Joaquin Rodrigo's "Concerto de Aranjuez" may be the most popular guitar concerto of all time. Even if you don't think you know it, there's a good chance you've at least heard some of it. On today's show, hear guitarist Chaconne Klaverenga play Rodrigo's concerto with the Boulder Chamber Orchestra.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Anthony Davis: Amistad, Act II, Scene VI: They come as if from the heavens (Excerpt)
Florence Quivar, soprano; Lyric Opera of Chicago; Dennis Russel Davies, conductor
Anthony Davis: Amistad
Anthology of Recrded Music, Inc. NA
Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Ferrucio Busoni: Chaconne in D minor BWV 1004 from Violin Partita No. 2
Stephen Hough, piano
Grand Teton Music Festival, Walk Festival Hall, Jackson Hole, WY
Joaquin Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
Chaconne Klaverenga, guitar; Boulder Chamber Orchestra; Bahman Saless, conductor
Boulder Chamber Orchestra, Broomfield Auditorium, Broomfield, CO
Anthony Davis: Amistad, Act I: Overture
Lyric Opera of Chicago; Dennis Russel Davies, conductor
Anthony Davis: Amistad
Anthology of Recrded Music, Inc. NA
Hour 2
Antonin Dvorak: Trio in E minor, Op. 90 "Dumky" Movement 6 Lento maestoso
Weilerstein Trio
Dvorak Trios
Koch 7657
Marin Marais: Pieces de viole, Livre 2, selections
Paul Holmes Morton, theorbo; Doug Balliett, viola da gamba
Chamber Music from Spoleto Festival USA 2019, South Carolina Public Radio, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC
Radames Gnattali, arr. Julien Labro: Suite Retratos
Jason Vieaux, guitar; Julien Labro, accordion and accordina
String Theory at the Hunter, The Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN
Antonin Dvorak: Humoresque (encore)
Marc Daniel van Biemen, violin; Camerata RCO
University of Georgia Performing Arts Center, Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, UGA Performing Arts Center, Athens, GA
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