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Feb. 23, 2015: Happy Birthday, Handel!

There's no cake big enough to hold all the candles for George Frideric Handel's 330th birthday. So to celebrate, we'll go to a concert in Philadelphia to hear Tempesta di Mare play Handel's Concerto Grosso in F.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

George Frideric Handel: Die ihr aus dunkeln Gruften, HWV 208
Louise Pellerin, oboe; Dom Andre Laberge, organ; Helene Plouffe, violin
Handel: Pellerin - Laberge - Plouffe
CBC 1157

Somei Satoh: Bifu
Hilary Hahn, violin, Cory Smythe, piano
Greenwich House Music School, New York, NY
In 27 Pieces: The Hilary Hahn Encores
DG 19103

George Frederic Handel: Concerto Grosso in F, Op. 6, No. 2
Tempesta di Mare; Emlyn Ngai, concertmaster; Gwyn Roberts and Richard Stone, directors
Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, PA

Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
Arseny Shulgin, piano; 'Russian Philharmonic' Moscow City Symphony Orchestra; Dmitri Jurowski, conductor
Svetlanov Hall, Moscow International Performing Arts Centre, Moscow, Russia

Hour 2

Philippe Gaubert: Madrigal
James Galway flute; Phillip Moll, piano; London Mozart Players
James Galway - Music For My Little Friends
RCA 63725

Hajime Komatsu: Four Japanese Folksongs for String Quartet, Suite 2: 2. Nanbu Ushioi Uta; 3. Otemoyan; 4. Aizu Bandaisan
Apollo Chamber Players: Matthew Detrick, violin; Anabel Ramirez, violin; Whitney Bullock, viola; Matthew Dudzik, cello
Christ the King Lutheran Church, Parish Hall, Houston, TX

Philippe Gaubert: Romance
Leone Buyse, flute; Lisa Bergman, piano
Seattle Flute Society, KING FM studio, Seattle, WA

Richard Strauss: Burleske in D minor, Op. 11, for piano and orchestra
Horia Mihail, piano; Romanian Radio National Orchestra; Tiberiu Soare, conductor
Mihail Jora Concert Hall, Romanian Radio, Bucharest, Romania

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