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Music for Earth Day, including the Pastoral Symphony of Beethoven, the Flower Clock of Jean Francaix, Forest Scenes of Robert Schumann, La mer by Debussy, and some Adirondack Children’s Songs by Gregg Smith.

Walter also features Joe Goetz’s piece on the Bowed Piano Ensemble.  Click here for more information.

Playlist:
10:01 am
  • Symphony #6 "Pastorale" in F , Op. 68
  • Composer: Ludwig Van Beethoven
  • Ensemble: Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra
  • Conductor: David Zinman
  • CD/Album: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonies
  • Record co./Cat #: Arte Nova 65410
10:43 am
  • L'horloge de Flore ("The Flower Clock" - after Carl Linnaeus)
  • Composer: Jean Francaix
  • Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
  • Soloists: Gregor Zubicky, oboe
  • Conductor: Jukka-Pekka Saraste
  • CD/Album: Strauss, Martinu, Francaix: Concertos
  • Record co./Cat #: Simax 1064
11:01 am
  • Adirondack Children's Songs
  • Composer: Gregg Smith
  • Ensemble: Syracuse Children's Chorus
  • Conductor: Barbara Tagg
  • CD/Album: Voices of Innocence: The Syracuse Children's Chorus Sings the Music of Gregg Smith
  • Record co./Cat #: Centaur 2720
11:12 am
  • Waldszenen , Op. 82 ("Forest Scenes")
  • Composer: Robert Schumann
  • Soloists: Sally Pinkas, piano
  • CD/Album: Schumann: Sonata in F-sharp Minor, etc.
  • Record co./Cat #: MSR Classics 1323
11:36 am
  • La Mer ("The sea")
  • Composer: Claude Debussy
  • Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra
  • Conductor: Pierre Boulez
  • CD/Album: Debussy: La Mer - Nocturnes - Jeux
  • Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 439896
12:01 pm
  • Symphony #3: (2nd mvmt) Tempo di menuetto in d
  • Composer: Gustav Mahler
  • Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic
  • Conductor: Bernard Haitink
  • CD/Album: Mahler: Symphony No. 3
  • Record co./Cat #: Philips 432162
12:11 pm
  • Symphony #3: (3rd mvmt) Comodo. Scherzando in d
  • Composer: Gustav Mahler
  • Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic
  • Conductor: Bernard Haitink
  • CD/Album: Mahler: Symphony No. 3
  • Record co./Cat #: Philips 432162
12:42 pm
  • Symphony #1 "Classical" in D , Op. 25
  • Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
  • Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe
  • Conductor: Claudio Abbado
  • CD/Album: Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf
  • Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 429396
1:02 pm
  • Violin Sonata #2 in A , Op. 100
  • Composer: Johannes Brahms
  • Soloists: Pamela Frank, violin ; Peter Serkin, piano
  • CD/Album: Brahms: The Violin Sonatas
  • Record co./Cat #: London 455643
1:23 pm
  • Sonatina for Violin and Cello
  • Composer: Arthur Honegger
  • Ensemble: Duo Parnas
  • Soloists: Madalyn Parnas, violin ; Cicely Parnas, cello
  • CD/Album: Gare du Nord
  • Record co./Cat #: Sheffield Lab 10088
1:39 pm
  • Cantata #106: Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit , BWV 106 ("God's own time is the very best of times")
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists
  • Soloists: Monteverdi Choir ; Nancy Argenta, soprano ; Michael Chance, countertenor ; Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor ; Stephen Varcoe, baritone
  • Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner
  • CD/Album: J.S. Bach: Kantaten BWV 106, 118b, 198
  • Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 429782
1:59 pm
  • Avant-Dernieres Pensees
  • Composer: Erik Satie
  • Soloists: Aldo Ciccolini, piano
  • CD/Album: Satie: L'oeuvre pour piano, vol. 1
  • Record co./Cat #: EMI 49702
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