November 26, 2016: Tonight Intermountain Classics features some of my all time favorites: a tone poem by Richard Strauss describing the mythical adventures of Don Juan; some classical guitar music by Johann Forberger and Johann Sebastian Bach and piano music of Ludwig van Beethoven. In the second hour, we will hear holiday music for both Thanksgiving and the upcoming Christmas season, and a special surprise!
Hour 1:
Intro: Bach-Badinere for flute from Orchestral Suite No. 2 (Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne/Armin Jordan with Simon Stanciu, syrinx (panpipes) [1.23]
Beethoven-Rondo No. 1 in C major & Rondo No. 2 in G major Opus 51 for Piano (Radu Lupu, piano) [14.44]
Strauss-Don Juan Opus 20 (Cleveland Orchestra/George Szell) [15.47]
Froberger-Suite XV in A minor & Bach JS-Prelude, Fugue and Allegro for guitar Eliot Fisk, guitar) [22.53]
Hour 2:
Ives-Thanksgiving & Forefather’s Day from Holidays Symphony (The Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy) [16.12]
Bach JS- Magnificat for Chorus, Soloists and Orchestra (Collegium Vocale/Philippe Herreweghe) [27.31]
PDQ Bach-Music for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion : Rondo Mucho Grando [3.11]
Exit: Handel- “Hallelujiah” Chorus from the Messiah [3.34]
