Pastoral Symphonies

April 24, 2013, 7:00 pm

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The show will feature music inspired by bucolic nature scenes, including Pastoral symphonies from Beethoven and Vaughan Williams, as well as R. Strauss’ Alpine Symphony. We’ll also feature readings of the American naturalist John Muir.


Playlist

Episode 1

Richard Strauss: Alpine Symphony (excerpt)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Barenboim
Era 2292-45997
1:27

Ernest John Moeran: In the Mountain Country
Ulster Orchestra/Handley
Chan 6525
7:05

Hector Berlioz: Harold in Italy, I (excerpts)
Orchestre Revolutionnaire/Gardiner; Causse, viola
Phil 446676
:48, 14:54

Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov: In the Mountain Pass from Caucasian Sketches, I (excerpt)
Baltimore Symphony/Zinman
Tel 80378
8:25

Vincent D’Indy: Symphony on a French Mountain Air (excerpts)
BSO/Munch; Henriot-Schweitzer, piano
RCA 6805
18:21

Edward MacDowell: To a Water Lily (excerpt)
James Barbagallo, piano
Naxos 8.223631
1:00

Episode 2

Edward MacDowell: Woodland Sketches (excerpt)
James Barbagallo, piano
Naxos 8.223631
2:07

Richard Strauss: Alpine Symphony
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Barenboim
Era 2292-45997
19:38, 30:50

Edward MacDowell: To a Wild Rose
James Barbagallo, piano
Naxos 8.223631
1:26

Episode 3

Alan Hovhaness: String Quartet No. 4, “Under the Ancient Maple Tree”, I
Shanghai Quartet
Del 3162
7:15

Albert Roussel: Symphony No. 1, I & II
French National Orchestra/Dutoit
Era 88225
12:45

Richard Wagner: Siegfried, Act II (excerpt), “Forest Murmurs”
Berlin Phil/Tennstedt
EMI 57242
6:47

Heitor Villa-Lobos: Amazonas
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra/Duarte
Marco Polo 8.22335
13:02

Alexander Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia
Philharmonia Orchestra/Simon
Cala 1029
6:11

Scott Joplin: Maple Leaf Rag
Albright, piano
Musicmasters 7061
3:03

Episode 4

Arthur Honegger: Pastorale d’ete
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra/Plasson
DG 435438
8:55

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 3, Pastoral, III & IV
London Symphony Orchestra/Previn
RCA 89827
17:21

Aaron Copland: The Red Pony (excerpts)
St. Louis Symphony/Slatkin
RCA 61699
8:14

Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Rattle; Kennedy, violin
EMI 56413
17:28

Episode 5

Ottorino Respighi: Gli Ucceli (excerpts)
London Symphony Orchestra/Dorati
Mer 432007
4:12, 4:22

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, Pastoral
Vienna Philharmonic/Abbado
DG 419779
25:48, 18:26