From "The Chairman Dances," a surreal foxtrot by John Adams, to the rustic country dances that Bela Bartok was so fond of collecting, to an unusual marriage of Danish and Russian airs, we've got two hours of memorable dance music in today's show. Plus, Fritz Kreisler's naughty little secret: who actually wrote all those memorable little encores of his?
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Igor Stravinsky: Tableau 1: Prologue, from Apollo
The Moscow Soloists, Yuri Bashmet, conductor
John Adams: The Chairman Dances: Foxtrot for Orchestra
The French National Orchestra, Kristjan Jarvi, conductor
Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris, France
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Algae and Waves, Two Studies for Piano
Pietro Massa, piano
Edvard Grieg: Holberg Suite
The Moscow Soloists Chamber Ensemble, Yuri Bashmet, conductor
Theatre Hall, Ruse, Bulgaria
Hour 2
Astor Piazzolla: Milonga en re
Gidon Kremer, violin, Vadim Sakharov, piano, Alois Posch, double bass
Fritz Kreisler: Praeludium and Allegro in the Style of Pugnani
Arturo Delmoni, violin, Wendy Chen, piano
Strings Music Festival, Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Camille Saint-Saens: Caprice on Danish and Russian Airs, Op. 79
Helen Huang, piano, Dora Seres, flute, Rudolph Vrbsky, oboe, Romie de Guise-Langlois, clarinet
Marlboro Music Festival, Marlboro, Vermont
Bela Bartok: Divertimento for Strings, BB 118, Sz 113
Kremerata Baltica, Gidon Kremer, artistic director
Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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