Johann Sebastian Bach's music is almost like another element, another building block in the chemistry of the world. Lots of artists have thrown a pinch or two of Bach into the fire and come up with some interesting new alloy. Count Christopher Theofanidis among them. We'll hear his new work, "Muse," along with Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, the piece that inspired it.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Robert Schumann (Arranged by Gustav Mahler): Third movement from Symphony No. 3 in E-flat, Op. 97 (Rhenish)
The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly, conductor
Ysaye Barnwell: No Mirrors in My Nana's House
Sweet Honey in the Rock
Ordway Center, St. Paul
Aaron Copland: Simple Gifts, from American Songs
The Virginia Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Ferguson Center for the Arts, Newport News, Virginia
Giovanni Battista Sammartini: Symphony in D, JC 14
Milano Classica, Marcello Scandelli, director and cello
First Baptist Church, Savannah, Georgia
Max Bruch: Romance in F for Viola and Orchestra, Op. 85
Janine Jansen, viola, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly, conductor
Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26
Janine Jansen, violin, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly, conductor
Hour 2
Pablo de Sarasate: Romanza Andaluza
Gil Shaham, violin, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Johann Balthasar Konig and Michael Praetorius: This Night a Wondrous Revelation and Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
The St. Olaf Orchestra and Choirs, John Ferguson, conductor
St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota
Traditional (Arranged by F. Melius Christiansen): Beautiful Savior
The St. Olaf Choirs, Anton Armstrong, director
St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota
Traditional (Arranged by John Rutter): Past Three A Clock
The St. Olaf Orchestra and Choirs, Sigrid Johnson, conductor
St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota
Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G, BWV 1048
Musicians from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Alice Tully Hall, New York City
Christopher Theofanidis: Muse
The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Carnegie Hall, New York City
Ludwig van Beethoven: Rondino in E-flat, WoO 25
The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Carnegie Hall, New York City
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