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Beethoven's borrowed tune

The young Beethoven borrowed a song that everybody was singing in Vienna, a tune from a popular opera. Beethoven made it very much his own by writing nine playful variations. On today's show, hear an all-star performance of Beethoven's Gassenhauer Trio, from a concert in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Luis Cardoso: Double Concertino for Tenor Saxophone and Tuba, Op. 22: I. Praeludium - Motus perpetuus
Jeff Siegfried, saxophone; Ja'Ttik Clark, tuba; Oregon State University Wind Ensemble; Christopher C. Chapman, conductor
Currents
Mark Records NA

Ludwig van Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Louis Langree, conductor
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH

Scott Joplin arr. Gunther Schuller: The Entertainer
GTMF Chamber Ensemble; Richard Brown, conductor
Grand Teton Music Festival, Walk Festival Hall, Jackson Hole, WY

Scott Joplin arr. Gunther Schuller: The Cascades
GTMF Chamber Ensemble; Richard Brown, conductor
Grand Teton Music Festival, Walk Festival Hall, Jackson Hole, WY

Scott Joplin arr. Gunther Schuller: Maple Leaf Rag
GTMF Chamber Ensemble; Richard Brown, conductor
Grand Teton Music Festival, Walk Festival Hall, Jackson Hole, WY

Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata for Cello and Piano in C Major Op. 119
Viktor Uzur, cello; Guigla Katsarava, piano
Viktor Uzur, Allred Theater, Weber State University, Ogden, UT

Hour 2

Claude Debussy: Preludes, Book 2: Feux d'artifice (Fireworks)
Gilles Vonsattel, piano
Shadowlines
Honens 201501

Dmitri Shostakovich: Trio No. 1 in C Minor for Violin, Violoncello, and Piano, Op. 8
Naumburg Trio: Frank Huang, violin; David Requiro, cello; Gilles Vonsattel, piano
University of Georgia Performing Arts Center, Ramsey Concert Hall, University of Georgia Performing Arts Center, Athens, GA

Georg Philipp Telemann: Concerto for Viola, Strings, and Continuo in G major, TWV 51:G9
Todd Phillips, Bella Hristova, violin; Pierre Lapointe, Matthew Lipman, viola; Brook Speltz, cello; Anthony Manzo, double bass; Michael Sponseller, harpsichord
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall, New York, NY

Ludwig van Beethoven: Trio in B-flat Major for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano, Op. 11
Mark Nuccio, clarinet; Anne Martindale Williams, cello; Wendy Chen, piano
Strings Music Festival, Strings Pavilion, Steamboat Springs, CO

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