Robert DeCormier is 89 today. He’s founding director of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra Chorus and Counterpoint; and former music director for Harry Belafonte, Peter, Paul & Mary, and the New York Choral Society. He will lead Counterpoint this Sunday at St. Paul’s Cathedral in Burlington. We’ll celebrate his birthday with music written for Counterpoint by the late Vermont composer, Louis Moyse.
Happy Birthday Robert!
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Playlist:
10:01 am
- Piano Sonata #35 in Ab , HOB 16/43
- Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
- Soloists: Emanuel Ax, piano
- CD/Album: Emanuel Ax/Haydn Piano Sonatas
- Record co./Cat #: Sony 89363
10:15 am
- Flute Sonata in A , BWV 1032
- Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
- Soloists: Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute ; Trevor Pinnock, harpsichord
- CD/Album: J.S. Bach: Sonatas for Flute - Rampal
- Record co./Cat #: Sony 39746
10:29 am
- Solfege a la Francaise
- Composer: Louis Moyse
- Ensemble: Counterpoint
- Conductor: Robert DeCormier
- CD/Album: Counterpoint Premieres
- Record co./Cat #: Albany 1088
10:44 am
- Tragic Overture in d , Op. 81
- Composer: Johannes Brahms
- Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic
- Conductor: Claudio Abbado
- CD/Album: Brahms: Symphonie Nr. 3 - Tragische Ouverture
- Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 429765
11:01 am
- Concierto Serenata
- Composer: Joaquin Rodrigo
- Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Soloists: Nicanor Zabaleta, harp
- Conductor: Ernst Marzendorfer
- CD/Album: Great Works for Harp
- Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 439693
11:26 am
- Piano Concerto #9 "Jeunehomme" in Eb , K 271
- Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
- Soloists: Alicia de Larrocha, piano
- Conductor: Colin Davis
- CD/Album: Mozart: Concertos Nos. 9 & 21
- Record co./Cat #: RCA 60825
12:01 pm
- Symphony #4 "Tragic" in c , D 417
- Composer: Franz Schubert
- Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
- Conductor: Neville Marriner
- CD/Album: Schubert: Symphonies 1-6
- Record co./Cat #: Philips 412590
12:35 pm
- Coventry Carol
- Composer: Traditional (English)
- Ensemble: Essex Children's Choir
- Soloists: Heidi Soons, harp
- Conductor: Constance Price
- CD/Album: Twentieth Anniversary of Twelfth Night
- Record co./Cat #: Essex Children's Choir 2006
12:37 pm
- Chrissimas Day
- Composer: Traditional (Appalachian)
- Arranger: (arr. by McRae)
- Ensemble: Essex Children's Choir
- Soloists: Heidi Soons, harp ; Karen Reed, piano
- Conductor: Constance Price
- CD/Album: Twentieth Anniversary of Twelfth Night
- Record co./Cat #: Essex Children's Choir 2006
12:43 pm
- Sonata for Clarinet & Piano
- Composer: Francis Poulenc
- Soloists: Karl Leister, clarinet ; James Levine, piano
- CD/Album: Poulenc: 2 Sonaten-Trio-Sextett-Elegie
- Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 427639
1:01 pm
- String Quartet #9 ("Razumovsky #3") in C , Op. 59/3
- Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
- Ensemble: Borromeo String Quartet
- CD/Album: Beethoven: Quartets, Opp. 95, 59/3
- Record co./Cat #: Image 202
1:34 pm
- Symphonic Metamorphosis (on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber)
- Composer: Paul Hindemith
- Ensemble: The Philadelphia Orchestra
- Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch
- CD/Album: Hindemith: Mathis der Maler - Symphony, etc.
- Record co./Cat #: EMI 55230