We’ll celebrate April Fool’s Day with musical jokes and humoresques from
John Knowles Paine, William Walton, and Franz Joseph Haydn.
Musical Jokes!
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Playlist:
7:00 am
- Poet and Peasant Overture
- Composer: Franz Von Suppe
- Ensemble: Montreal Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor: Charles Dutoit
- CD/Album: Suppe Overtures
- Record co./Cat #: London 414408
7:12 am
- The Ceremony of the Baculus: Gregis pastor Tityrus
- Composer: Anonymous (13th & 14th c. sources)
- Ensemble: New London Consort
- Conductor: Philip Pickett
- CD/Album: The Feast of Fools
- Record co./Cat #: L'Oiseau Lyre 4780028
7:16 am
- Romanza & Humoreske for Cello & Piano
- Composer: John Knowles Paine
- Soloists: Jules Eskin, cello ; Joseph Silverstein, violin
- Record co./Cat #: Northeastern 219
7:30 am
- Oboe Concerto in F , BWV 1053
- Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
- Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
- Soloists: Heinz Holliger, oboe
- Conductor: Iona Brown
- CD/Album: J.S. Bach - 3 Oboe Concertos
- Record co./Cat #: Philips 412851
- Note: (transcribed for oboe)
7:50 am
- Comedy Overture
- Composer: Leevi Madetoja
- Ensemble: Helsinki Philharmonic
- Conductor: Jorma Panula
- CD/Album: Leevi Madetoja: Symphony No. 1 - Kullervo - Okon Fuoko - Comedy Overture
- Record co./Cat #: Finlandia 15
8:04 am
- A Children's Prank
- Composer: Modest Moussorgsky
- Soloists: Margaret Fingerhut, piano
- CD/Album: Russian Piano Music - Margaret Fingerhut
- Record co./Cat #: Chandos 8439
8:07 am
- The Perfect Fool (ballet music)
- Composer: Gustav Holst
- Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor: Andre Previn
- CD/Album: Holst: The Perfect Fool etc.
- Record co./Cat #: EMI 49784
8:19 am
- String Quartet #30 "The Joke" in Eb , Op. 33/2 , HOB 3/38
- Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
- Ensemble: Tatrai String Quartet
- CD/Album: Haydn: 6 String Quartets Op. 33
- Record co./Cat #: Hungaroton 11887
8:37 am
- Concerto for lute and flute
- Composer: Silvius Leopold Weiss
- Ensemble: Tempesta di Mare
- Soloists: Richard Stone, lute ; Gwyn Roberts, flute
- CD/Album: Weiss: Lute Concerti
- Record co./Cat #: Chandos 707
8:50 am
- Scapino (Comedy Overture)
- Composer: William Walton
- Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor: Andrew Litton
- CD/Album: Walton: Symphony No. 2 - Violin Concerto - Scapino
- Record co./Cat #: London 444114