Nov. 4: Not Enough Caffeine/Too Much Caffeine
This was an experiment in radio programming during which I played 50 minutes of slow music without interruption or announcement in the first half, and 50 minutes of fast music without interruption in the second half.
Josquin des Prez: Absalon, fili mi
Oxford Camerata
Camille Saint-Saens: Symphony #3 “Organ”, Poco adagio
New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein; Sony
Bela Bartok: Concerto for 2 Pianos, Percussion, and Orchestra, II. Lento ma non troppo
Nelson Freire, Martha Argerich; Philips
Evelyn Glennie: A Little Prayer
Evelyn Glennie
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata #8 in c minor, Op. 13, “Pathetique”, II. Adagio cantabile
Daniel Barenboim; EMI
Franz Schubert: Der Doppelganger
Deitrich Fischer-Deskau; Gerald Moore; DGG
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet in c# minor; I. Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo
LaSalle Quartet; DGG
J.S. Bach: Contrapunctus I from the Art of Fugue
Pittsburgh Symphony Brass;
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John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine
San Francisco Symphony, Edo de Waart; Elektra/Nonesuch
J.S. Bach: Prelude in d minor from The Well Tempered Clavier
Friedrich Guilda; Philips
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony #3 in Eb major, Op. 55, “Eroica”, III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace
Vienna Philharmonic, Pierre Montreaux; London
Pablo Sarasate: Gypsy Airs #4
Jasha Heifetz, RCA Victor Symphony; BMG
Niccolo Paganini: Caprice #24 in a minor
Itzhak Perlman; EMI
Rimsky-Korsakov/May: The Green Hornet Theme
Al Hirt; EMI
Gordon Goodwin: Sing, Sang, Sung
Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band; Silverline
Franz Schubert: Ungeduld from Die Schoen Mullerin
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gerald Moore; DGG
Dmitri Shostakovich: Malaguena from Symphony #14
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi
Dmitri Shostakovich: Allegro non troppo (excerpt) from Symphony #7; Leningrad
Performers?
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet Op. 130 in Bb major; II. Presto
Guarneri Quartet; Philips
Frederic Chopin; Piano Sonata #2; Presto
Artur Rubenstein; RCA
Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in Eb major, Op. 44; Scherzo—Molto vivace
Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Philips
Igor Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite; Finale
Columbia Symphony, Igor Stravinsky; Sony
Don Freund: Radical Light
Indiana University Concert Orchestra; Thomas Baldner