Among our offerings today are a Vivaldi/Celtic combination, flutist James Galway playing music of Hamilton Harty, and a bit of "Danny Boy" from the U.S. Marine Band. And Barry Douglas is both soloist and conductor for a performance of Beethoven's Second Piano Concerto with Camerata Ireland.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
George Frederick Pinto: Rondo on an Irish Air, "Cory Oweb"
Pianist Miceal O'Rourke
Antonio Vivaldi: "Jig della Inquietudine," RV 234
La Tempesta and the Celtic Band
Kulturzentrum, Herne, Germany
Hamilton Harty: "In Ireland," Fantasy for Flute and Piano
Flutist James Galway and pianist Phillip Moll
Ravinia Festival, Ravinia, Illinois
Ancient Chant Coolidge Auditorium, Washington, D.C.: "Now the Powers of Heaven"
The Moscow Sretensky Monastery Choir with conductor Nikon Zhila
Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for Orchestra No. 1 in C, BWV 1066
The Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra with conductor Sir Roger Norrington
Beethoven Hall, Stuttgart, Germany
Percy Grainger: Irish Tune from County Derry ("Danny Boy")
The United States Marine Band with conductor Capt. Michelle Rakers
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, College Park, Maryland
Hour 2
Arthur Duff: "Dance of Daemar" from Irish Suite for Strings
The Irish Chamber Orchestra with conductor Fionnuala Hunt
Thomas C. Kelly: "O'Carolan Suite in Baroque Style" and "Planxty Johnston"
The Irish Chamber Orchestra with conductor Fionnuala Hunt
Sergei Prokofiev: Third movement from Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-flat, Op. 83
Pianist Yefim Bronfman
Shriver Hall, Baltimore
Antonio Lotti: "Crucifixus" a 8
The Sixteen with conductor Harry Christophers
St. Bernard's Catholic Church, St. Paul, Minnesota
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat, Op. 19
Pianist and conductor Barry Douglas with Camerata Ireland
Coolidge Auditorium, Washington, D.C.
Traditional: "Danny Boy"
Camerata Ireland with conductor Barry Douglas
Coolidge Auditorium, Washington, D.C.
Henry Purcell: "A New Ground" for recorder and continuo
Maurice Steger, recorder; Hille Perl, viola da gamba; and Lee Santana, lute
Weinbergkirche, Dresden, Germany
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