Music for Earth Day, including From Grandmother’s Garden by Amy Beach,
Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony (new recording from the Minnesota
Orchestra and conductor Osmo Vanska), Adirondack Children’s Songs by
Gregg Smith, and much more.
Midday Classical: Music for Earth Day
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Playlist:
10:02 am
- From Grandmother's Garden , Op. 97
- Composer: Amy Beach
- Soloists: Joanne Polk, piano
- Record co./Cat #: Arabesque 6721
10:17 am
- Symphony #6 "Pastoral" in F , Op. 68
- Composer: Ludwig Van Beethoven
- Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra
- Conductor: Osmo Vanska
- Record co./Cat #: BIS 1716
11:01 am
- Adirondack Children's Songs
- Composer: Gregg Smith
- Ensemble: Syracuse Children's Chorus
- Conductor: Barbara Tagg
- Record co./Cat #: Centaur 2720
11:12 am
- Roaring Fork Wind Quintet
- Composer: Ewazen, Eric
- Ensemble: Borealis Wind Quintet
- Record co./Cat #: Helicon 1030
11:32 am
- La Mer ("The sea")
- Composer: Claude Debussy
- Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra
- Conductor: Pierre Boulez
- Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 439896
11:57 am
- Bruyeres, from Preludes, Book 2 ("Heather")
- Composer: Claude Debussy
- Soloists: Vladimir Viardo, piano
- Record co./Cat #: Pro Piano 24525
12:01 pm
- Waldmeister Overture
- Composer: Johann Strauss II
- Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor: Claudio Abbado
- Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 431628
12:12 pm
- Waldszenen , Op. 82 ("Forest Scenes")
- Composer: Robert Schumann
- Soloists: Sally Pinkas, piano
- Record co./Cat #: MSR 1323
12:35 pm
- Red River Valley Variations
- Composer: David Amram
- Ensemble: Manhattan Chamber Orchestra
- Soloists: Julius Baker, flute
- Conductor: Richard Auldon Clark
- Record co./Cat #: Newport 85546
12:50 pm
- Four Seasons: Spring and Summer
- Composer: Lawrence Ashmore
- Ensemble: Guildhall String Ensemble
- Soloists: Richard Stoltzman, clarinet
- Record co./Cat #: RCA 60437
1:01 pm
- Symphony #3: (2nd mvmt) Tempo di menuetto in d
- Composer: Gustav Mahler
- Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic
- Conductor: Bernard Haitink
- Record co./Cat #: Philips 432 162
1:11 pm
- Symphony #3: (3rd mvmt) Comodo. Scherzando in d
- Composer: Gustav Mahler
- Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic
- Conductor: Bernard Haitink
- Record co./Cat #: Philips 432 162
1:30 pm
- Water Music: selections
- Composer: George Friederich Handel
- Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists
- Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner
- Record co./Cat #: Philips 464706
1:57 pm
- Muir Woods Cantata, from Bye, Bye Toots
- Composer: Paul Alan Levi
- Ensemble: Counterpoint
- Conductor: Robert DeCormier
- CD/Album: "Counterpoint Premieres"
- Record co./Cat #: Albany Records 1088