Igor Stravinsky borrowed all of the tunes from his ballet, "Pulcinella," from Italian music of the eighteenth century. But he put his own musical fingerprints on it. It's a delightful mix of old and new. We'll go to New York to hear a performance of the "Pulcinella" Suite by the New York Philharmonic.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Prelude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 3, No. 2
Pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy
Vittorio Monti: "Csardas"
Violinist Maxim Vengerov with Virtuosi and pianist Vag Papian
Musikverein, Vienna, Austria
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Minor, Op. 40
Pianist Stephen Hough with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and conductor Andrew Litton
Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas
Stephen Reynolds: "Chanson d'Automne" from "Two Poems in Homage to Faure"
Pianist Stephen Hough
Felix Mendelssohn: Scherzo and Finale from Piano Trio No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 66
Pianist Nicholas Angelich, violinist Renaud Capucon, and cellist Gautier Capucon
Lugano Festival, Lugano, Switzerland
Hour 2
Johann Sebastian Bach: Gigue from Suite No. 6 in D-Flat, BWV 1012
Harpist Victoria Drake
Ludwig van Beethoven: Menuetto and Finale from Octet for Winds, Op. 103
Members of the Chicago Chamber Musicians
Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Evanston, Illinois
Pablo Casals: "Song of the Birds" for Cello and Organ
Cellist Desmond Hoebig and organist Gregory D'Agostino
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival, Orcas Island, Washington
Georg Philipp Telemann: "Gulliver" Suite
Violinists Geoff Nuttall and Barry Shiffman
Music@Menlo, Palo Alto, California
Francesco Mancini: Sonata Sesta in D
Rebel
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, Minnesota
Georg Philipp Telemann: Third movement from Sonata Discordato in A
Rebel
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, Minnesota
Igor Stravinsky: "Pulcinella" Suite
The New York Philharmonic with conductor Kurt Masur
Avery Fisher Hall, New York City
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