In 2013, the Danish String Quartet spent a week in the countryside, arranging and recording Scandanavian folk tunes. We'll listen to an arrangement from that outing - an old Danish tune called "Five Sheep, Four Goats". Also featured, symphonies by Beethoven and Brahms on Friday's Performance Today.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Sergei Prokofiev: Folk Dance from Romeo and Juliet
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Jarvi, conductor
Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet:Complete Suites from the Ballet Music
Telarc 80597
Franz Schubert: Rondo in A major for Violin and String Quartet, D. 438
Danbi Um, violin; Erin Keefe, violin; Ying Fu, violin; Richard O'Neill, viola; Mihai Marica, cello
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
Philip Glass: Closing
Grand Band: Vicky Chow, piano; David Friend, piano; Paul Kerekes, piano; Blair McMillen, piano; Lisa Moore, piano; Isabelle O'Connell, piano
Gilmore International Keyboard Festival, Dalton Recital Hall, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68: Movements 3 & 4
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Louis Langree, conductor
Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH
Hour 2
Ludwig van Beethoven: The Ruins of Athens: Movement 1
The Hanover Band; Roy Goodman, conductor
Beethoven: Overtures
Nimbus 5130
Traditional (arr. Danish String Quartet): Five Sheep, Four Goats
Danish String Quartet
Classical KING FM 98.1, KING FM studios, Seattle, WA
Jon Bash: Dance, final movement from 'Oratorio'
Equus Saxophone Quartet
Classical KING FM 98.1, KING FM Studios, Seattle, WA
James Primosch: Badinerie Squared for Two Flutes
Mimi Stillman, flute; Jeffrey Khaner, flute
Trinity Center for Urban Life, Philadelphia, PA
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B flat, Op. 60
Concerto Koln; Michael Guttler, conductor
Chopin and his Europe International Music Festival, Philharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw, Poland
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