Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Listening Journal: July 26-August 1, 2010

Johann Sebastian Bach - Concerto for Violin, Strings and Continuo in A minor BWV 1041 (1730) Hilary Hahn, violin, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
Aaron Copland - Billy the Kid (1938) for orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas
Camille Saint-Säens - Concerto No. 3 for Violin and Orchestra in B minor, op. 61 (1880) Cho-Liang Liu, violin, Philharmonia Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor

Arnold Schoenberg - Serenade and Five Pieces for Orchestra - CD
   Serenade, op. 24 (1927) for baritone and seven instruments
   Five Pieces for Orchestra, op. 16 (1909)
   Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte, op. 41 (1942) for string quartet, piano and narrator

Iannis Xenakis - A Portrait - CD #3
   Rebonds B (1988) for percussion
   Anaktoria (1969) for octet
   Dox Orkh (1991) for violin and orchestra
   Phlegra (1975) for eleven instruments
   Nuits (1968) for mixed chorus
   Psappha (1975) for percussion
   Rebonds B (1988) for percussion

Witold Lutoslawski - Partita for Violin and Orchestra (1988)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony No. 1 in E-flat major K. 16 (1764)
Claude Debussy - La Mer (1905) for orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner

György Ligeti - Live in Paris, October 17, 2009 - CD
   Chamber Concerto (1970) for thirteen instruments
   Aventures (1962) for voices and chamber ensemble
   Nouvelles Aventures (1965) for voices and mixed ensemble

Frank La Rocca - String Trio (1981)
Samuel Adler - String Quartet No. 3 (1965)
Kaija Saariaho - Jardin Secret II (1986) for harpsichord and tape

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