30 years ago, Louis Langree was warned about the addictive power of conducting. His mentor said "you won't be able to live without it"... and he was right. On today's show, Louis Langree conducts the Cincinnati Symphony in a recent concert performance of Robert Schumann's Symphony No. 4.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Aaron Copland: Music for Movies: Barley Wagons, Grovers Corners
St. Louis Symphony; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Copland: Music for Films
RCA 61699
Hajime Komatsu: Four Japanese Folksongs for String Quartet (Suite 2)
Apollo Chamber Players: Matthew Detrick, violin; Anabel Ramirez, violin; Whitney Bullock, viola; Matt Dudzik, cello
Christ the King Lutheran Church, Parish Hall, Houston, TX
Paulo Bellinati: Jongo
Sergio & Odair Assad guitar duo
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring Suite for Chamber Ensemble
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Residency, Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
Hour 2
Johannes Brahms: Ballade No. 1
Canadian Brass
Brahms on Brass
Opening Day 7415
Camille Saint-Saens (arr. Eugene Ysaye): Etude en form du valse, Op. 52, No. 6
Aleksey Semenenko, violin; Inna Firsova, piano
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA
Anthony Holborne (arr. Fred Mills): Muy Linda
Canadian Brass
University of Georgia, Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, GA
Leroy Anderson: Bugler's Holiday
Canadian Brass
University of Georgia, Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, GA
Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 120
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Louis Langree, conductor
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Taft Theatre, Cincinnati, OH
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