During a fictitious plague called The Red Death, a prince invited friends to a party, locked safely inside his castle. But a mysterious visitor showed up and the party took a turn decidedly for the worse. On today's show, hear Andre Caplet's "Conte fantastique," inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's "Masque of the Red Death."
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115: Movement 3
Anthony McGill, clarinet; Pacifica Quartet
Mozart & Brahms: Clarinet Quintets
Cedille Records NA
Andre Caplet: Conte fantastique
Sivan Magen, harp; Pacifica Quartet
Aspen Music Festival and School, Harris Concert Hall, Aspen, CO
Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Rob Schienberg from Hoboken, NJ
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, K. 622: Movements 2-3
Alexander Laing, clarinet; Phoenix Symphony; Tito Munoz, conductor
Phoenix Symphony, Symphony Hall, Phoenix, AZ
Hour 2
Marcel Tournier: Suite for Flute, Violin, Viola, Cello, and Harp, Op. 34: IV. Fete
Kristin Lee, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Dmitri Atapine, cello; Bridget Kibbey, harp; Tara Helen O'Connor, flute
Music@Menlo From Bach, Vol. 6
Music@Menlo Live NA
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E, Op. 27: Movement 1
Texas Festival Orchestra; Perry So, conductor
Round Top Festival Institute, Festival Concert Hall, Round Top, TX
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Duo for Violin and Viola in G major, K. 423
Kristin Lee, violin; Richard O'Neill, viola
Camerata Pacifica, Hahn Hall, Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara, CA
Leonard Bernstein: Anniversaries (selections)
Michael Brown, piano
Baruch Performing Arts Center at Baruch College, Engelman Recital Hall, New York, NY
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