Fun and festive music for New Year’s Eve, including Carmina Burana by Carl Orff and Fancy Free by Leonard Bernstein.
Midday Classical: Festive Fun for New Year’s Eve
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Playlist:
10:02 am
- Les petits riens (Ballet suite) , K 229b ("Little nothings")
- Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Ensemble: Concerto Koln
- Conductor: Anton Steck
- CD/Album: Mozart - Concerto Koln
- Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 4775800
10:22 am
- Scherzo Capriccioso , Op. 66
- Composer: Antonin Dvorak
- Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor: Jiri Belohlavek
- CD/Album: Dvorak: Symphonies 5 & 6, etc.
- Record co./Cat #: Warner 63235
10:38 am
- Symphony in G
- Composer: Jean Francaix
- Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra
- Conductor: Thierry Fischer
- CD/Album: Francaix: Scuola di Ballo, Symphony in G, etc
- Record co./Cat #: Hyperion 67323
11:01 am
- Carmina Burana
- Composer: Carl Orff
- Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic & Berlin Radio Choir
- Soloists: Sally Matthews, soprano ; Lawrence Brownlee, tenor ; Christian Gerhaher, baritone
- Conductor: Simon Rattle
- CD/Album: Carmina Burana
- Record co./Cat #: EMI 57888
12:01 pm
- Overture di Ballo
- Composer: Arthur Sullivan
- Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
- Conductor: Neville Marriner
- CD/Album: Gilbert & Sullivan: Overtures
- Record co./Cat #: Philips 434916
12:14 pm
- Les Biches ("the does" - as in female deer)
- Composer: Francis Poulenc
- Ensemble: French National Orchestra
- Conductor: Charles Dutoit
- CD/Album: Poulenc: Aubade, Les Biches, etc.
- Record co./Cat #: London 452937
12:36 pm
- Fancy Free
- Composer: Leonard Bernstein
- Ensemble: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor: David Zinman
- CD/Album: Bernstein: West Side Story, Candide, Fancy Free, etc.
- Record co./Cat #: London 452916
1:26 pm
- Piano Concerto in F
- Composer: George Gershwin
- Ensemble: Dallas Symphony Orchestra
- Soloists: Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
- Conductor: Justin Brown
- CD/Album: George Gershwin: Complete Music for Piano & Orchestra
- Record co./Cat #: Bridge 9252
1:58 pm
- Fireworks
- Composer: Igor Stravinsky
- Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor: Pierre Boulez
- CD/Album: The Firebird
- Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 437850
7:00 pm
- Octet for Winds
- Composer: Igor Stravinsky
- Soloists: Michael Parloff, flute ; David Schifrin, clarinet ; Frank Morelli, bassoon ; Susan Heinemann, bassoon ; Raymond Mase, trumpet ; Chris Gekker, trumpet
- Conductor: Gunther Schuller
- CD/Album: Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire / Stravinsky: Octet
- Record co./Cat #: GM Records 2030