It may be the wrong time of year, but Peter Schickele's Spring Forward is such a graceful piece that we couldn't wait to share it with you. Yes indeed, that Peter Schickele - the man who created the wackiness of PDQ Bach is also a serious composer. We'll hear his new piece, Spring Forward, on Friday's Performance Today.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
: Canon Perpetuus, Canon a 2, Canon perpetuus contario motu
Gustav Leonhardt, harpsichord; Barthold Kuijken, transverse flute; Sigiswald Kuijken, violin; Weiland Kuijken, viola de gamba
Bach: Musical Offering
Pro Arte 9
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
: Sinfonia in F, F. 67, for strings and basso continuo
Concerto Copenhagen; Lars Ulrik Mortensen, conductor
Bach and his family: Concerto Copenhagen, Garrison Church, Copenhagen, Denmark
John Cage (arr. Robert van Sice)
: In a Landscape
Jisu Jung, marimba
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN
Paul Schoenfield
: Trio for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano
Jose Franch-Ballester clarinet; Arnaud Sussmann, violin; Gloria Chien, piano
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center University of Georgia, University of Georgia, Performing Arts Center, Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, GA
Hour 2
P.D.Q. Bach (Peter Schickele)
: Prelude and Fugue No. 1 and No. 2
Christopher O'Riley, piano
PDQ Bach: The Short-Tempered Clavier and Other Dysfunctional Works for Keyboard
Telarc 80390
Johannes Brahms
: Rhapsodie Op. 79, Nos. 1 & 2
Vladimir Feltsman, piano
The Aspen Music Festival and School, Harris Hall, Aspen, CO
Peter Schickele
: Spring Forward for clarinet quintet
David Shifrin, clarinet; The Miro Quartet
Phoenix Chamber Music Society, Central United Methodist Church, Phoenix, AZ
Sergei Rachmaninoff
: The Sea and the Seagulls, from Etudes Tableaux, Op. 39
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
