Barber at 100

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Today is the 100th birthday of Samuel Barber, one of the United States’
most celebrated composers in the 20th century.  We’ll hear his famous
String Quartet (with its central Adagio), his three Essays for
Orchestra, and the suite from the ballet "Souvenirs," among other
things, this afternoon. 

Playlist:
3:02 pm
  • Essay for Orchestra #1
  • Composer: Samuel Barber
  • Ensemble: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
  • Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
  • CD/Album: Samuel Barber
  • Record co./Cat #: EMI 49463
3:12 pm
  • 3 Intermezzi (complete) , Op. 117
  • Composer: Johannes Brahms
  • Soloists: Lilya Zilberstein, piano
  • CD/Album: Brahms: Paganini-Variationen - Intermezzi Op. 117
  • Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 431123
3:29 pm
  • Cello Concerto #3 in A , Wq 172/H439
  • Composer: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
  • Ensemble: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
  • Soloists: Anner Bylsma, cello
  • Conductor: Gustav Leonhardt
  • CD/Album: CPE Bach: Cello Concertos
  • Record co./Cat #: Virgin Classics 90800
  • Note: (originally H437, Concerto for Harpsichord & Strings)
3:49 pm
  • Agnus Dei ("Lamb of God")
  • Composer: Samuel Barber
  • Soloists: Trinity College Choir, Cambridge
  • Conductor: Richard Marlow
  • CD/Album: Barber's Adagio
  • Record co./Cat #: RCA 68758
  • Note: (Barber's choral arrangement of the Adagio from the String Quartet, Op. 11)
4:07 pm
  • Essay for Orchestra #2
  • Composer: Samuel Barber
  • Ensemble: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
  • Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
  • CD/Album: Samuel Barber
  • Record co./Cat #: EMI 49463
4:19 pm
  • Presto
  • Composer: Silvius Leopold Weiss
  • Soloists: Lutz Kirchhof, lute
  • CD/Album: Lute Music for Witches and Alchemists
  • Record co./Cat #: Sony 60767
4:24 pm
  • Symphony #1 in C , Op. 21
  • Composer: Ludwig Van Beethoven
  • Ensemble: Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra
  • Conductor: David Zinman
  • CD/Album: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonies
  • Record co./Cat #: Arte Nova 63645
4:49 pm
  • Prague Waltzes
  • Composer: Antonin Dvorak
  • Ensemble: Detroit Symphony Orchestra
  • Conductor: Antal Dorati
  • CD/Album: Dvorak: Slavonic Dances-Czech Suite
  • Record co./Cat #: London 460293
5:07 pm
  • Menuet pompeux
  • Composer: Emmanuel Chabrier
  • Arranger: (orchestrated by Ravel)
  • Ensemble: Toulouse Capitol Orchestra
  • Conductor: Michel Plasson
  • CD/Album: Chabrier: Oeuvres pour Orchestre
  • Record co./Cat #: EMI 74336
5:14 pm
  • Horn Concerto #3 in Eb , K 447
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Ensemble: St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Hermann Baumann, horn
  • Conductor: Pinchas Zukerman
  • CD/Album: Mozart - The 4 Horn Concertos
  • Record co./Cat #: Philips 412737
5:32 pm
  • Nuvoletta
  • Composer: Samuel Barber
  • Soloists: Cheryl Studer, soprano ; John Browning, piano
  • CD/Album: Barber: The Songs
  • Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 435867
5:38 pm
  • Souvenirs
  • Composer: Samuel Barber
  • Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
  • Conductor: Yoel Levi
  • CD/Album: Barber: Concertos for Violin & Piano; Souvenirs
  • Record co./Cat #: Telarc 80441
6:07 pm
  • Essay for Orchestra #3
  • Composer: Samuel Barber
  • Ensemble: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
  • Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
  • CD/Album: Samuel Barber
  • Record co./Cat #: EMI 49463
6:20 pm
  • Symphony #3 in C , Op. 12 , G 505
  • Composer: Luigi Boccherini
  • Ensemble: Cantilena
  • Conductor: Adrian Shepherd
  • CD/Album: Boccherini: Seven Symphonies
  • Record co./Cat #: Chandos 8414
6:39 pm
  • Cello Sonata in c , Op. 6
  • Composer: Samuel Barber
  • Soloists: Michael Rudiakov, cello ; Shoshana Rudiakov, piano
  • CD/Album: Mendelssohn, Debussy, barber - Cello Sonatas
  • Record co./Cat #: Centaur 2044

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