This week of Exploring Music features lighthearted music. Conductor Sir Thomas Beecham called these compositions “Lollipops.” These are generally one-movement compositions intended to amuse and entertain us while we relax. Do not be fooled by their listening ease – these works can be difficult to compose and a challenge to perform. We will hear Albert Ketèlby’ “In a Persian Market,” and “The Wasps,” incidental music composed by Vaughan Williams, with a movement titled “March Past of the Kitchen Utensils.” We will also hear Joseph Haydn’s Symphony No. 60 in C Major, “Il distratto.” Malcolm Arnold said, “Music is the social act of communication, a gesture of friendship.”
Capers and Whimsy: Light Music
Playlist
Episode 1
Coslow,Sam/ Jones, Spike: Cocktails for Two
Spike Jones and his City Slickers
All the Jazz
RCA Victor 20-2861
2:57
Ibert, Jacques: Don Quichotte; Sarabande pour Dulcinea
Suisse Romande Orchestra/ Neeme Jarvi
Ibert: Orchestral Works
Chandos 5168
3:32
Ibert, Jacques: Suite symphonique, Paris;
I. Le Métro
II. Faubourgs
III. La Mosque de Paris
IV. Restaurant au Bois de Boulogne
V. Le Paquebot Ile-de-France
VI. Parade foraine
Suisse Romande Orchestra/ Neeme Jarvi
Ibert: Orchestral Works
Chandos 5168
13:20
Offenbach, Jacques: Gaîté Parisienne –
1. Allegro
2. Allegro Brillante
3. Polka
4. Ländler, Allegro
5. Mazurka
6. Valse
Boston Pops Orchestra/ Arthur Fiedler
Gaite Parisienne / La Boutique Fantasque
RCA Victor – 09026-61847
11:14
Ibert, Jacques: Divertissement;
No. 1. Introduction
No. 2. Cortege
No. 3. Nocturne
No. 4. Valse
No. 5. Parade
No. 6. Finale
Suisse Romande Orchestra/ Neeme Jarvi
Ibert: Orchestral Works
Chandos 5168
15:31
Offenbach, Jacques: Gaîté Parisienne: No 23. Barcarole (excerpt)
Boston Pops Orchestra/ Arthur Fiedler
Gaite Parisienne / La Boutique Fantasque
RCA Victor – 09026-61847
3:21
Episode 2
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: The Wasps:
I. Overture
II. Entr’acte
III. March Past of the Kitchen Utensils
IV. Entr’acte
V. Ballet and Final Tableau
Norman Del Mar: Bournemouth Sinfonietta
A Somerset Rhapsody • Brook Green Suite, The Wasps Overture and Aristophanic Suite
His Master’s Voice – ASD 3953
25:11
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: The Wasps: I. Overture (excerpt)
Norman Del Mar: Bournemouth Sinfonietta
A Somerset Rhapsody • Brook Green Suite, The Wasps Overture and Aristophanic Suite
His Master’s Voice – ASD 3953
00:35
Haydn, Joseph: Symphony No. 60 in C Major, “Il distratto”
I. Adagio – Allegro di molto
II. Andante Giardino Armonico/ Giovanni Antonini
No. 4 Il Distratto
Alpha Classics 674
13:38
Haydn, Joseph: Symphony No. 60 in C Major; “Il distratto”
III. Menuett
IV. Presto
Il Giardino Armonico/ Giovanni Antonini
No. 4 Il Distratto
Alpha Classics 674
6:19
Haydn, Joseph: Symphony No. 60 in C Major; “Il distratto”
V. Adagio (di Lamentatione)
VI. Prestissimo
Il Giardino Armonico/ Giovanni Antonini
No. 4 Il Distratto
Alpha Classics 674
8:12
Haydn, Joseph: Symphony No. 60 in C Major;
“Il distratto” V. Adagio (di Lamentatione) (excerpt)
Il Giardino Armonico/ Giovanni Antonini
No. 4 Il Distratto
Alpha Classics 674
1:53
Episode 3
Bernstein, Leonard: Dances from Fancy Free – Galop; Waltz
Boston Pops Orchestra/ Arthur Fiedler
Rodgers: Slaughter On Tenth Avenue – Excerpts From Fancy Free .. Interplay .. The Three-Cornered Hat
RCA Red Seal – 88985321742-10
3:58
Gershwin, George: Cuban Overture
Boston Pops Orchestra/ Arthur Fiedler
Concerto In F / Cuban Overture / “I Got Rhythm” Variations
RCA Victor Red Seal – LM-2586
9:24
Gioachino Rossini Respighi, Ottorino: La Boutique Fantasque –
1. Overture
2. Tarantelle
3. Vivo
4. Mazurka
5. Danse Cosaque
Boston Pops Orchestra/ Arthur Fiedler
Gaite Parisienne / La Boutique Fantasque
RCA Victor – 09026-61847
11:59
Gioachino Rossini Respighi, Ottorino: La Boutique Fantasque –
6. Cancan
7. Valse Lente
8. Nocturne
9. Galop
Boston Pops Orchestra/ Arthur Fiedler
Gaite Parisienne / La Boutique Fantasque
RCA Victor – 09026-61847
14:58
Berlioz, Hector: Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17, Pt. 2: No. 4, Queen Mab, The Dream Fairy
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Carlo Maria Giulini
Romeo And Juliet (The Orchestral Music)
His Master’s Voice – ASD 2606
8:39
Mancini, Henry: Pink Panther Theme
Mancini, Henry
Mancini, Henry
RCA – PT 49846
3:09
Episode 4
Arnold, Malcolm: Tam O’ Shanter – Overture, Op. 51
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/ Vernon Handley
Symphony No. 6 / Fantasy / Sweeney Todd Suite / Tam O’Shanter Overture
Conifer Classics 74321 168
8:19
Arnold, Malcolm: English Dances, Set 2, Op. 33; No. 5
Peter Fisher, violin; Margaret Fingerhut, piano
Malcolm Arnold: A Centenary Celebration
Somm SOMMCD 0640
1:54
Arnold, Malcolm: Symphony No. 9, Op. 128; III. Giubiloso
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
The Malcolm Arnold Edition Vol. 1: The Eleven Symphonies
Decca 476 5337
7:14
Arnold, Malcolm: 4 Scottish Dances, Op. 59 (arr. D. Gedge for violin and piano); III. Allegretto
Peter Fisher, violin; Margaret Fingerhut, piano
Malcolm Arnold: A Centenary Celebration
Somm SOMMCD 0640
3:50
Ketèlby, Albert: In a Persian Market
Boston Pops Orchestra/ Arthur Fiedler
The Boston Pops Orchestra with Arthur Fiedler – In A Persian Market
RCA RPX 1026
6:33
Schickele, Peter: Octoot – for Wind Instruments (S.8): Tout a Coup Le Bout
The New York Pick-Up Ensemble/ Schickele
P.D. Q. Bach: A Little Nightmare Music
Vanguard 79448-2
1:59
Peter Schickele: “Unbegun” Symphony
Professor Peter Schickele, The Royal P.D.Q. Bach Festival Orchestra, Jorge Mester, conductor
An Hysteric Return_ P.D.Q. Bach at Carnegie Hall
Vanguard Record
10:46
Schickele, Peter: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major:
I. Largo maestoso: Allegro moderato
II. Andante moderato
III. Presto
The Chestnut Brass Quintet and Peter Schickele
Peter Schickele: Hornsmoke
Newport Classic 85638
7:52
Episode 5
Albrechtsberger, Johann Georg: Concerto for Jew’s Harp,
Mandora & Orchestra in E Major: I. Tempo moderato
Fritz Mayr, Dieter Kirsch, Munich Chamber Orchestra & Hans Stadlmair
Concertos For Jew’s Harp, Mandora and Orchestra
Orfeo 035821
6:37
Mozart, WA: Horn Concerto No. 4 Michael Flanders & Donald Swann
Flanders & Swann
At The Drop of Another Hat
Parlophone
4:09
Youman, Vincent, orchestrated by Dimtri Shostakovich: Tahiti Trot
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/ Riccardo Chailly
The Jazz Album
Decca 433702
3:33
Shostakovich, Dimtri: Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and Strings in
C Minor, Op. 35: IV. Allegro brio (attached to III.)
Berlin Philharmonic, Mariss Jansons, Mikhail Rudy and Ole Edvard
Symphony No. 1 / Concerto for Piano, Trumpet & Strings
EMI Classics 55361
6:51
Shostakovich, Dimtri: The Nose; Leningrad, I. Introduction II. Ivan Yakovlevich’s Barber Shop
Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of The Moscow Chamber Opera – Gennady Rozhdestvnsky
The Nose
Melodiya SLS 5088
5:48
Shostakovich, Dimtri: The Nose;
IV. Musical Interlude
V. Kovalyov’s Bedroom
VI. Gallop
VII. Kazan Cathedral
Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of The Moscow Chamber Opera – Gennady Rozhdestvnsky
The Nose
Melodiya SLS 5088
3:02
Shostakovich, Dimtri: The Nose;
VI. Gallop
VII. Kazan Cathedral
Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of The Moscow Chamber Opera – Gennady Rozhdestvnsky
The Nose
Melodiya SLS 5088
10:58
Armstrong, Louis: Ole Rockin’ Chair
Louis Armstrong & Jack Teagarden
Rockin’ Chair
RCA Victor EPA 5000
3:26
Robinson, Lilla Cayley and Paul Lincke: Hawaiian War Chant
Spike Jones & His City Slickers
The Glow-Worm / Hawaiian War Chant
RCA Victor 20-1893
2:46