Friday July 29, 2005

Performance Today

Telemann

July 29, 2005 • Eight musicians from Hanover, Germany join Fred Child in the NPR studios to share music by Telemann. Musica Alta Ripa picked three Telemann selections for their NPR visit: his Quartet in G minor for Recorder, Violin, Viola and Continuo; a Cello Sonata; and four movements of the Overture in B minor. The eight members of Musica Alta Ripa are Danya Segal, recorder; Anne Rohrig, violin; Ursula Bundies, violin and viola; Susanne Dietz, violin; Christoph Heidemann, viola; Juris Teichmanis, violoncello; Jacques van der Meer, double bass; and Bernward Lohr, harpsichord.

Telemann

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Friday July 22, 2005

In Performance

Gustavo Romero's Unlikely Path to the Piano

July 22, 2005 • Gustavo Romero, 40, grew up in a non-musical family. But a neighbor's piano was his entry to the world of performance. He tells Fred Child about his early days and plays selections from Enrique Granados and Federico Mompou in NPR's Studio 4A.

Gustavo Romero's Unlikely Path to the Piano

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Performance Today

Granados

July 22, 2005 • Pianist Gustavo Romero is just as at home in NPR's Studio 4A, as he is on concert stages all over the world. He joins Fred Child to talk about his unusual history and his current career. We hear him play the bravura Allegro de Concierto by Enrique Granados, followed by a Prelude of Federico Mompou.

Granados

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Performance Today

Kabalevsky

July 22, 2005 • Marin Alsop was excited earlier this week when she got an offer from the Baltimore Symphony to be their new Music Director. In the past few days, there's been an emotional firestorm, surrounding unexpected resistence from the musicians. Now that Alsop has accepted the job and signed a contract, she talks candidly with Fred Child about the situation and about her future with the BSO. And we hear Alsop in her former role as conductor of the Colorado Symphony, playing Dmitri Kabalevsky's Colas Breugnon Overture.

Kabalevsky

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Culture

Marin Alsop, Building a Future in Baltimore

July 22, 2005 • Conductor Marin Alsop was appointed Music Director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra earlier this week over strenuous objections from many of the orchestra's musicians. Alsop talks with Fred Child about the appointment, the controversy, and the symphony's future.

Marin Alsop, Building a Future in Baltimore

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Wednesday July 20, 2005

Music

Marin Alsop Appointed to Lead Baltimore Symphony

July 20, 2005 • The Baltimore Symphony ended a tumultuous search for a new conductor Tuesday with the appointment of Marin Alsop as the BSO's next music director. But not everybody is happy. Host Fred Child talks with Performance Today producer Roger Wight for details on the Baltimore story.

Marin Alsop Appointed to Lead Baltimore Symphony

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Monday July 18, 2005

Performance Today

Baltimore Musicians Contest Choice of Alsop as New Director

July 18, 2005 • Late last week, it was reported that the Baltimore Symphony was ready to announce Marin Alsop would be its next music director, pending a vote by the board of directors on Tuesday. But over the weekend, the orchestra's musicians issued a formal statement saying they're not ready to back Alsop. Host Fred Child checks in with Performance Today's producer, Roger Wight, for an update on the story.

Baltimore Musicians Contest Choice of Alsop as New Director

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Friday July 15, 2005

Performance Today

Bach

July 15, 2005 • All week we've been listening to Bach's Brandenburg Concertos from a Bach marathon concert a couple of weeks ago at Chamber Music Northwest in Portland, Ore. We close the week with the Brandenburg Concerto No. 6, which honors the lower members of the string family. And NPR's Fred Child talks with violists Cynthia Phelps and Paul Neubauer.

Bach

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Thursday July 14, 2005

Performance Today

Bach

July 14, 2005 • Officially there are three solo parts in the Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 by Bach -- flute, violin, and harpsichord. But the harpsichord solo stands out above the rest. NPR's Fred Child talks with harpsichordist John Gibbons. And we hear Gibbons and his cohorts on stage at Chamber Music Northwest in Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5.

Bach

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Wednesday July 13, 2005

Performance Today

Bach

July 13, 2005 • We're on day three in our week of Bach Brandenburg Concertos. We join the musicians at this summer's Chamber Music Northwest in concert at Kaul Auditorium in Portland, Ore., to hear the Brandenburg Concerto No. 3. And host Fred Child talks with violinist Ani Kavafian and cellist Fred Sherry about the concerto.

Bach

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Tuesday July 12, 2005

Performance Today

Johann Sebastian Bach

July 12, 2005 • We're spending the week at Chamber Music Northwest, in Portland, Ore. to hear the Brandenburg Concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach. Today, it's the Concerto No. 2, with violinist Ida Kavafian, flutist Ransom Wilson, oboist Alan Vogel and clarinetist David Shifrin as soloists. Host Fred Child talks with Kavafian and Wilson, and then Shifrin explains why he's playing the trumpet part on the clarinet.

Johann Sebastian Bach

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Monday July 11, 2005

Performance Today

Bach

July 11, 2005 • Last week from Chamber Music Northwest in Portland, Ore., we heard the Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 by Bach. Starting today, we unveil Chamber Music Northwest performances of the remaining five Brandenburgs. Host Fred Child talks with horn players John Cox and Bill Purvis about the music. And we hear Cox and Purvis as two of the many soloists in the Brandenburg Concerto No. 1.

Bach

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Thursday July 7, 2005

Performance Today

Rossini's Duo for Cello and Double Bass

July 7, 2005 • At Chamber Music Northwest, Fred Child is on stage with bassist Edgar Meyer and cellist Peter Wiley. They play the second and third movements from Rossini's Duo for Cello and Double Bass.

Rossini's Duo for Cello and Double Bass

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Wednesday July 6, 2005

Concerts

Moritz Moszkowski at Chamber Music Northwest

July 6, 2005 • We're spending the week at Chamber Music Northwest, in Portland, Ore. Today, host Fred Child is on stage at Kaul Auditorium with violinists (and sisters) Ida and Ani Kavafian and pianist Anne-Marie McDermott. The trio plays the opening movement from the Suite No. 2 for Two Violins and Piano, Op. 71 by Moritz Moszkowski. Then clarinetist David Shifrin, violist Paul Neubauer and cellist Fred Sherry join the Kavafian sisters.

Moritz Moszkowski at Chamber Music Northwest

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Moritz Moszkowski

July 6, 2005 • We're spending the week at Chamber Music Northwest, in Portland, Ore. Today, host Fred Child is on stage at Kaul Auditorium with violinists (and sisters) Ida and Ani Kavafian and pianist Anne-Marie McDermott. The trio plays the opening movement from the Suite No. 2 for Two Violins and Piano, Op. 71 by Moritz Moszkowski. Then clarinetist David Shifrin, violist Paul Neubauer and cellist Fred Sherry join the Kavafian sisters.