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Invitation to the Dance II |
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Experience five hours of beautiful music composed for dramatic performances, including stage plays, opera, and ballet. We begin with Jean-Baptiste Lully, an Italian-born French composer described by Bill as “the most ‘dancingest’ composer who ever lived.” Next, enjoy dance music from Stravinsky, Schubert, and even Beethoven! On Wednesday’s program, Bill will introduce his children’s favorite dance music, featuring Bartok’s Miraculous Mandarin Suite and The Wooden Prince. This week will conclude with Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty and a charming suite of dances from Manuel de Falla’s Three-Cornered Hat. |
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Monday, July 7 |
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Lully, Jean-Baptiste: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, LWV 43 (excerpts)
Le Concert des Nations/Savall
L’orchestre Du Roi Soleil
Alia Vox 9807
1:47, 16:49
Rameau, Jean-Philippe: Castor et Pollux
Orchestra of the 18th Century/Brüggen
Rameau: Castor Et Pollux Suite
Philips 426714
12:55
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Idomeneo (excerpts)
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra/Gonnenwein
Disc 920275
16:34
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No. 3, IV. Finale (excerpt)
ChicagoSymphony Orchestra/Solti
Beethoven: Complete Symphonies
Decca 000971902
5:19
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Tuesday, July 8 |
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Beethoven, Ludwig van: The Creatures of Prometheus (excerpts)
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus
DG 419608
15:59
Schubert, Franz: Rosamunde (excerpts)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Abbado
Rossini: Overtures
DG 431655
15:29
Strauss, Richard: Der Rosenkavalier: Waltzes
Scottish National Orchestra/Järvi
Strauss, R: Capriccio Suite/ Salome’s Dance
Chandos 8758
20:24 |
Wednesday, July 9 |
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Bartók, Béla: The Wooden Prince (excerpts)
London Symphony Orchestra/Dorati
The Wooden Prince • Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta
Mercury 434357
16:43
de Falla, Manuel: Three Dances from The Three- Cornered Hat
London Symphony Orchestra/Frühbeck de Burgos
Ritual Fire Dance, for orchestra (from “El Amor brujo”)
Imp Classics 924
12:18
Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin Suite
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Solti
Bartok: The Piano Concertos 1-3
London 430352-2
18:13
Tchaikovsky, Peter: Sleeping Beauty (excerpt)
Vienna Philharmonic/Karajan
Virtuoso: Tchaikovsky: Ballet Suites – Nutcracker/Sleeping Beauty/Swan
Decca 289466379
3:50 |
Thursday, July 10 |
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Tchaikovsky, Pyotr: Swan Lake (excerpts)
Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy
Swan Lake
CBS 42252
15:12, 8:26
Stravinsky, Igor: Le Baiser de la Fée
Divertimento
London Sinfonietta/Chailly
Igor Stravinsky Complete Edition
London 417114
23:36
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Friday, July 11 |
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Stravinsky, Igor: Jeu de Cartes (excerpt)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/ Solti
Stravinsky: Petrushka, Jeu De Cartes
London 443775
5:30
Hindemith, Paul: Theme and Variations for Piano & Strings:
The Four Temperaments (excerpts)
BBC Philharmonic/Tortelier; Shelley, piano
Hindemith: Cello Concerto, Four Temperaments
Chandos 9124
17:21
Barber, Samuel: Medea’s Meditation and Dance of Vengeance
St. Louis Symphony/Slatkin
Music of Samuel Barber
EMI 49463
13:01
Copland, Aaron: Rodeo (excerpt)
New York Philharmonic/Bernstein
Copland: Billy The Kid, Rodeo
CBS 36727
14:13
Menotti, Gian Carlo: Sebastian (excerpt)
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Andrew Schenck
Barber: Souvenirs – Menotti: Sebastian; Introduction, March,
and Shepherd’s Dance from Amahl and the Night Visitors
Koch 3-7005-2
1:20 |
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