July 16, 2006: Tonight’s program features the Creatures of Prometheus Overture by Beethoven and a delightful piece by Respighi called La Boutique Fantastique. I also have a beautiful choral work for you, the Magnificat by Italian composer Porpora, as performed by the San Francisco Girls Chorus. In the second hour we will hear a repeat of a 2012 program which was the first edition of my “Boundaries and Crossovers” special, with transitional music from classical to jazz, African world music, Italian movie music and a unique string quartet from England who play just about anything under the sun!
Hour 1:
Beethoven-Creatures of Prometheus Overture Opus 43 (Altanta Symphony Orchestra/Yoel Levi) [4.55]
Rossini Respighi-La Boutique Fantasque(Scottish National Orchestra/Sir Alexander Gibson) [19.15]
Rosetti-Concerto in D minor for Horn and Orchestra (Concerto Amsterdam/Jaap Schroder & Hermann Baumann, Horn) [18.38]
Porpora-Magnificat (San Francisco Girls Chorus/Sharon Paul) [10.31]
Hour 2:
Adams-Shaker Loops [8.28]
Obo Addy-Wawshishijay “Our Beginning” (Kronos Quartet) [4.50]
Gershwin-Rhapsody in Blue (Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra/Leonard Bernstein with Leonard Bernstein, piano) [17.07]
Morricone-Sergio Leone Suite (Roma Sinfonietta Orchestra/Ennio Morricone & Yo Yo Ma, cello) [14.52]
`String Fever-Lady (Modjo) & It Don’t Mean A Thing (Ellington) (String Fever Quartet) [6.20]
