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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....

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....

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...

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

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

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:...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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,...

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:...

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...

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...

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...

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

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....

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

Gordon Neidinger Plays Brahms and Monti

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...

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...

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

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...

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,...

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

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...

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,...

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:...

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...

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...

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:...

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...

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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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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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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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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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,...

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:...

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...

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

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...

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 +++...

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 +++...

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,...

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...

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:...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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:...

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 +++...

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....

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...

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...

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....

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...

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:...

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:...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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;...

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:...

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...

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...

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...

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

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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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;...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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....

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...

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

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