British conductor Sir Roger Norrington has been making waves in the music world for decades. He's passionate about getting orchestras to play his way. Norrington's current boss at the Stuttgart Radio Symphony said (with a wink and a grin) that if they had known what they were getting themselves into, they probably wouldn't have hired him. Luckily for them, they did. Today's show features music from Norrington's 75th birthday concert, last month in London.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Peter Tchaikovsky: "Interrupted Dreams," from Twelve Pieces of Average Difficulty, Op. 40
Pianist Mikhail Pletnev
Franz Schubert: Overture in D ("In the Italian Style")
The Stavanger Symphony Orchestra with conductor Paul McCreesh
Concert Hall, Stavanger, Norway
Brad Richter: "Three Little Nightmares"
Guitarist Brad Richter
Appalachian State University Recital Hall, Boone, North Carolina
Anton Arensky: Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 32
Violinist Harumi Rhodes, cellist David Ying, and pianist Adam Neiman
Skaneateles Music Festival, Skaneateles, New York
Hour 2
Cole Porter: "Night and Day"
Violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violist Masao Kawasaki, and cellist Mats Lindstrom
Nicolas Chedeville: "Le Printemps" ("Spring")
Ensemble 1700 with conductor Dorothee Oberlinger
Herne Early Music Days, Herne, Germany
Traditional (Arranged by Tone Krohn): "Springdans fra Vestfold" ("Spring Dance from Vestfold")
Trio Mediaeval
Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul, Minnesota
Clarice Assad: "Impressions: Suite for Chamber Orchestra"
Violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg with the New Century Chamber Orchestra
First United Methodist Church, Palo Alto, California
Ludwig van Beethoven: 4th Movement from Symphony No. 3 in E-flat ("Eroica")
The Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra with conductor Roger Norrington
Royal Festival Hall, London, England
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