Saturday, May 16, 2015

Show 130: Glorious Medley

[Added on 2015/7/18:  This used to be called Show 30.  I've renumbered the shows, so that this one is Show130.  The first digit will indicate which series the show is from: 1 for the first cycle, 2 for this second cycle, and so on.  For instance, the July 4th show for this year will be numbered numbered Show201, and so on.  If you didn't figure this out yet, my first show aired the week of July 4th, 2014.]
 
I spent most of last week away from my music collection, so I had to fall back on whatever I had on my so-called hard drive.  I'm putting up the playlist, for the simple reason that there really is no pattern, (there seldom is, is there?) and if you want to hear any of these, you would have to listen for it until it shows up.  I hope they get played in this order:

Part A

Bach:  Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Chorus from BWV 147
This is the opening chorus (once again) from the Cantata from which the most popular "Jesu, Joy of man's desiring" chorale is taken.

Chanticleer: An American Folk Medley
Includes O sinner man, and several others.

Mozart: from Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), The birdman's song (Ein Vogelfänger ich bin, ja)

Johann Strauss, Jr: Trisch-Trasch Polka (King's Singers)

Philip Glass: Closing, from Dance Suite

Peter, Paul and Mary: I Dig Rock and Roll Music

Part B

Johannes Brahms: Academic Festival Overture, Op 80
 

George Frederick Handel: Alla Hornpipe from The Watermusic
 

J. S. Bach:  Air, from Suite 3 in D major for Orchestra (Classical Music String Quartet)

J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 1 in F Major - Adagio


Franz Josef Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major I Allegro (Rolf Smedvig)
This is in memory of Rolf Smedvig, who was a founder member of the Empire Brass Quintet, and was the music director of the Williamsport Symphony in the mid 80's.  He passed away last week.

Part C

Frederik Chopin: Etude No 10 In A Flat Major from Op 10
This is new to me, but is certainly lovely.

George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (Original Jazz Band Version) (Joanna McGregor)
The version heard most commonly today is a symphonic version; apparently this is the original composition, written for piano and a jazz band.

Leonard Bernstein: Overture to Candide

Brahms: Hungarian Dance No 5 in G minor

Part D

Pietro Mascagni:  Ave Maria from Cavalleria Rusticana (Angela Gheorghiu)


Stephen Foster:  I Dream of Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair (John McCormack)
 

Ludvig van Beethoven:  Symphony No 5 In C Minor, Op 67, movements 3 and 4
Apologies: these were horribly distorted on the broadcast.  They are repaired here!]

[Bonus track:] Archie's Mystery Tune, in Waltz Time

Archie

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