial exhibition of Hartmann's paintings. *** Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition Alexander Ghindin, piano +++ More information: http://www.clevelandpiano.org/ghindin.html Recorded in a live broadcast in WGBH's Fraser Performance...
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Christina Day Martinson plays Biber - WGBH Classical...
It was a baroque-era multi-media show! Heinrich Biber was a Jesuit musician who loved the sound of stringed instruments, and wrote fifteen sonatas to accompany the contemplation of the fifteen mysteries of the Rosary. They were meant to be heard as worshipers gazed at 15 paintings and meditated on 15 written texts about the mysteries. We hear three of them in this performance. *** Biber: Rosary Sonatas, Nos. IV, V, and VII. Christina Day Martinson, violin; Martin Pearlman, harpsichord +++...
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Susie Park plays Mozart and Bach - WGBH Classical...
Mozart understood what it was like to be unemployed. One of the places he went to look for a job was Mannheim, the home of the greatest orchestra in the world at that time. That's where he made friends with Karl Theodor, the Elector of the town, and his wife, Maria Elisabeth. He was so friendly with Maria Elisabeth that she even taught him how to knit! And he dedicated his "Mannheim" Sonatas to her. This is the first of the six Sonatas. *** Mozart: Sonata for piano and violin in G major;...
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The Boston Chamber Music Society plays Schubert - WGBH...
Schubert went wandering in the Alps in the summer of 1819, on a lighthearted excursion with his friend Johann Michael Vogl, and came up with some lighthearted music. "The Trout" Quintet was commissioned by Sylvester Paumgartner, who Schubert met in Steyr, a little town that Schubert described as "inconceivably lovely". Paumgartner stipulated that the Quintet had to include some variations on Schubert's own song, "Die Forelle" ("The Trout"). You'll hear those variations in the third movement....
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Ya-Fei Chuang plays Mendelssohn - WGBH Classical...
In these exquisite parlour pieces, Mendelssohn wanted to prove that music can say more by itself than it can with a text to go with it. A picture may be worth a thousand words, but music, according to this composer, "..fills the soul with a thousand things better than words." *** Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words (a selection) Ya-Fei Chuang, piano +++ Op. 19 No. 1 in E major; Op. 62 No. 5 in A minor (Venetian Gondola Song); Op. 102 No. 5 in A major; Op. 30 No. 6 in F-sharp minor; Op. 85 No. 4...
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The Harlem Quartet plays Ravel - WGBH Classical...
The Harlem Quartet is on a mission to advance diversity in classical music, and they do that with stylish performances of a wide variety of repertoire. We heard "Take the A Train", portions of a new piece by Wynton Marsalis, and this stunning performance of Ravel's String Quartet in F major. (For the entire performance, go to http://wgbh.org/classical/.) *** Ravel: String Quartet in F major Harlem Quartet +++ Ilmar Gavilan, violin; Melissa White, violin; Juan-Miguel Hernandez, viola; Desmond...
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The Hugo Wolf Quartet plays Haydn - WGBH Classical...
Franz Joseph Haydn wrote this delightful Opus 77 string quartet in 1799, the same year the young Beethoven came out with his amazing Opus 18 quartets. And then Haydn quietly stopped writing string quartets altogether. Was it because he felt he had met his equal? We'll never know, but this quartet is still enchanting. *** Haydn: String Quartet in G major, Op. 77 No. 2 Hugo Wolf String Quartet +++ Sebastian Grtler, violin; Rgis Bringolf, violin; Gertrud Weinmeister, viola; Florian Berner,...
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Ensemble Zefiro plays Lotti and Vivaldi - WGBH Classical...
This week the Classical Performance goes "on location" at the Boston Early Music Festival, for music by Antonio Lotti and Antonio Vivaldi, played by the Ensemble Zefiro, recorded in concert at Jordan Hall, at the New England Conservatory. This was from a glorious concert called "Winds of the Serenissima", featuring early 18th century Italian music for winds and strings. *** Lotti: Echo Sonata a 4 in F major Vivaldi: Sonata a 4 in C major, RV 801 Ensemble Zefiro; Alfredo Bernardini, director...
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Pacifica String Quartet plays Mendelssohn - WGBH...
For a musician in the 19th century, Mendelssohn had about the happiest life you could imagine. It's just that it was so darn short! Here's music from the period of his blissful marriage to Cecile Jeanrenaud. *** Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 4 in E minor, Op. 44 No. 2 Pacifica String Quartet +++ Simin Ganatra, violin; Sibbi Bernhardsson, violin; Masumi Per Rostad, viola; Brandon Vamos, cello More information, including how to purchase the Pacifica's recordings of all the Mendelssohn String...
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Markus Schirmer and A Far Cry play Mozart - WGBH...
When Mozart finished writing three piano concertos in 1782, he was very pleased with himself. In a December 1782 letter to his father he wrote, “These concertos are a happy medium between too heavy and too light. They are very brilliant, pleasing to the ear, and natural, without being insipid." We hear one of them, K. 414 in A major, played by the new conductor-less string ensemble, A Far Cry, performing in our studio with the Austrian pianist Markus Schirmer. *** Mozart: Piano Concerto No....
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Alexander Korsantia, Yelena Beriyeva, pianos
Pianist Alexander Korsantia and his student Yelena Beriyeva make a marvelous duo - Both are originally from the Republic of Georgia, and now are teacher and student, respectively, at the New England Conservatory. Their interpretation of Mozart’s D major piano duo is nothing short of brilliant. *** Mozart: Sonata for two pianos in D major, K.448. Alexander Korsantia, Yelena Beriyeva, pianos. +++ More information: http://www.newenglandconservatory.edu/faculty/korsantiaA.html Recorded in a live...
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Tony Rymer plays Cassado and Bach - WGBH Classical...
Cellist Tony Rymer is the winner of 1st place in the 2009 Sphinx Competition, which recognizes the achievements of young African-American and Latino string players. He dropped into our studio to play solo pieces by Cassado and Bach *** Cassado: Suite for Solo Cello, mvt. 1 (Prelude - Fantasia); Bach: Suite for Solo Cello No. 6, mvts. 2 (Allemande) and 6 (Gigue). Tony Rymer, cello +++ More information: http://www.walnuthillarts.org/news/press/releases/rymer_022709.html Recorded in a live...
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Michael Lewin plays Liszt, Lewin and Saint-Saens - WGBH...
Michael Lewin has been collecting piano pieces inspired by birds, and he plays some of them for us, in this live-to-air performance at the Fraser studio. *** Saint Saens: The Swan; Trad., arr. Michael Lewin: Turkey in the Straw; Alabieff, arr. Liszt: The Nightingale; Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No. 1. Michael Lewin, piano +++ Watch for Michael Lewin's upcoming CD: "If I Were a Bird". More information at http://www.michaellewin.com/ Recorded in a live broadcast at WGBH's Fraser Performance Studio...
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Jonathan Crow, Douglas McNabney and Matt Haimovitz play...
Bach's Goldberg Variations are brilliant as keyboard pieces, but you can hear their elaborate detail much more clearly in this remarkable arrangement for String Trio. *** J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV.988. Jonathan Crow, violin; Douglas McNabney, viola; Matt Haimovitz, cello +++ More information: http://oxingale.com/ Recorded in a live broadcast at WGBH's Fraser Performance Studio on April 17th, 2009. 2009 WGBH Educational Foundation. http://www.wgbh.org/classical email:...
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Canons in the Goldberg Variations - WGBH Classical...
Bach was forever finding new and amazing variations on a beautiful melody. Here's some insight into how he did it, from last week's live performance. *** Jonathan Crow, Douglas McNabney and Matt Haimovitz, in conversation with WGBH's Cathy Fuller. +++ Recorded in a live broadcast at WGBH's Fraser Performance Studio on April 17th, 2009. 2009 WGBH Educational Foundation. http://www.wgbh.org/classical email: classical@wgbh.org
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Yaron Kohlberg plays Schumann - WGBH Classical...
Robert Schumann was a critic and a composer, and in his words he was often critical of the "Philistines" in music - those who promoted conservative and ordinary talent. He gathered together a group of personalities called the "Davidsbundler", to fight the Philistines, and even wrote this set of intensely personal dances to celebrate this "Band of David". We hear it played by Yaron Kohlberg. *** Schumann, Robert: Davidsbundlertnze, Op. 6. Yaron Kohlberg, piano +++ More info:...
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The Moet Trio plays Dvorak - WGBH Classical Performance
Dvorak sat down to compose his third Piano Trio just a few weeks after his mother passed away in 1882. In some of the passages you can hear how distraught he must have been at the time, but you also hear his amazing gift for melody. *** Dvorak: Piano Trio No. 3 in F minor, Op. 65 The Moet Trio +++ The Moet Trio is: Yuri Namkung, violin; Yves Dharamraj, cello; Michael Mizrahi, piano More info: http://moettrio.com/ Recorded in a live broadcast at WGBH's Fraser Performance Studio on March 4th,...
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Andreas Klein plays Bach and Chopin - WGBH Classical...
J.S. Bach took a trip to Italy, and learned a great deal from the musicians he met. In this piece in the style of an Italian violin concerto, the pianist does double duty, playing the role of soloist and accompanist. Chopin, on the other hand, never made it to Italy, but captures the atmosphere of Venice beautifully in his Barcarolle. ** Bach: Italian Concerto in F, BWV.971; and Chopin: Barcarolle, Op. 60. Andreas Klein, piano. +++ More info: http://andreasklein.com/ Recorded in a live...
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Andreas Klein talks about Chopin - WGBH Classical...
Chopin had no personal experience of Italy, but that didn't stop him from imagining the Venetian gondolier's song. *** Andreas Klein, in conversation with Cathy Fuller. +++ Recorded in a live broadcast at WGBH's Fraser Performance Studio on March 31st, 2009. 2009 WGBH Educational Foundation. http://www.wgbh.org/classical email: classical@wgbh.org
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Boston Chamber Music Society plays Schumann - WGBH...
Schumann read fairy tales to his own children, and was inspired to create musical fairy tales of his own. He didn't reveal the specific stories he was trying to evoke in this music, but the imagination can roam as the viola and clarinet penetrate the fairy world with their rich, dark colors. *** Robert Schumann: Mrchenerzhlungen (Fairy Tales), Op. 132. Marcus Thompson, viola; Thomas Hill, clarinet; Mihae Lee, piano. +++ These artists are members of the Boston Chamber Music Society. More...
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Thomas Hill talks about Schumann - WGBH Classical...
Thomas Hill gives his insights into the meaning of the title of Schumann's "Mrchenerzhlungen", which is usually translated "Fairy Tales". *** Thomas Hill, in conversation with Richard Knisely. +++ Recorded in a live broadcast at WGBH's Fraser Performance Studio on March 26th, 2009. 2009 WGBH Educational Foundation. http://www.wgbh.org/classical email: classical@wgbh.org
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Goran Krivokapic plays Sor and Giuliani - WGBH Classical...
In the early part of the 19th century, opera was all the rage. All the best tunes came from the opera stage. So when Fernando Sor and Mauro Giuliani each set out to do variations on a theme for solo guitar, they chose their favorite opera tunes. Sor picked a tune from Mozart's "Magic Flute" and Giuliani chose melodies from several Rossini operas. We hear these two pieces played by a young virtuoso guitarist from Montenegro, Goran Krivokapic. *** Sor: Introduction and variations on a theme of...
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The Chiara String Quartet plays Haydn - WGBH Classical...
Haydn originally wrote his "Seven Last Words of Christ" as an oratorio for the cathedral at the Spanish port city of Cadiz. It was intended to be heard at the Good Friday Service, in between readings and discourses on each of the seven last statements of Christ on the Cross. We hear five movements in this abbreviated version. *** Haydn: Seven Last Words of Christ, Op. 51 (portion) The Chiara String Quartet +++ I. Introduzione: Maestoso et Adagio. II. Sonata I: Largo - Pater dimitte illis...
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Haldan Martinson and Sally Pinkas play Schumann - WGBH...
Robert Schumann was not happy with his first Violin Sonata, composed in September of 1851, so he sat down and wrote another one, and finished it in October. But he must have had misgivings about this second one as well, because it wasn't published until two years later! This is some of Robert Schumann's most compelling music. We hear it played by Haldan Martinson, with Sally Pinkas at the piano. *** Schumann, Robert: Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano in D minor, Op. 121. Haldan Martinson,...
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David McCarroll and Dina Vainshtein play Schumann - WGBH...
All his life, Robert Schumann had to manage two different personalities within himself. He even gave them names: Eusebius (his melancholy nature) and Florestan (his passionate side). In his literary work he would often refer to them and write from their different points of view. In his Violin Sonatas, you can hear both Eusebius and Florestan, holding forth! This is the first of a series - next week: Sonata No. 2. *** Schumann, Robert: Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano in A minor, Op. 105....
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Sabrina Learman sings Falla - WGBH Classical Performance
Manuel de Falla spent the years before World War I in Paris, and that's where he befriended Debussy and Ravel. Before returning to Spain in 1914, he put together these brilliant song settings, using natural overtones in the accompaniment, rather than traditional modal scales. It's performed by members of the Chameleon Ensemble. *** Falla: Seven Spanish Folksongs Sabrina Learman, soprano; Christopher Guzman, piano +++ Titles of Manuel de Falla's Seven Spanish Folksongs: El Pao Moruno;...
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The Auryn Quartet plays Haydn - WGBH Classical...
In 1781, when Haydn met Mozart, he called him "the greatest composer known to me either in person or reputation." Three years later he became good friends with the younger composer, and joined him in a "string quartet party" at a Viennese apartment. That was also the year (1784) Haydn wrote his Opus 50 Quartets, which - no surprise - bear a striking resemblance to the style of Mozart! Again we have the Auryn String Quartet. *** Haydn: Quartet in F major, Op. 50 No. 5 Auryn String Quartet +++...
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The Auryn String Quartet plays Beethoven - WGBH...
Beethoven wrote this first String Quartet after he began to lose his hearing, so it was a time of anxiety and intense feeling for him. He admired the quartets of Haydn and Mozart, but he was also looking ahead with this music, to the Romantic Era. We hear it played by the Auryn Quartet, from Germany. *** Beethoven: Quartet in F major, Op. 18 No. 1. Auryn String Quartet +++ Matthias Lingenfelder, violin; Jens Oppermann, violin; Stewart Eaton, viola; Andreas Arndt, cello. More info:...
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Fumito Nunoya plays Bach - WGBH Classical Performance
The Chaconne from Bach's Partita No. 2 for Solo Violin has been adapted for many different instruments. Here's an unusual adaptation, brilliantly played, by marimba soloist Fumito Nunoya, in a live-to-air broadcast from the Fraser. *** Bach, J.S. (arr. F. Nunoya): "Chaconne" from Partita No. 2 for solo violin. Fumito Nunoya, marimba +++ More info: http://www.fumitonunoya.com/en/ Recorded in a live broadcast at WGBH's Fraser Performance Studio on January 28th, 2009. 2009 WGBH Educational...
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Chu-Fang Huang plays Haydn and Emanuele Segre plays...
Selections from two recent live performances this week: Chinese pianist Chu-Fang Huang, winner of the 2005 Cleveland International Piano Competition, playing Haydn; and Italian guitarist Emanuele Segre, a Pro Musicis artist, playing Giuliani. *** Haydn: Piano Sonata in E major, Hob. XVI/31. Chu-Fang Huang, piano. Giuliani: from "Giulianate" Op. 148, "L'Armonia" and "La Risoluzione". Emanuele Segre, guitar. +++ More info: http://www.emanuelesegre.it/ http://www.chufanghuang.com/ Recorded in a...
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The Mira Trio plays Mozart - WGBH Classical Performance
One aspect of Mozart's genius was his ability to write light, entertaining pieces and profound, deeply engaging pieces, at the same time! That's what he was doing in 1788 when he was working on his late symphonies as well as lighter pieces like the Piano Trio, K. 564. We'll hear that as well as the early Divertimento, K.254, played by a new Piano Trio, the Mira Trio. *** Mozart: Divertimento in B flat, K.254; Piano Trio in G major, K.564 Mira Trio +++ Mira Trio: Gabriella Diaz, violin; Byron...
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Blue Heron sings Obrecht and Perotin - WGBH Classical...
The Renaissance vocal ensemble Blue Heron brings us music for the darkest season of the year, the weeks leading up to Christmas. In the 15th century in northern Europe, this period produced penitential, mystical music. But when Christmas came it was also a time for celebration. We'll hear both these moods in music by Jacob Obrecht and Antoine Brumel, and in some 12th century music by Perotin. *** Obrecht: Factor Orbis; Brumel: Nato canunt omnia; Perotin: Beata viscera; Perotin: Sederunt...
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The Borromeo String Quartet plays Beethoven - WGBH...
Sometimes the bleakest moments in a creative person's life bring out their finest work. That's what it was like for Beethoven in 1810. His marriage proposal to a young woman had just been spurned, and on top of that, he had just learned that his deafness was getting worse, when he sat down to write the "Serioso" String Quartet. *** Beethoven: String Quartet, Op. 95 "Serioso" in F minor Borromeo String Quartet +++ More info on the Borromeo: http://www.borromeoquartet.org/ Recorded in a live...
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James Sommerville plays Strauss and Beethoven - WGBH...
James Sommerville, the acclaimed Principal Horn of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, brings music by Richard Strauss and Ludwig van Beethoven to his first performance in the Fraser Studio. His musical collaborator is Aimee Tsuchiya, at the piano. *** Strauss, Richard: Andante for horn and piano; and Beethoven: Sonata for horn and piano, Op. 17 James Sommerville, horn; Aimee Tsuchiya, piano +++ More info: http://marquisclassics.com/artists/sommerville_bio.html Recorded in a live broadcast at...
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Mistral plays Handel and Vivaldi - WGBH Classical...
Mistral is a chamber ensemble made up of some of the finest freelance musicians in the Boston area, led by flutist Julie Scolnik. This live-to-air performance featured music by Handel and Vivaldi. *** Handel: Harp Concerto in B-flat major, Op. 4 No. 6, HWV 294; and Vivaldi: Sonata No. 5 in E minor for cello and strings, RV 40. Mistral (chamber ensemble) +++ Soloists: Franziska Huhn, harp (Handel); Jan Muller-Szeraws, cello (Vivaldi). Ensemble: Irina Muresanu, Nurit Pacht, Gabriela...
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Richard Stoltzman talks about Mozart - WGBH Classical...
Richard Stoltzman shares his insights about our modern-day experience of listening to Mozart, with WGBH's Cathy Fuller. *** Richard Stoltzman, in conversation with Cathy Fuller +++ Recorded in a live broadcast at WGBH's Studio One on March 1st, 2005. 2008 WGBH Educational Foundation. http://www.wgbh.org/classical email: classical@wgbh.org
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Richard Stoltzman plays Debussy and Mozart - WGBH...
Clarinetist Richard Stoltzman brought a couple of stunning pieces when he came to visit WGBH's Studio for this live-to-air performance. His musical collaborator here is his son, Peter John Stoltzman, at the piano. *** Debussy: Premiere Rhapsody; and Mozart: Adagio mvt. from Clarinet Concerto in A, K.622. Richard Stoltzman, clarinet; Peter John Stoltzman, piano +++ More info: http://www.franksalomon.com/Artist.asp?ArtistID=17 Recorded in a live broadcast at WGBH's Studio One on March 1st,...
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Minsoo Sohn plays Liszt transcriptions - WGBH Classical...
Franz Liszt was a great admirer of Bach and Beethoven. His transcriptions of music by these great masters and others, show his devotion, but also his amazing originality. Bach's A minor Prelude and Fugue was originally a pipe organ piece, and Beethoven's "Adelaide" is a charming song, but they each become something entirely new in the hands of Liszt. We hear them played by the brilliant young pianist Minsoo Sohn. *** Bach, J.S., arr. Liszt: Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV.543 S462;...
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The Calder Quartet talks about Mozart - WGBH Classical...
The Calder String Quartet played the marvelous and mysterious-sounding "Dissonance" Quartet in their live performance here at the Fraser Performance Studio. In conversation with program host Cathy Fuller, they mentioned that they had some great consultations with composer Terry Riley about a piece of his they played. Then they mused about what they would ask Mozart, if they could talk to him in the same way. *** Calder String Quartet, in conversation with WGBH's Cathy Fuller +++ More info on...
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WGBH Classical Performance Podcast
When Mozart's publisher distributed the "Dissonant" Quartet to music dealers, some of them sent the scores back, thinking the rich, expressive close harmonies were mistakes! But as his friend Josef Haydn said, "If Mozart wrote it, he must have meant it." We hear it played in a live performance from the Fraser Performance Studio, by the Calder Quartet. *** Mozart: String Quartet in C major, K.465, "Dissonance" The Calder String Quartet. +++ Benjamin Jacobson, Andrew Bulbrook, violins;...
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Trio Saltarello (plus one!) plays Bach - WGBH Classical...
Bach wrote this "Trio Sonata" originally for the pipe organ, to help his son Wilhelm Friedemann perfect his organ technique. But since it is conveniently laid out in three voices (two melody instruments and supporting bass), it's perfect for adaptation to almost any chamber music ensemble, including this one, featuring two recorders with harpsichord and viola da gamba. *** Bach, J.S.: Trio Sonata in F major, BWV. 529 Trio Saltarello (Sarah Cantor, recorder; Angus Lansing, viola da gamba;...
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Janina Fialkowska plays Chopin - WGBH Classical...
When Chopin was a teenager, he witnessed peasants dancing the Mazurka, the triple-time dance popular in the countryside of his native Poland. It must have made quite an impression, because he wrote over 50 Mazurkas for the piano, using it as a way to express a longing for his homeland. We hear three of them played by Janina Fialkowska. *** Chopin: Mazurkas, Op. 41 No. 1, Op. 32 No. 2, Op. 59 No. 1; Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20. Janina Fialkowska, piano +++ More info about Janina...
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Rogert Tapping and Judith Gordon play Brahms - WGBH...
Brahms was in a melancholy mood at the end of his life. By the 1890's he had given up writing music altogether. But then he met the great clarinetist Richard Mhlfeld, and when he heard his playing, Brahms changed his mind. The result was some of his most inspired chamber music, including this Sonata in E-flat, which Brahms himself transcribed for viola. *** Brahms: Sonata in E-flat, Op. 120, No. 2 Roger Tapping, viola; Judith Gordon, piano. +++ More info:...
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Winsor Music plays Beethoven - WGBH Classical Performance
Long before he wrote his great Symphonies, Beethoven was a star pianist, and a frequent guest in the homes of the Viennese nobility. They would welcome him to play, and to bring along a new piece of music. Here's one of those offerings, played by members of Boston's Winsor Music. *** Beethoven: Trio in C major, Op. 87 for two Oboes and English Horn Peggy Pearson, oboe; Laura Ahlbeck, oboe; Barbara LaFitte, English horn. +++ More info about Winsor Music at http://www.winsormusic.org/. Recorded...
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George Li plays Beethoven - WGBH Classical Performance
13-year-old George Li may be small of stature, but he unleashes the full power of the piano, playing with amazing grace and skill. George made a big impression on Boston Philharmonic conductor Ben Zander, who says he has the "usual misgivings" about child prodigies. But George has something special, as you'll hear in this performance of the Moonlight Sonata. *** Beethoven: Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2, "Moonlight". George Li, piano +++ More information on George is at...
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Triple Helix plays Haydn - WGBH Classical Performance
This is one of three Piano Trios dedicated to a lady friend of Haydn. Her name was Rebecca Schroeter, and he often went to her house for dinner during his second stay in London, in 1794 and 1795. The music is irresistible, so she must have been pleased! *** Haydn: Trio No. 40 in F-sharp minor, Hob. XV:26 Triple Helix Piano Trio +++ Bayla Keyes, violin; Lois Shapiro, piano; Rhonda Rider, cello More info about Triple Helix at http://www.triplehelixpianotrio.org/. Recorded in a live broadcast at...
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Roberto Plano introduces Schubert's Impromptus - WGBH...
Before Roberto Plano played the Schubert Impromptus, Op. 142, he introduced the audience to these moody pieces, and gave us a guided tour of Number 3 of the set, a Theme with Variations, in B-flat. Here he is in conversation with WGBH's Cathy Fuller. *** Schubert: Impromptus, Op. 142. (Examples and Comments by pianist Roberto Plano) +++ More info about Roberto at http://www.robertoplano.com/. Recorded in a live broadcast at WGBH's Fraser Performance Studio on September 24th, 2008. 2008 WGBH...
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Roberto Plano plays Schubert - WGBH Classical...
Pianist Roberto Plano has a special place in his heart for the music of Franz Schubert - it's obvious when he plays these Impromptus, Op. 142. The name "Impromptu" suggests a sudden burst of inspiration - something spontaneous - and that's exactly the quality you hear when Roberto plays. *** Schubert: Impromptus, Op. 142 Robert Plano, piano +++ More info about Roberto at http://www.robertoplano.com/. Recorded in a live broadcast at WGBH's Fraser Performance Studio on September 24th, 2008....
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The Formosa String Quartet plays Debussy - WGBH...
The Formosa Quartet came together in 2002 for a memorable two-week tour of Taiwan, and stayed together to develop their unique sound, winning the 2006 London International String Quartet Competition. It was their performance of the Debussy that convinced the jury, and we heard why, in this live broadcast from the Fraser Performance Studio. *** Debussy: String Quartet in G minor, Op.10. Formosa String Quartet +++ Ayano Ninomiya, violin; Jasmine Lin, violin; Che-Yen Chen, viola; Jacob Braun,...
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Mark Kroll plays Franois Couperin - WGBH Classical...
Franois Couperin, "organist to the King", liked to describe scenes and characters in his harpsichord music. It must have been fun to listen along with Louis XIV and his court, to these little gems. *** Couperin, Franois: Quatrime Ordre (La Marche des Gris-vtus, Les Baccanales, La Pateline, La Rveil-matin). Mark Kroll, harpsichord. +++ More info about Mark at http://markkroll.com/ Recorded in a live broadcast at WGBH's Fraser Performance Studio on September 9th, 2008. 2008 WGBH Educational...
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Sergei Antonov plays Reger and Tchaikovsky - WGBH...
Max Reger was a great admirer of J.S. Bach's music. He was one of the leading Bach interpreters of his time, and strove to maintain Bach's conventions of harmony, counterpoint and structure. Like Bach, Reger was an organist, and like Bach, he composed beautifully for the solo cello. Sergei Antonov plays a movement from one of Reger's Solo Suites, and then the beautiful "Melodie" by Tchaikovsky. *** Reger: Prelude from 2nd Suite for Solo Cello, Op. 131c; and Tchaikovsky (arr. Antonov):...
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Hung-Kuan Chen plays Brahms - WGBH Classical Performance
Brahms was just one of many composers who were inspired by the captivating melody in Caprice No.24 for Violin by Nicolo Paganini. Hung-Kuan Chen performs the variations in a different order from the original, retaining all the emotional depth, but giving it a slightly more exciting ending. *** Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 35 Hung-Kuan Chen, piano +++ Recorded in a live broadcast at WGBH's Fraser Performance Studio on August 14th, 2008. 2008 WGBH Educational Foundation....
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Irina Muresanu plays Brahms - WGBH Classical Performance...
Brahms's Third Violin Sonata is as wild and virtuosic as the musicians it was written for - the great violinist Joseph Joachim, and the brilliant pianist and conductor, Hans von Blow. We hear it played by the Boston virtuosa Irina Muresanu and the Romanian pianist Dana Ciocarlie. *** Brahms: Sonata No. 3 for Violin and Piano in D minor, Op. 108 Irina Muresanu, violin; Dana Ciocarlie, piano +++ More info: Irina - http://www.irinamuresanu.com Dana -...
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Pianist Helene Wickett tackles Beethoven
Helene Wickett is tackling all the piano sonatas of Beethoven, and she's come to the second last one, Op. 110 in A flat. Helene thinks the piece may have been intended for Antoni Brentano, Beethoven's "Immortal Beloved" - He marked it "con amabilita", "with affection, warmth, softness". She played it live on Cathy Fuller's "Classics in the Morning". *** Beethoven: Sonata No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 110 Helene Wickett, piano +++ More info: Look up "Helene Wickett", at...
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Newton Baroque plays Mancini - WGBH Classical Performance
No, no, not THAT Mancini! I'm talking about Francesco Mancini, the early 18th century Italian, not Henry Mancini, the Academy-award-winning 20th century American. Francesco's music was featured in Newton Baroque's live performance of music written for orphans. *** Mancini, Francesco: Concerto in F major Newton Baroque +++ Recorded in a live broadcast at WGBH's Fraser Performance Studio on June 24th, 2008. 2008 WGBH Educational Foundation. http://www.wgbh.org/classical email: classical@wgbh.org
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Sergey Antonov and Fedor Veselov play Franck - WGBH...
Last year's Tchaikovsky Competition Gold Medal winner, celllist Sergey Antonov, stopped by the Fraser Performance Studio the other day. He played Franck, together with a colleague from the Moscow Conservatory, pianist Fedor Veselov. *** Franck: Sonata in A major (1886) Sergey Antonov, cello; Fedor Veselov, piano +++ More information about Sergey is at his website: http://sergeyantonov.com/ Recorded in a live broadcast at WGBH's Fraser Performance Studio on July 9th, 2008. 2008 WGBH...
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Newton Baroque plays Vivaldi - WGBH Classical Performance
In Antonio Vivaldi's Vienna, the orphanage was more than just an orphanage. It was a convent, a school and a conservatory of music as well. As the master violin tutor and chief composer from 1713 to 1740, Vivaldi taught and wrote music for some of the finest young players in the city. Here are two of the pieces he composed, played by Newton Baroque. *** Vivaldi: Concerto for recorder in C minor, RV 441 and Concerto for violin in F major, Op. 4 No. 9 Newton Baroque +++ Sarah Cantor, recorder;...
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Mimi Stillman plays Bach and Gill - WGBH Classical...
J.S. Bach's Flute Sonata in G minor is one of the best-loved works for the flute. But it turns out he wasn't even the composer of this piece! It was probably written by his son, C.P.E. Bach, harpsichordist in the court of the flutist and king, Frederic the Great. Our second work, "Parabasis", is very clearly identified as the work of Jeremy Gill, the pianist on this program. *** Bach, C.P.E. (attrib. J.S. Bach): Sonata in G minor for flute and continuo (BWV.1020), and Jeremy Gill: Three...
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The Parker String Quartet Plays Dvorak - WGBH Classical...
Dvorak's radiant String Quartet in E-flat exudes joy, coming from the pen of a contented composer. Things were going well for the Czech master in 1851: his daughter was born that year, and he had just had great success with his first set of Slavonic Dances. There's a Slavonic feel to this quartet too, and the Parker Quartet captured it perfectly in this performance. *** Dvorak: String Quartet in E-flat major, Op.51 The Parker String Quartet +++ I. Allegro ma non troppo; II. Dumka: Andante con...
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Nicolas Dautricourt and Michael Mizrahi play Schubert -...
Schubert wrote his C major violin Fantasy for a young Bohemian virtuoso, Josef Slavik, who became one of his most trusted chamber music partners. We'll hear it played by the modern-day French virtuoso Nicolas Dautricourt, with Michael Mizrahi at the piano. *** Schubert: Fantasia in C major for violin and piano, D.934 Nicolas Dautricourt, violin; Michael Mizrahi, piano +++ I. Andante molto; II. Allegretto; III. Andantino; IV. Tempo I; V. Allegro vivace; VI. Allegretto; VII. Presto; Recorded in...
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The Ying String Quartet plays Mendelssohn - WGBH...
The Ying Quartet started out its professional career in Jesup, Iowa - a town of 2000 people - as its String Quartet in Residence, integrating music into small town community life. Today they are continuing their tradition of community music-making at the Eastman School of Music and at Harvard University. On their visit to WGBH they brought this exuberant D major Quartet by Mendelssohn. *** Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 44 No. 1 Ying String Quartet +++ I. Molto allegro...
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The Moet Trio plays Ravel - WGBH Classical Performance
The Moet Trio is the first ensemble to participate in the New England Conservatory's Professional Piano Trio Training Program - this is quite an honor for the group, and it's well-deserved, as you'll hear in this performance of Ravel's Piano Trio in A minor. *** Ravel: Piano Trio in A minor (1914) Moet Trio +++ Yuri Namkung, violin; Yves Dharamraj, cello; Michael Mizrahi, piano More information about the trio at https://www.newamsterdamrecords.com/#Moet_Trio Recorded in a live broadcast at...
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Ensemble Caprice plays Gypsy music of the Baroque - WGBH...
The Canadian early music group Ensemble Caprice has been exploring "Gypsy Music" as collected by European scholars and composers in the 17th and 18th centuries, and they've come up with a lively mix! Here's music by Diego Ortiz, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, and Andrea Falconieri. *** Ortiz: Recercada primera; Schmelzer: Balletto La bella zingara; and Falconieri: La Suave Melodia and La Follia. Ensemble Caprice +++ Matthias Maute, recorder and flute; Sophie Larivire, recorder and flute; David...
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Leslie Howard talks about Rachmaninov - WGBH Classical...
Leslie Howard brings us the dramatic background to Rachmaninov's "Three Pieces" of 1917, in conversation with "Classics in the Morning" host Cathy Fuller. Recorded in a live broadcast at WGBH's Fraser Performance Studio, January 29, 2008. WGBH Classical Performance is a production of WGBH Radio Boston. http://www.wgbh.org/classical. email: classical@wgbh.org
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Leslie Howard plays Rachmaninov and Borodin - WGBH...
Leslie Howard is one of the foremost interpreters of late romantic piano music, and we were thrilled that he could come to play at WGBH. We'll hear music by Borodin and Rachmaninov. *** Borodin/Howard: Scherzo from Petite Suite (1885); and Rachmaninov: Three Pieces (1917). Leslie Howard, piano Recorded in a live broadcast at WGBH's Fraser Performance Studio, January 29, 2008. WGBH Classical Performance is a production of WGBH Radio Boston. http://www.wgbh.org/classical. email: classical@wgbh.org
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Stephanie Jutt and Jeffrey Sykes play Beethoven - WGBH...
This is the lighter side of Beethoven: a delightful serenade, adapted by the composer from his own Serenade for Flute and Strings. Stephanie Jutt and Jeffrey Sykes are presented in their Boston recital this week by the Pro Musicis Foundation, http://promusicis.org/. *** Beethoven: Serenade for Flute and Piano, Op.41 Stephanie Jutt, flute; Jeffrey Sykes, piano +++ More information: http://www.bachdancinganddynamite.org/artists/ Recorded in a live broadcast at WGBH's Fraser Performance Studio...
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Hlne Wickett plays Ravel - WGBH Classical Performance
Maurice Ravel was a great admirer of Franz Schubert's music, and the "Valses nobles et sentimentales" are his tribute. Nonetheless this work has Ravel's unmistakable signature sound. The pianist in our live broadcast is Hlne Wickett. *** Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales Hlne Wickett, piano +++ More info: Look up "Hlne Wickett", at http://www.promusicis.org/ Recorded in a live broadcast at WGBH's Fraser Performance Studio on March 25th, 2008. 2008 WGBH Educational Foundation....
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La Donna Musicale plays Bon
The ensemble La Donna Musicale champions the works of women composers from the baroque, classical and contemporary periods. In this live broadcast they focus on the music of Anna Bon (1739/40-????). *** Bon: Flute Sonata IV, and "Astra Coeli" La Donna Musicale +++ La Donna Musicale: Na'ama Lion, flute; Sherezade Panthaki, soprano; Gigi Turgeon, violin; Ruth McKay, harpsichord; Laury Gutierrez, viola da gamba and Artistic Director. More info: http://www.ladm.org/ Recorded in a live broadcast...
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Heng-Jin Park plays Schumann and Liszt - WGBH Classical...
Robert Schumann's first published piece is a bit mysterious - It's called "Variations on the name Abegg", but whose name is it? An imaginary character dreamed up by the composer? Or a countess he was in love with for a time? We may never know the answer to the puzzle, but it's a fine piano work, played here by Heng-Jin Park. We also hear Liszt's "Gnomenreigen", the "Round Dance of the Gnomes".
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Roger and Judy talk about Bach - WGBH Classical...
Violist Roger Tapping and pianist Judith Gordon talk about the high points of playing Bach's G minor Gamba Sonata, in conversation with WGBH host Cathy Fuller. Recorded in a live broadcast at WGBH's Fraser Performance Studio on February 26th, 2008. 2008 WGBH Educational Foundation. http://www.wgbh.org/classical email: classical@wgbh.org
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Roger Tapping and Judith Gordon play Bach - WGBH...
Violist Roger Tapping and pianist Judith Gordon get into a wonderful groove in this performance of the third of Bach's Sonatas for Viola da Gamba and piano. *** Bach, J.S.: Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Keyboard in G minor, BWV.1029 Roger Tapping, viola; Judith Gordon, piano +++ J.S. Bach: Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Keyboard in G minor, BWV.1029 I. Vivace; II. Adagio; III. Allegro More info about Roger Tapping at http://www.newenglandconservatory.edu/faculty/tappingR.html More about Judith...
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David Deveau talks about Beethoven - WGBH Classical...
David Deveau talks about the beauty of Beethoven's "Pastorale" Sonata, in conversation with WGBH host Cathy Fuller. More info about David Deveau at http://rcmf.org/ Recorded in a live broadcast at WGBH's Fraser Performance Studio on February 7th, 2008. 2008 WGBH Educational Foundation. http://www.wgbh.org/classical email: classical@wgbh.org
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David Deveau plays Beethoven - WGBH Classical Performance
Beethoven's "Pastorale" Piano Sonata was the focal point of David Deveau's visit to our Boston studios. You can hear his affection for the piece in his playing. *** Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28, “Pastorale” David Deveau, piano. +++ I. Allegro; II. Andante; III. Scherzo (Allegro assai); IV. Rondo (Allegro ma non troppo) More info about David Deveau at http://rcmf.org/ Recorded in a live broadcast at WGBH's Fraser Performance Studio on February 7th, 2008. 2008 WGBH...
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Tyler Duncan sings Vaughan Williams - WGBH Classical...
Canadian Baritone Tyler Duncan explores the poetry of Robert Louis Stephenson, in vivid settings by Ralph Vaughan Williams. His collaborator at the piano is Erika Switzer. *** Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel Tyler Duncan, baritone; Erika Switzer, piano +++ Ralph Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel (texts by Robert Lois Stevenson) 1. The Vagabond 2. Let Beauty Awake 3. The Roadside Fire 4. Youth and Love 5. In Dreams 6. The Infinite Shining Heavens 7. Whither Must I Wander? 8. Bright is the...
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Joseph Lin plays Bach - WGBH Classical Performance
Joseph Lin plays Bach's elegant Sonata No.2 for violin alone, in this performance from our archives. *** Bach, J.S.: Violin Sonata No.2 in A minor, BWV.1033 Joseph Lin, violin +++ Recorded in a live broadcast at WGBH's Studio One on April 20, 2001. (Note: Joseph Lin's recording with pianist Benjamin Loeb, of music by Korngold, is available on the Naxos label. http://www.naxos.com/) 2008 WGBH Educational Foundation. http://www.wgbh.org/classical email: classical@wgbh.org
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Peter Orth talks about Chopin's Preludes - WGBH...
Peter Orth felt at a loss for words when program host Richard Knisely asked him to comment on Chopin's Preludes, Op.28...But he does have a couple of things to say! Recorded in a live broadcast at WGBH's Fraser Performance Studio, October 5, 2007. WGBH Classical Performance is a production of WGBH Radio Boston. 2008 WGBH Educational Foundation. http://www.wgbh.org/classical. email: classical@wgbh.org
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Peter Orth plays Chopin - WGBH Classical Performance
Chopin's Preludes for piano, Op.28, caused a stir when they were first published in 1839. There were 24 of them: one in each of the major and minor keys, and they were very short pieces, one of them only 12 bars long! American pianist Peter Orth, now based in Germany, played them for us. *** Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op.28 Peter Orth, piano. +++ More information at http://www.peterorth.de/. Recorded in a live broadcast at WGBH's Fraser Performance Studio, October 5th, 2007. WGBH Classical...
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Scott Metcalfe talks about music of Cypress in the 15th...
In conversation with WGBH Classical host Richard Knisely, Blue Heron director Scott Metcalfe answers the question, "Why Cypress?". *** Anon. Cypriot, c. 1413-1422: music for Christmas Scott Metcalfe (in conversation) +++ Recorded in a live broadcast in WGBH's Fraser Performance Studio, on December 20th, 2007. 2007 WGBH Educational Foundation. http://www.wgbh.org/classical email: classical@wgbh.org
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Blue Heron sings music for Christmas from England and...
The Blue Heron Renaissance Choir performed 15th century music: English carols and French pieces discovered in a Cypriot manuscript, before a live audience of WGBH members. *** Anon. (15th c. English); Guillaume Du Fay; Anon. (15th c. Cypriot MS): Carols and motets for Christmas. Blue Heron Renaissance Choir +++ Detailed listing: 1. Anon (15th c. English): Ther is no rose of swych vertu. 2. Anon. (15th c. English): Nowel syng we now al and sum. 3. Guillaume Du Fay (c.1397-1474): Letabundus...
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Triple Helix plays Mozart - WGBH Classical Performance
This Trio in G major is the only Piano Trio Mozart composed with a specific publisher in mind. It was an English musician who published it in 1789. the Boston-based Piano Trio Triple Helix performed it in a live broadcast, along with the Fanny Mendelssohn Trio we heard a few weeks ago on the podcast. *** Mozart: Trio in G major, KV 564 Triple Helix +++ Triple Helix: Lois Shapiro, piano; Bayla Keyes, violin; Rhonda Rider, cello. More info at: http://www.triplehelixpianotrio.org/ Recorded in a...
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Philippa Davies and Maggie Cole play Bach - WGBH...
Flute virtuoso Philippa Davies and harpsichordist extraordinaire Maggie Cole have a terrific CD out of Bach Flute Sonatas, on the Avie label. Here's one that's not on that recording. They played it just yesterday in the Fraser Performance Studio here at WGBH *** Bach, J.S.: Flute Sonata in G minor, BWV.1020 Philippa Davies, flute; Maggie Cole, harpsichord +++ Recorded in a live broadcast at WGBH's Studio One, December 6, 2007. WGBH Classical Performance is a production of WGBH Radio Boston....
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The Pacifica String Quartet plays Hindemith - WGBH...
Paul Hindemith wrote a great deal of music for a wide variety of instruments, but we don't often hear about his string quartets. Here are two movements from the Third String Quartet of this 20th century master, played by the Pacifica String Quartet. *** Hindemith: String Quartet No.3 in C major, Op.22 (Movements 1 and 2) Pacifica Quartet +++ The entire performance, including the String Quartet No.2 in A minor by Felix Mendelssohn, is available for on-demand listening at...
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Walden Chamber Players play Mozart - WGBH Classical...
The Walden Chamber Players bring out the vitality in this quartet by Mozart, originally written to feature a star oboist of Mozart's time, Friedrich Ramm. The Walden Players' star oboist is Laura Ahlbeck. *** Mozart: Quartet for Oboe and Strings, K.370 Walden Chamber Players +++ Laura Ahlbeck, oboe; Joel Pitchon, violin; Christof Huebner, viola; Ashima Scripp, cello. http://www.waldenchamberplayers.org Recorded in a live broadcast at WGBH's Studio One on November 12, 2007. 2007 WGBH...
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Louis Schwizgebel-Wang plays Brahms -WGBH Classical...
The 19-year-old Swiss pianist Louis Schwizgebel-Wang recently won first prize in the 2007 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, and stopped by the Fraser Performance Studio to play Brahms, among other things. We had a live audience on hand to greet him! *** Brahms: Rhapsodies, Op.79 Louis Schwizgebel-Wang, piano +++ I. No. 1 in B minor II. No. 2 in G minor Recorded in a live broadcast at WGBH's Studio One on October 31st, 2007. 2007 WGBH Educational Foundation....
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Triple Helix plays Fanny Mendelssohn - WGBH Classical...
Felix Mendelssohn's older sister, Fanny had tremendous talent and the potential to be a great composer, but her father couldn't bring himself to support her in it. "Music will perhaps become his [i.e. Felix's] profession," he wrote in 1820, "while for you it can and must be only an ornament'". Such were the attitudes toward women. The piano trio Triple Helix plays her Trio in D minor, Op.11. *** Mendelssohn, Fanny: Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 11. Triple Helix +++ I. Allegro molto vivace II....
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Eric Rice talks about French music from the 16th century...
In conversation with WGBH Classical host Richard Knisely, Exsultemus director Eric Rice discusses the music of 16th century France: how the French sought recover the powerful emotive effects of ancient music. Their approach emphasized the meter of French poetry, yielding a new unique approach to rhythm known as musique mesure l'antique. *** Goudimel, Bataille, et al. Eric Rice (in conversation) +++ Recorded in a live broadcast in WGBH's Fraser Performance Studio, on October 16, 2007. 2007...
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Exsultemus sings music of 16th century France - WGBH...
Boston-based period vocal ensemble Exsultemus performs vocal music of 16th century France -- both sacred music and "airs de coeur", accompanied by the lute. *** Goudimel, Bataille, de Costeley, Moulini, and Le Jeune: vocal music from 16th-century france. Exsultemus +++ Selections: 1. Claude Goudimel: Ainsi qu’on oit le cerf bruire ("As one hears the deer rustling"). Catherine Hedberg, mezzo-soprano; Jason McStoots, tenor; Eric Rice, tenor; Brian Church, bass; with Catherine Liddell, lute. 2....
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The Hugo Wolf Quartet talks about Haydn - WGBH Classical...
As a Viennese string quartet, the Hugo Wolf Quartet really understands the music of Haydn, who spent so much time in that fair city. Here they are to talk about it with WGBH's Cathy Fuller. *** Haydn. The Hugo Wolf String Quartet (in conversation) +++ Recorded in a live broadcast in WGBH's Studio One, on October 17, 2007. 2007 WGBH Educational Foundation. http://www.wgbh.org/classical email: classical@wgbh.org
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The Hugo Wolf String Quartet plays Haydn - WGBH...
We're continuing with a sort of unintended Haydn String Quartet Festival here on the Classical Performance podcast. This time it's a brilliant young string quartet from Vienna, who stopped in at the Fraser Performance Studio as part of a brief American tour. *** Haydn: String Quartet in D major, Op.20 No.4 Hugo Wolf String Quartet +++ Sebastian Grtler, violin; Rgis Bringolf, violin; Gertrud Weinmeister, viola; Florian Berner, cello http://www.hugowolfquartett.com/main_e.htm Recorded in a live...
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The Borromeo Quartet talks about Haydn - WGBH Classical...
Members of the Borromeo String Quartet talk about the Haydn Quartets, and why they call Haydn's Quartet in D, Op. 76, No. 5, the "Largo". The other voice you hear is Cathy Fuller's. She's the host of WGBH Radio's "Classics in the Morning". *** Haydn. Nick Kitchen and Kristopher Tong (in conversation) +++ Recorded in a live broadcast in WGBH's Studio One, on October 9, 2007. 2007 WGBH Educational Foundation. http://www.wgbh.org/classical email: classical@wgbh.org
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