Igor Stravinsky borrowed all of the tunes from his ballet, "Pulcinella," from Italian music of the eighteenth century. But he put his own musical fingerprints all over it. It's a delightful mix of old and new. We'll go to New York to hear a performance of the "Pulcinella" Suite by the New York Philharmonic.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Leonard Rosenman: Excerpts from East of Eden
The London Sinfonietta, John Adams, conductor
Orlando Gibbons: Fantasy No. 3 for 3 Viols
Kevin Kumar and Maia Jasper, violins, Meredith Crawford, viola
Hanon Theater, Brentwood, California
Frederic Chopin: Barcarolle, Op. 60
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
Strathmore Music Center, North Bethesda, Maryland
Camille Saint-Saens: Barcarolle, Op. 108
The Mozart Piano Quartet
Calvary Community Church, Saint Cloud, Minnesota
Gabriel Faure: Barcarolle No. 13 in C, Op. 116
Alessio Bax, piano
Music@Menlo, Atherton, California
Leonard Rosenman: Suite from Rebel Without a Cause
The Los Angeles Philharmonic, John Adams, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
Ludovic Bource: The Artist Overture, from the Artist
The Flanders Philharmonic Orchestra
Hour 2
Johann Sebastian Bach: Gigue from Cello Suite No. 6 in D-Flat, BWV 1012
Victoria Drake, harp
Ludwig van Beethoven: Two movements from Octet for Winds, Op. 103
The Chicago Chamber Musicians
Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Evanston, Illinois
Pablo Casals: Song of the Birds for Cello and Organ
Desmond Hoebig, cello, Gregory D'Agostino, organ
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival, Eastsound, Washington
Georg Philipp Telemann: Gulliver Suite
Geoff Nuttall and Barry Shiffman, violins
Music@Menlo, Palo Alto, California
Francesco Mancini: Second movement from Sonata No. 6 in D Minor
Rebel Ensemble
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
Georg Philipp Telemann: Third movement from Quartet in A, TWV 43:A7
Rebel Ensemble
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
Igor Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite
The New York Philharmonic, Kurt Masur, conductor
Avery Fisher Hall, New York City
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