First Day of Spring!
:9:09 AM Grainger: Beautiful Fresh Flower (Melbourne SO/Simon) (Cala 4033)9:13 AM Grieg: An den Fruhling ("To Spring") & Hill-Song No. 2 from Lyric Pieces (Webber, c.; Lenehan, p.) (Philips 434917-2)
9:23 AM Schumann: Symphony No. 1, Spring (Berlin PO/Levine) (DG 435856-2)
10:06 AM Shostakovich: "Tango" from Bolt Ballet Suite No. 5 (State Symphony of Russia/Gorenstein) (Pope Music PM 2002-2)
10:11 AM Chopin: Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53 (Horowitz, p.) (RCA 7755-2)10:25 AM Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23 (Matsuev, p./St. Petersburg PO/Termirkanov) (RCA 88697002332)
10:54 AM Mozart (arr. for violin and orch.): "Andante" from Piano Concerto No. 21, Elvira Madigan (Bell, v./Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields) (Sony Classical SK 87894)
11:09 AM Kodaly: "Intermezzo" from Hary Janos Suite (Oslo PO/Jansons) (EMI Classics CDC 7243 5 56576 2 6)
11:16 AM "Conversations with Dave Glerum": Dave talks with Dr. Anne McLean, Chair of the Artistic Advisory Committee of the Festival of Orchestras. Dave and Annie discuss Bela Bartok’s "Concerto for Orchestra" to be played by the State Symphony of Russia under Mark Gorenstein. The performance is set for Friday, March 21st at 8P at the Bob Carr. For more info, go to www.festivaloforchestras.org.
11:20 AM Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra (Chicago SO/Boulez) (DG 437 826-2)
11:56 AM Bach: Prelude in D minor, BWV 999 (Fernandez, g.) (DECCA 470 477-2)
First Day of Spring Celebration Continues!:12:06 PM Respighi: "La primavera" ("Spring") from Trittico Botticelliano (Lausanne CO/Lopez-Cobos) (Telarc 80309)
12:13 PM Vivaldi: "Spring" from The Four Seasons (Shaham, v./Orpheus CO) (DG 28943 99332)
12:24 PM Mendelssohn: Spring Song (Entremont, p.) & Sinding: Rustle of Spring (Entremont, p.) (Sony Classical 45629)
12:32 PM Strauss, Jr.: Voices of Spring (Vienna PO/Kleiber) (Sony Classical MK2 45564)
12:40 PM Goldmark: Im Fruhling ("In the Spring") (National SO of Ireland/Gunzenhauser) (Naxos 8.550745)
12:51 PM Beethoven: "Rondo" from Violin Sonata No. 5, Spring (Mutter, v.; Orkis, p.) (DG 289 457 619-2)
12:55 PM Handel: "Let the Bright Seraphim" from Samsom (Canadian Brass) (RCA 09026-68257-2)