Bowing the Piano

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In advance of its Friday night performance at UVM, we’ll hear a feature
about composer Stephen Scott and his Bowed Piano Ensemble, as well as
music from his biggest work, Vikings of the Sunrise. 

Also on the program today, Ravel’s Miroirs, and a listener request for Carl Orff’s Catulli Carmina.

 

Playlist:
3:02 pm
  • Orchestral Suite #4 in D , BWV 1069
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Ensemble: La Petite Bande
  • Conductor: Sigiswald Kuijken
  • CD/Album: J.S. Bach: Suites (Overtures)
  • Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 77008
3:21 pm
  • Miroirs
  • Composer: Maurice Ravel
  • Soloists: Pascal Roge, piano
  • CD/Album: Ravel: Piano Works
  • Record co./Cat #: London 440836
3:51 pm
  • Catulli Carmina: Actus III, Exodium
  • Composer: Carl Orff
  • Ensemble: Munich Radio Orchestra
  • Soloists: Mozart-Chor Linz ; Dagmar Schellenberger, soprano ; Lothar Odinius, tenor
  • CD/Album: Orff: Catulli Carmina - Trionfo di Afrodite
  • Record co./Cat #: EMI 55172
4:07 pm
  • Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture
  • Composer: Jacques Offenbach
  • Ensemble: Musicians of the Louvre
  • Conductor: Marc Minkowski
  • CD/Album: Offenbach Romantique
  • Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 4776403
4:17 pm
  • Oboe Concerto in C
  • Composer: Domenico Cimarosa
  • Ensemble: I Musici
  • Soloists: Heinz Holliger, oboe (Highnts Holliger)
  • CD/Album: Albinoni - Cimarosa - Marcello - Sammartini - Lotti
  • Record co./Cat #: Philips 420189
4:40 pm
  • Vikings of the Sunrise: Excerpts
  • Composer: Stephen Scott
  • CD/Album: Vikings of the Sunrise: Fantasy on the Polynesian Star Path Navigators
  • Record co./Cat #: New Albion 84
5:07 pm
  • Poem for Flute (& orchestra)
  • Composer: Charles Tomlinson Griffes
  • Ensemble: Charleston Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Paula Robison, flute
  • Conductor: David Stahl
  • CD/Album: One Hundred Roses
  • Record co./Cat #: Pergola 1032
5:18 pm
  • Cello Sonata in d
  • Composer: Claude Debussy
  • Soloists: Jules Eskin, cello ; Michael Tilson Thomas, piano
  • CD/Album: Debussy: Chamber Music
  • Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 476770
5:31 pm
  • Trio Sonata #2 in g
  • Composer: Jan Dismas Zelenka
  • Soloists: Heinz Holliger, oboe ; Maurice Bourgue, oboe ; Klaus Thunemann, bassoon ; Christiane Jaccottet, harpsichord
  • CD/Album: Zelenka: Trio Sonatas
  • Record co./Cat #: ECM 1671
5:52 pm
  • Intermezzo #1 for Orchestra
  • Composer: Vassili Kalinnikov
  • Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
  • Conductor: Neeme Jarvi
  • CD/Album: Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3, etc.
  • Record co./Cat #: Chandos 8614
6:07 pm
  • St. Paul's Suite
  • Composer: Gustav Holst
  • Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Conductor: Malcolm Sargent
  • CD/Album: Holst: The Perfect Fool etc.
  • Record co./Cat #: EMI 49784
6:20 pm
  • Sonata #4 for Strings & basso continuo in e
  • Composer: Georg Muffat
  • Ensemble: La Stravaganza Koln
  • CD/Album: Georg Muffat: Armonico Tributo-La Stravaganza, Koln
  • Record co./Cat #: MD+G (Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm) 3459
6:29 pm
  • Piano Concerto in bb , Op. 32
  • Composer: Xaver Scharwenka
  • Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Earl Wild, piano
  • Conductor: Erich Leinsdorf
  • CD/Album: Scharwenka and Paderewski: Piano Concertos
  • Record co./Cat #: Elan 82266

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