British conductor Nicholas McGegan says, "When I direct an orchestra, I don't see myself as working with them. I'm having fun with them." McGegan turns 60 today, and we'll celebrate the day by listening to him having fun with three different orchestras, Germany's Gottingen Festival Orchestra, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Overture to "La Clemenza di Tito"
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House with conductor Nicholas McGegan
Paul Schoenfield: Excerpts from Six Improvisations on Hassidic Melodies for Flute and Piano
Flutist Carol Wincenc and pianist Stephen Gosling
Merkin concert Hall, New York City
Carlos Lopez Buchardo: "Prendiditos de la Mano"
Violist Kim Kashkashian and pianist Robert Levin
Jordan Hall, Boston
Claude Debussy: Ballade
Pianist Winston Choi
Chamber Music North, Traverse City, Michigan
George Frideric Handel: Suite No. 2 in D, from "Water Music," HWV 349
The Gottingen Festival Orchestra with conductor Nicholas McGegan
International Handel Festival, Gottingen, Germany
Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, BWV 1041
Violinist Pekka Kuusisto with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and conductor Nicholas McGegan
Ordway Center, St. Paul
Franz Schubert: Overture to "The Conspirators," D. 787
The Los Angeles Philharmonic with conductor Nicholas McGegan
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
Hour 2
Ludwig van Beethoven: Allegretto from Symphony No. 8 in F, Op. 88
The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra with conductor Walter Weller
George Frideric Handel: Presto from Sonata in B Minor, Op. 1, No. 9, HWV 367b
Erik Bosgraaf, recorder, and Francesco Corti, harpsichord
Oriol Martorell Hall, Barcelona, Spain
Giovanni Legrenzi: Sonata Op. 2, No. 13 ("La Valvasona")
Collegium Musicum 90
Wilanow Palace, Warsaw, Poland
Jean-Philippe Rameau: Suite from "Les Indes Galantes"
The Liege Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Francois-Xavier Roth
Philharmonic Hall, Liege, Belgium
Paul Dukas: "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"
The National Orchestra of Belgium with conductor Walter Weller
Palais de Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Alex Haroutunian: Impromptu
Cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan and pianist Noreen Polera
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Pablo de Sarasate: Introduction and Tarantella, Op. 43
Violinist Ray Chen and pianist Andrew Tyson
Palais de Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium
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