Ari Rudiakov, artistic director of the Manchester Music Festival, joins
me for a preview of the Festival’s 36th summer season, which begins
tonight. We’ll hear about the music, the musicians, and the challenges of running a festival.
Preview of the Manchester Music Festival
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Playlist:
3:02 pm
- * Conversation with Ari Rudiakov *
3:37 pm
- Piano Concerto in G
- Composer: Maurice Ravel
- Ensemble: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
- Soloists: Alicia de Larrocha, piano
- Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
- CD/Album: Ravel: Piano Concertos, Valses nobles et sentimentales, Sonatine
- Record co./Cat #: RCA 60985
4:07 pm
- Lohengrin: Prelude To Act I
- Composer: Richard Wagner
- Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic
- Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
- CD/Album: Wagner - Overtures and Preludes
- Record co./Cat #: Philips 426271
4:18 pm
- Love Verses from "The Song of Solomon"
- Composer: Percy Aldridge Grainger
- Ensemble: English Country Gardiner Orchestra
- Soloists: Monteverdi Choir
- Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner
- CD/Album: Danny Boy - The Music of Percy Grainger
- Record co./Cat #: Philips 446657
4:27 pm
- Orchestral Quartet #1 in C , Op. 14
- Composer: Carl Stamitz
- Ensemble: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor: David Armstrong
- CD/Album: Carl Stamitz: Orchestral Quartets, Op. 14
- Record co./Cat #: Naxos 8.557671
4:46 pm
- Rondo in a , K 511
- Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Soloists: Andras Schiff, piano
- CD/Album: Mozart: Piano Variations K265 & K455 etc.
- Record co./Cat #: London 421369
5:07 pm
- The Winter's Tale
- Composer: Lars-Erik Larsson
- Ensemble: Stockholm Sinfonietta
- Conductor: Jan-Olav Wedin
- CD/Album: A Swedish Pastorale
- Record co./Cat #: Bis 165
5:18 pm
- Brandenburg Concerto #1 in F , BWV 1046
- Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
- Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe
- CD/Album: J.S. Bach: Brandenburgische Konzerte
- Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 431660
5:40 pm
- Septet
- Composer: Camille Saint-Saens
- Ensemble: Nash Ensemble
- Soloists: Paul Archibald, trumpet ; Ian Brown, piano
- CD/Album: Saint-Saens: Trio Op. 18/Septet/Le Carnaval des Animaux
- Record co./Cat #: Virgin Classics 90751
6:07 pm
- Barcarolle #2 in G , Op. 41
- Composer: Gabriel Faure
- Soloists: Jean-Philippe Collard, piano
- CD/Album: Faure: Piano Music Complete
- Record co./Cat #: Brilliant Classics 93007
6:14 pm
- Symphony #1 "Winter Daydreams" in g , Op. 13
- Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
- Conductor: Riccardo Muti
- CD/Album: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1
- Record co./Cat #: EMI 47866