05 November 2008

I say Sinfonia, you say Symphonia, let's call the whole off thing the Komodo Dragon Show. This episode presents music after Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante for violin and viola from 1779. Highlights are the original conducted by Pablo Casals in exile, and John Cage's wild Mozartean night in the calliope factory.

Set #1 - 8:00am - 8:45am

1. S.C. Eckhardt-Gramatté: Solo Violin Suite No.1 (1922)
Nándor Szederkényi - violin
MUSIKarpatia, unreleased recording
17:36

2. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Duo for Violin & Viola No.2 in B-flat major K.424 (1783)
Arthur Grumiaux - violin, Arrigo Pelliccia - viola
Complete Mozart Edition Vol.13: String Trios & Duos Disc 1
Philips, 422 513-2
20'

Set #2 - 8:45am - 10:00am

3. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major K.364 (1779; rec. Perpignan, France July 1951)
Isaac Stern - violin, William Primrose - viola, Pablo Casals - conductor, Perpignan Festival Orchestra
Sony, SMK 58983
34:12

4. Larry Austin: Sinfonia Concertante: A Mozartean Episode for chamber orchestra and computer music narrative (1986)
Text by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1777-78)
Stefan Hurdalek - narrator, Thomas Clark - conductor
CDCM Computer Music Series Vol.1
Centaur Records, CRC 2029
16:47

5. Edgar Meyer: Third movement: Quarter note = 150 from Double Concerto for Cello & Double Bass (1995)
Hugh Wolff - conductor, Yo-Yo Ma - cello, Edgar Meyer - double bass, The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
Sony, SK 60956
6:47

Set #3 - 10:00am - 11:00am

6. John Cage & Lejaren Hiller: HPSCHD (1969)
Realization by Joel Chadabe (2003)
Robert Conant - harpsichord
EMF Media, EMF CD 038
65'

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