Legendary Chicago Symphony Orchestra soloists take center stage in this program, including Steven Staryk in Massenet’s Meditation from Thaïs, Donald Peck in Debussy’s Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun, and Arnold Jacobs in Vaughan Williams’s Tuba Concerto. Dale Clevenger and fellow horns are featured in Schumann’s Konzertstück, and the broadcast closes with Samuel Magad, Charles Pikler, and John Sharp in Strauss’s Don Quixote.
Musicians of the Orchestra
Dale Clevenger (Photo: Todd Rosenberg)
Playlist
Benjamin Britten: The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34
Seiji Ozawa, conductor
(RCA 1967)
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Tuba Concerto in F Minor
Daniel Barenboim, conductor; Arnold Jacobs, tuba
(DGG 1977)
Jules Massenet: Meditation from Thaïs
Jean Martinon, conductor; Steven Staryk, violin
(RCA 1966)
Robert Schumann: Konzertstück for Four Horns in F Major, Op. 86
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
Dale Clevenger, Richard Oldberg, Thomas Howell, and Norman Schweikert, horns
(DGG 1977)
Claude Debussy: Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun
Sir Georg Solti, conductor; Donald Peck, flute
(London 1976)
Richard Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
Samuel Magad, violin; Charles Pikler, viola; John Sharp, cello
(Erato 1991)