The ancient Greeks were onto something when they assigned the god Apollo to two very important functions. One of his jobs was to carry the sun across the sky each day in his chariot. The other was to be the patron of music. The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra is better known as Apollo's Fire. They're with host Fred Child in the PT studios today, bringing light and music by Bach and Vivaldi. Plus, Day 3 of music and conversation with pianist Andras Schiff on Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Traditional Scottish (arranged by Alexander Montgomerie and Jeannette Sorrell): Come, My Children Dere
Ensemble La Nef, Apollo's Fire, Jeannette Sorrell, harpsichord and conductor
Turlough O'Carolan: O'Carolan's Favourite Jig
Ensemble La Nef, Apollo's Fire, Jeannette Sorrell, harpsichord and conductor
Paco de Lucia: Entre dos Aguas (Between Two Waters)
The Zamfirescu Guitar Trio
Mihail Jora Concert Hall, Bucharest, Romania
Perfchat with Apollo's Fire: Perfchat
Johann Sebastian Bach: First movement from Concerto in D Minor for Two Violins
Apollo's Fire, Jeannette Sorrell, harpsichord and conductor
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
Johann Sebastian Bach: Second movement from Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
Apollo's Fire, Jeannette Sorrell, harpsichord and conductor
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
Antonio Vivaldi: La Follia (Madness)
Apollo's Fire, Jeannette Sorrell, harpsichord and conductor
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
Jean Sibelius: The Bard, Op. 64
The West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
Beethovenhalle, Bonn, Germany
Anatoly Liadov: The Enchanted Lake, Op. 62
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey, conductor
Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, British Columbia
Hour 2
Sulkhan Tsinsadze: Suliko and Lale, from Six Miniatures
Lisa Batiashvili, violin and director, the Georgian Chamber Orchestra
Alberto Ginastera: Scherzando from Danzas Criollas, Op. 15
The Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop, conductor
Concert Hall, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Andras Schiff and the Well-Tempered Clavier, Part III: Andras Schiff and the Well-Tempered Clavier
Johann Sebastian Bach: Excerpts from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II
Andras Schiff, piano
Johann Sebastian Bach: Excerpts from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I
Andras Schiff, piano
Sulkhan Tsinsadze: Tzin Tzkaro, from Six Miniatures
The West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
Beethoven Festival, Bonn, Germany
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