Musica della sera

Classical Music 7:00-9:30pm

Playlist for Thursday, September 25, 2008

Hosted by Meera Collier-Mitchell

Time (approx.)

Composer

Selection

Performers

Record Title

Label

7:00

Joe Burgstaller

La Virgen de la Macarena

Canadian Brass

Joe Burgstaller, solo trumpet

Canadian Brass: Legends

Factor

Johannes Brahms
(1833—1897)

Hungarian Dances:

                                                    I.       Allegro

    II.               Allegro non assia

   III.               Allegretto

 IV.               Poco sostenuto

   V.               Allegro

 VI.               Vivace

VII.               Allegretto vivace

VIII.               Presto

  IX.               Allegro

   X.               Presto

Cédric Tiberghien, piano

Brahms: Hungarian Dances, &c.

Harmonia Mundi

7:30

Benjamin Britten
(1913—1976)

Diversions for piano (left hand) and orchestra, Op. 21

Theme—

                                                    I.       Recitative—

    II.               Romance—

   III.               March—

 IV.               Arabesque—

   V.               Chant—

 VI.               Nocturne—

VII.               Badinerie

VIII.               Burlesque

  IX.               Toccata I—Toccata II

   X.               Adagio

                                                XI.       Tarantella

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle, Cond.

Peter Donohoe, piano

Rattle Conducts Britten

EMI Classics

8:00

Gibbons/A. Frackenpohl

In Nomine

Canadian Brass

Canadian Brass: Legends

Factor

Benjamin Britten

Canadian Carnival, Op. 19

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle, Cond.

Wesley Warren, trumpet

Rattle Conducts Britten

EMI Classics

Aaron Copland
(1900—1990)

Duo for flute and piano

                                                    I.      Flowing

    II.               Poetic, somewhat mournful

                                                 III.      Lively, with bounce

Jeanne Baxtresser, flute

Israela Margalit, piano

Copland: Chamber Music

EMI Classics

8:30

David Diamond

Elegy in Memory of Maurice Ravel

Orchestra of St. Luke’s

John Adams, cond.

John Adams: American Elegies

Elektra Nonesuch

Francisco Tárrega
(1852—1909)

Variations on the Carnival of Venice

Xuefei Yang, guitar

40 Degrees North

EMI Classics

Carl Engel

(1883– 1944)

Sea-Shell

Shannon Lee, violin

Pamela Mia Paul, piano

Introducing Shannon Lee, Violin

Telarc

Frederic Chopin
(1810—1849)

Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. Posth

9:00

Jean Sibelius
(1865—1957)

Rukastava

Sortunut ääni

Drömmarna

Sydämeni laulu

Chœur de chambre accentus, Eric Ericson, cond.

Suomi

Naïve

Francis Poulenc
(1899—1963)

Quatre Petite Prières de St. Françios d’Assise

Chanticleer

The 10th Anniversary Album

Chanticleer Records

Aaron Copland

Night Thoughts

Nina Tichman, Piano

Aaron Copland: Works for Piano, Vol II

Wergo

Isaac Albeniz
(1860—1909)

Castilla (Seguidillas)

Xuefei Yang, guitar

40 Degrees North

EMI Classics