Conductors who lead the Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 by J.S. Bach generally aim for an amiable blend between the horns and the rest of the ensemble. And then...there's John Eliot Gardiner. When he led the English Baroque soloists at the 2010 Proms in London, he emphasized the difference between the elegant, aristocratic strings and the throaty, rustic sound of the natural horns. It made for a bracing performance -- combining courtly dignity and barnyard slapstick. That entertaining concert was last week at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Percy Grainger: Rufford Park Poachers from Lincolnshire Posy
The Dallas Wind Symphony, Jerry Junkin, conductor
Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F, BWV 1046
The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
Johann Sebastian Bach (arranged by Ward Swingle): Little Fugue in G Minor, BWV 578
The Swedish Radio Chorus, Gustaf Sjokvist, director
Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, Sweden
Frederic Chopin: Introduction and Polonaise Brillante in C, Op. 3
Alisa Weilerstein, cello, Inon Barnatan, piano
Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston, South Carolina
John Mackey: Kingfishers Catch Fire
The University of Texas Wind Ensemble, Jerry Junkin, conductor
Bates Recital Hall, Austin, Texas
Hour 2
Antonio Vivaldi: First movement from Autumn (The Four Seasons)
The Flanders Recorder Quartet with Marion Verbruggen, recorder
Ludwig van Beethoven: Coriolan Overture in C Minor, Op. 62
The Russian National Orchestra, Andrey Boreyko, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
Kevin Puts: Clarinet Concerto
Bil Jackson, clarinet, the Aspen Chamber Symphony, Josep Caballe-Domenech, conductor
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
Antonio Vivaldi: Winter from The Four Seasons
Ian Swensen, violin, musicians from Music@Menlo
Music@Menlo, Atherton, California
Raffaele Calace: Music for Mandolins
Caterina Lichtenberg and Mike Marshall, mandolins
Savannah Music Festival, Savannah
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