November 2016 - Meeting

Programme for Wednesday 2nd November 2016

                                                          Presenter: John O'Hagan

Heitor Villa-Lobos

1.      Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654): Galliard Battaglia - Eastman Brass Quintet (1:31)

2.      Jacques Hotteterre (1674-1763): Trio sonata in C Maj for 2 oboes and basso continuo - Bruce Haynes and Ku Ebbinge (oboes), Danny Bond (bassoon), Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord) (5:45)

3.      Silvius Leopold Weiss (1687-1750): Fantasie in C minor (arr. D minor)- Redmond O’Toole (guitar) (2.44)

4.      Joseph Haydn (1732-1809): String quartet in G, Op 33 No 5 - Quatuor Mosaïques (18:46)

5.      Francois Couperin (1668-1733): Les Baricades Mistérieuses - Kenneth Gilbert, harpsichord (2:13)

6.      Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959): Bachianas Brasileiras No 5: Aria (Cantilena) - Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), cellos of Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, cond. Heitor Villa-Lobos (6:18)

7.      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): Adagio, K617a - Bruno Hoffmann (glass harmonica). (3:59)

8.      Anonymous (Spanish Renaissance): Chacona Ytaliana ; "Sencilla pastora" - Piffaro Ensemble. (3:06)

9.      Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868): Sins of Old Age, Vol 1; I Gondolieri – Combattimento; director David Mason (6:26)

10.    Robert Schumann (1810-1856): Piano quartet in E flat, Op 47: iii Andante cantabile - Glenn Gould (piano), members of Juilliard Quartet. (8:00)

11.    Jacques Ibert (1890-1962): Trois pièces brèves - Dorian Woodwind Quintet (6:31)

12.       Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921): Carnival of the Animals (mvts 8 to end) -  Viktoria Postnikova and Jean-Francois Heisser (pianos), with instrumental ensemble; cond. Gennady Rozhdestvensky (12:03).  

            

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October 2016 - Meeting

Seán Ó'Riada

Programme for Wednesday, 5th October 2016
                                                 Presenter: Dermot Kehoe

                                                                             

1.      Richard Wagner (1813-1883): Götterdämmerung: Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey – Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; cond. Daniel Barenboim (17:59)

2.      Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957): Glück, das mir verblieb (Marietta's Lied) excerpt from Die Tote Stadt – Carol Neblett (Soprano), René Kollo (Tenor); Münchener Rundfunkorchester; cond. Erich Leinsdorf (5:40)

3.      Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868):  Il barbiere di Siviglia, Act I, No. 5: Una voce poco fa - Pretty Yende (Soprano); Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI; cond. Marco Armiliato, (6:08)

4.      Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826): Invitation To The Dance, Op.65, Orchestrated by H. Berlioz- Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; cond. Herbert von Karajan (8:48)

5.      Manuel de Falla (1876-1946): Seven Popular Spanish Songs  –  Victoria de los Angeles (Soprano); Barcelona Teatre Lliure Chamber Orchestra; cond. Josep Pons (12:12)

6.      Richard Wagner (1813-1883): Götterdämmerung: Siegfried's Funeral March – Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; cond. Daniel Barenboim (6:10)

7.      Wolfram Buchenberg, Arr. (1962-):  “Kein schöner Land” (Anton Wilhelm Florentin von Zuccalmagli, author) - Dresdner Kreuzchor (2:28)

8.      Johannes Eccard (1553–1611): “Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott”(Martin Luther, author) – Dresdner Kreuzchor  (2:47)

9.      Seán Ó Riada (1931-1971): The Banks of Sulán – RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, cond, Robert Houlihan (9:09)

10.   Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880): The Tales of Hoffmann, Excerpts, Death of Antonia – Leontina Vaduva (Soprano), José Van Dam (Bass-baritone), Roberto Alagna (Tenor), Doris Lamprecht (Mezzo-Soprano); Lyon National Opera Orchestra; cond. Kent Nagano (4:59)

11.   Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): La Valse  – New York Philharmonic Orchestra; cond. Zubin Mehta (12:25)

12.  Hector Berlioz (1803-1869): Symphonie fantastique; 5. Songe d'une nuit du Sabbat - London Symphony Orchestra; cond, Colin Davis (9:54)

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