In response to criticism that his music had no form, Erik Satie composed Three Pieces in the Form of a Pear. We’ll listen to it today in celebration of Satie’s wit and the latest VPR Artist Mug, featuring pears.
Three Pieces in the Form of a Pear
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Playlist:
9:02 am
- Concerto #1 a Due Cori in Bb , HWV 332
- 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
9:19 am
- Piano Concerto #3 in Eb , Op. 75
- Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
- Soloists: Barry Douglas, piano
- Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
- CD/Album: Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3
- Record co./Cat #: RCA 61633
9:39 am
- Nocturnes: #2 - Fetes ("parties" or "celebrations")
- Composer: Claude Debussy
- Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra
- Conductor: Pierre Boulez
- CD/Album: Debussy: La Mer - Nocturnes - Jeux
- Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 439896
9:48 am
- Romance for Violin and Piano , Op. 23
- Composer: Amy Beach
- Soloists: Rachel Barton Pine, violin ; Matthew Hagle, piano
- CD/Album: American Virtuosa: Tribute to Maud Powell
- Record co./Cat #: Cedille Records 90000 097
- Note: (Dedicated to Maud Powell)
10:02 am
- A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture , Op. 21
- Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
- Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
- CD/Album: Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 439897
10:13 am
- A Midsummer Night's Dream: You Spotted Snakes , Op. 61
- Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
- Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra & Tanglewood Festival Chorus
- Soloists: Kathleen Battle, soprano ; Frederica Von Stade, mezzo-soprano
- Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
- CD/Album: Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 439897
10:21 am
- Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances
- Composer: Alexander Borodin
- Ensemble: Boston Pops Orchestra
- Conductor: John Williams
- CD/Album: Pops a la Russe
- Record co./Cat #: Philips 426247
10:38 am
- Les Biches
- Composer: Francis Poulenc
- Ensemble: French National Orchestra
- Conductor: Charles Dutoit
- CD/Album: Poulenc: Aubade, Les Biches, etc.
- Record co./Cat #: London 452937
11:02 am
- Piano Sonata: Rondo Allegretto (finale) in A , D 959
- Composer: Franz Schubert
- Soloists: Murray Perahia, piano
- CD/Album: Murray Perahia: Schubert Sonatas D. 958, 959, 960
- Record co./Cat #: Sony 87706
11:17 am
- Serenade #1: excerpts in D , Op. 11
- Composer: Johannes Brahms
- Ensemble: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
- CD/Album: Brahms: Serenade No. 1 in D, Op. 11
- Record co./Cat #: RCA 6247
11:43 am
- Trois morceaux en forme de poire ("Three Pieces in the Form of a Pear")
- Composer: Erik Satie
- Soloists: Pascal Roge, piano ; Jean-Philippe Collard, piano
- CD/Album: Satie: The Four-Handed Piano - Roge/Collard
- Record co./Cat #: London 455401
12:05 pm
- Tarantella
- Composer: Horacio Salinas
- Ensemble: LAGQ: Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
- CD/Album: L.A.G.Q.
- Record co./Cat #: Sony 60274
12:13 pm
- School for Scandal: Overture
- Composer: Samuel Barber
- Ensemble: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor: David Zinman
- CD/Album: Barber: Adagio, Symphony #1, etc.
- Record co./Cat #: Argo 436288
12:26 pm
- Eliza in Ascot (from My Fair Lady)
- Composer: Alan Lerner and Frederick Loewe
- Arranger: (arr. by Stefan Malzew)
- Soloists: Jenny Lin, piano
- CD/Album: Get Happy
- Record co./Cat #: Steinway 30011
12:31 pm
- Carousel Waltz (from Carousel)
- Composer: Richard Rodgers
- Arranger: (arr. by Stephen Hough)
- Soloists: Jenny Lin, piano
- CD/Album: Get Happy
- Record co./Cat #: Steinway 30011
12:41 pm
- Three Romantic Waltzes
- Composer: Emmanuel Chabrier
- Arranger: (transcribed for orchestra by Felix Mottl)
- Ensemble: Toulouse Capitol Orchestra
- Conductor: Michel Plasson
- CD/Album: Chabrier: Oeuvres pour Orchestre
- Record co./Cat #: EMI 74336