Classical Music Playlist, November 30, 2014
Just before 7AM we'll have a performance of Vltava or the Moldau by Bedrich Smetana. The following is a translation of his description the work.
"The composition describes the course of the Vltava, starting from the two small springs, the Cold and Warm Vltava, to the unification of both streams into a single current, the course of the Vltava through woods and meadows, through landscapes where a farmer's wedding is celebrated, the round dance of the mermaids in the night's moonshine: on the nearby rocks loom proud castles, palaces and ruins aloft. The Vltava swirls into the St John's Rapids; then it widens and flows toward Prague, past the Vyšehrad, and then majestically vanishes into the distance, ending at the Labe (or Elbe, in German) ."*
*from WikiPedia article on Ma Vlast
6:00 a.m.
Charles-Valentin Alkan
Petit Conte
Ronald Smith, piano
6:03 a.m.
Charles-Valentin Alkan
Barcarolle Opus 65/6
Raymond Lewenthal, piano
6:06 a.m.
Georg Philipp Telemann
Tafelmusik I: Concerto for flute, violin & strings in A major
Musica Antiqua Koln; Reinhardt Goebel, conductor
6:31 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn
Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major Opus 101 HOB VIIb:2
Cologne Chamber Orchestra; Helmut Muller-Bruhl, conductor Maria Kliegel, cello
6:59 a.m.
Bedrich Smetana
Ma Vlast: II. The Moldau (Vltava)
Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Claus Peter Flor, conductor
7:14 a.m.
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Flute Concerto in G major Wq 169 / H 445
CBC Vancouver Orchestra; Mario Bernardi, conductor Robert Aitken, flute
7:39 a.m.
Jacques Offenbach
Gaite Parisienne (Parisian Delights)
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa, conductor