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March 2005
March 6 | March 13 | March 20 | March 27
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Wilbert Hazelzet and Jacques Ogg
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Jacques Ogg, harpsichord; Wilbert Hazelzet, flute
March 6, 2005
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Tasty fare
Tafelmusik originally meant "music composed for a banquet," and this week we'll sample a feast of music—including some of Georg Phillipp Telemann's own Tafelmusik—with flutist Wilbert Hazelzet and harpsichordist Jacques Ogg. This remarkable Dutch duo brings a lively sensibility to its chosen repertoire, adding gusto or delicacy as required. They'll also bring us lovely works by J.S. Bach and his son C.P.E. Bach.
William Telemann: Solo in b minor (from Tafelmusik, Book I)
J.S. Bach: Sonata in b minor, BWV 1030
C.P.E. Bach: Duetto in D major, Wq.83
Jacques Ogg Web site
For more information about Jacques Ogg and Wilbert Hazelzet albums, visit Public Radio MusicSource.
David Finckel, cello; Wu Han, piano
March 13, 2005
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Appassionato
The drama of Ludwig van Beethoven's life finds no more vivid expression than in the music that revealed, and lent it, such intensity. This week, two superb guides—Emerson String Quartet cellist David Finckel and celebrated pianist Wu Han—trace both the tragedy and grandeur of Beethoven's life as they were reflected in the five sonatas he composed for cello. The duo surveys all of them, offering between performances how and when each originally corresponded to Beethoven's life and evolving genius. Don't miss this remarkable hour.
Ludwig von Beethoven Beethoven: Sonata No. 1 in F major, Op. 5—I. Adagio sostenuto
Beethoven: Sonata No. 2 in g minor, Op. 5— Adagio sostenuto ed espressivo (excerpt)
Beethoven: Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69—I. Allegro ma non tanto
Beethoven: Sonata No. 4 in C major, Op. 102, No. 1—I. Andante
Beethoven: Sonata No. 5 in D major, Op. 102, No. 2—I. Allegro con brio
Ani Kavafian, violin and viola; David Shifrin, clarinet; André-Michel Schub, piano
March 20, 2005
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Violinist Ani Kavafian, clarinetist David Shifrin, and pianist André-Michel Schub
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Contrasts & Companions
Musicians are inveterate travelers, and this week on Saint Paul Sunday guest host Brian Newhouse welcomes three wonderful performers who first came together as a trio in an airport coffee shop on their way from one music festival to another. Join him with violinist Ani Kavafian, clarinetist David Shifrin, and pianist André-Michel Schub—the KSS Trio—for works that make their unusual combination shine. Along with a trio of Mozart and Schumann's "Fairy Tales," we'll hear Béla Bartók's aptly named "Contrasts." It's an hour companionship and music making you won't want to miss.
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Milan Turkovic, bassoon; David Shifrin, piano; Shai Wosner, piano
And the answer is...
This week, guest host Brian Newhouse asked you and his guests how many times a particular musical turn of phrase occurs in Mozart's Trio in Eb (K498). The answer is 41.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Trio in Eb for clarinet, viola and piano, K498
Béla Bartók: Contrasts
-I. Verbunkos (Recruiting Dance)
-III. Sebes (Fast Dance)
Robert Schumann: Märchenerzählungen ("Fairy Tales") for clarinet, viola and piano. Op. 132
-III. Ruhiges Tempo, mit zartem Ausdruck
-IV. Lebhaft, sehr markiert
For more information about Ani Kavafian, David Shifrin, and Andre-Michel Schub albums, visit Public Radio MusicSource.
VocalEssence Ensemble Singers
March 27, 2005
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Day's Finery
Long treasured for its outstanding choral artistry and programmatic daring, VocalEssence seeks "to engage and enrich audiences who expect the unexpected." This Easter day on Saint Paul Sunday, the VocalEssence Ensemble Singers under founding artistic director Philip Brunelle do just that, introducing us to ten diverse contemporary works-several composed for the performers themselves. We'll hear Easter and springtime music of Dominick Argento, Stephen Paulus, Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, and a host of others. Since first performing over three decades ago, the Ensemble Singers have explored the texts of their wide-ranging repertoire as perceptively as they have its music. On Sunday's program a number of striking poem settings give this eloquence free reign.
 Full texts and Translations
VocalEssence Web site
Saint Paul Sunday Easter program: The Saint Olaf Choir
Saint Paul Sunday Easter program: Altramar
Joseph Brackett, arr. David Willcocks (Sydney Carter): The Lord of the Dance
Dominick Argento (Richard Crashaw): Easter Day
Calvin Hampton: Christ is Risen Indeed
Chris de Blasio: The Best-Beloved
-IV. My beloved is mine, and I am his (Francis Quarles)
William Hawley: Four Reveries
-III. My River Runs to Thee (Emily Dickinson)
Stephen Paulus (Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz): Love Opened a Mortal Wound
Richard Rodney Bennett: A Farewell to Arms
-I. “The helmet now an hive for bees becomes...” (Ralph Knevet)
-II. “His golden locks hath to silver turned...” (George Peele)
John Rutter: Birthday Madrigals
-I. It was a Lover and his Lass
Mykola Leontovich : Śćedryk
Carlos Guastavino : Indianas
-I. Gala del Dia (“Day’s Finery”)
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