Rondo for Lifey – Arff!
Evening Music | May 6, 2010
Chopin wrote the “Minute” Waltz, a.k.a. the “Little Dog Chasing its Tail.” Bernstein wrote “Rondo for Lifey,” a Skye terrier. Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis is joined by pianist Judith Lynn Stillman. Arff!
Daniel Barenboim does the honors as we hear Isaac Albeniz’s “Espana,” those six delightful album pieces for piano, distilling the essence of Hispanic dance forms, whether from Malaga, the Basque or Catalan provinces, or South American.
Violinist Rachel Barton Pine caused quite a sensation when she became the first American to win the gold medal at the 1992 J.S. Bach International Violin Competition in Leipzig. She has been wowing audiences and critics alike ever since. Find out why as we listen to Max Bruch’s “Scottish Fantasy,” which was actually written for that most prestigious of violin virtuosos, Pablo de Sarasate. She is supported by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra under conductor Alexander Platt.
Speaking of violinists, how about listening to a work for guitar by Nicolo Paganini? Paganini was not only a renowned violinist but also a skilled guitarist, as the Grand Sonata in A would suggest—its flights of virtuoso writing presenting real challenges that guitarist Norbert Kraft effortlessly and artfully surmounts.
Daniel Barenboim does the honors as we hear Isaac Albeniz’s “Espana,” those six delightful album pieces for piano, distilling the essence of Hispanic dance forms, whether from Malaga, the Basque or Catalan provinces, or South American.
Violinist Rachel Barton Pine caused quite a sensation when she became the first American to win the gold medal at the 1992 J.S. Bach International Violin Competition in Leipzig. She has been wowing audiences and critics alike ever since. Find out why as we listen to Max Bruch’s “Scottish Fantasy,” which was actually written for that most prestigious of violin virtuosos, Pablo de Sarasate. She is supported by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra under conductor Alexander Platt.
Speaking of violinists, how about listening to a work for guitar by Nicolo Paganini? Paganini was not only a renowned violinist but also a skilled guitarist, as the Grand Sonata in A would suggest—its flights of virtuoso writing presenting real challenges that guitarist Norbert Kraft effortlessly and artfully surmounts.
