Stravinsky’s Early Symphony in E-flat

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Igor Stravinsky early years as a composer were dominated by his study with Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.  It was during those years that he composed his Symphony in E-flat, completed when he was 25.  We’ll listen to it today.

We’ll also encore a Live on VPR Classical performance by A Far Cry, the chamber orchestra that will play at the White Church in Grafton on Sunday.

 

 

 

Playlist:
9:02 am
  • Oboe Concerto
  • Composer: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
  • Ensemble: The English Concert
  • Soloists: Paul Goodwin, oboe
  • Conductor: Trevor Pinnock
  • CD/Album: C. Ph. E. Bach / Lebrun / Mozart: Oboenkonzerte
  • Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 431821
9:26 am
  • Intermezzo, from Six Piano Pieces , Op. 118/1
  • Composer: Johannes Brahms
  • Soloists: Alpin Hong, piano
  • CD/Album: Alpin Hong
  • Record co./Cat #: MSR Classics 1107
9:28 am
  • Intermezzo, from Six Piano Pieces , Op. 118/2
  • Composer: Johannes Brahms
  • Soloists: Alpin Hong, piano
  • CD/Album: Alpin Hong
  • Record co./Cat #: MSR Classics 1107
9:34 am
  • Ballade, from Six Piano Pieces , Op. 118/3
  • Composer: Johannes Brahms
  • Soloists: Alpin Hong, piano
  • CD/Album: Alpin Hong
  • Record co./Cat #: MSR Classics 1107
9:37 am
  • Intermezzo, from Six Piano Pieces , Op. 119/4
  • Composer: Johannes Brahms
  • Soloists: Alpin Hong, piano
  • CD/Album: Alpin Hong
  • Record co./Cat #: MSR Classics 1107
9:41 am
  • Horn Concerto #2 in D , HOB 7d/4
  • Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
  • Soloists: Hermann Baumann, horn
  • Conductor: Iona Brown
  • CD/Album: Horn Concertos
  • Record co./Cat #: Philips 422346
10:01 am
  • Le Cid: Suite
  • Composer: Jules Massenet
  • Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
  • Conductor: Neville Marriner
  • CD/Album: Jules Massenet: Ballettsuiten
  • Record co./Cat #: Capriccio 10569
10:22 am
  • Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge (selections)
  • Composer: Benjamin Britten
  • Ensemble: A Far Cry
  • CD/Album: A Far Cry Live on VPR Classical
  • Record co./Cat #: VPR 2008-10-10
10:33 am
  • Piano Concerto #4 in c , Op. 44
  • Composer: Camille Saint-Saens
  • Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloists: Stephen Hough, piano
  • Conductor: Sakari Oramo
  • CD/Album: Saint-Saens: The Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra
  • Record co./Cat #: Hyperion 67332
11:01 am
  • Sonata for Violin & Cello
  • Composer: Maurice Ravel
  • Ensemble: Duo Parnas
  • Soloists: Madalyn Parnas, violin ; Cicely Parnas, cello
  • CD/Album: Parnas Double: Duos for Violin & Cello
  • Record co./Cat #: Sheffield Lab 10082
11:23 am
  • Symphony in Eb
  • Composer: Igor Stravinsky
  • Ensemble: St. Petersburg Philharmonic
  • Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy
  • CD/Album: Stravinsky: The Firebird - Symphony No. 1, etc
  • Record co./Cat #: London 448812
12:05 pm
  • Lakme: Sous le dome epais (the "flower duet")
  • Composer: Leo Delibes
  • Soloists: Eugenia Zukerman, flute ; Allan Vogel, oboe ; Dennis Helmrich, piano
  • CD/Album: Aria
  • Record co./Cat #: Delos 3209
12:12 pm
  • Concerto #2 a due cori in F , HWV 333
  • Composer: George Frideric Handel
  • Ensemble: Zefiro
  • Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini
  • CD/Album: Handel: Musick for the Royal Fireworks, Concerti a due cori
  • Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 367912
12:30 pm
  • Cello Sonata #3 in A , Op. 69
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Soloists: Benjamin Capps, cello ; David Kaplan, piano
  • CD/Album: The Beethoven Project
  • Record co./Cat #: VPR 2013

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