The Concert Hall, Sunday June 1, 2008

HOUR 1

• Overture to Fidelio

  Composer -	Ludwig van Beethoven
  Album -	Overtures
  Ensemble -	Chamber Orchestra of Europe
  Conductor -	Nikolaus Harnoncourt
  Label -	elatus

• Fantasia on Themes by Ivan Trofim Ryabinin, op.48

  Composer -	Anton Arensky
  Album -	Symphony no.1 and premiere recordings
  Artist -	Tatiana Polyansky, piano
  Ensemble -	Russian State Symphony Orchestra
  Conductor -	Valeri Polyansky
  Label -	Chandos

• Belle nuit (Barcarole) (from Les contes d'Hoffmann)

  Composer -	Jacques Offenbach
  Album -	Only Caballé
  Artist -	Montserrat Caballé, soprano Montserrat Martí­, soprano
  Ensemble -	New Philharmonia Orchestra
  Conductor -	Anton Guadagno
  Label -	Oratorio

• Allegrao maestoso (from Symphony no.7)

  Composer -	Antonin Dvořák
  Album -	Symphonies 7 and 8
  Ensemble -	Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
  Conductor -	Vaclav Neumann
  Label -	Supraphon

• Sicut sagittae (from Nisi Dominus, rv.608)

  Composer -	Antonio Vivaldi
  Album -	Stabat Mater, Nisi Dominus, Concerto in g minor
  Artist -	James Bowman, counter-tenor
  Ensemble -	Academy of Ancient Music
  Conductor -	Christopher Hogwood
  Label -	Editions de l'Oiseau-lyre

• Prelude and Fugue no.11 in F Major (from the Well-tempered Clavier)

  Composer -	Johann Sebastian Bach
  Album -	Complete Organ Works
  Artist -	Bernard Lagacé, organ
  Label -	Analekta

• Chaconne (from L'Amour Médecin)

  Composer -	Jean-Baptiste Lully
  Album -	L'Orchestre du Roi Soleil
  Ensemble -	Le Concert des Nations
  Conductor -	Jordi Savall
  Label -	Alia Vox

• Finale: Presto (from Symphony no.1 in C Major)

  Composer -	Carl Maria von Weber
  Album -	Symphonies 1 and 2; Konzertstück
  Ensemble -	The London Classical Players
  Conductor -	Roger Norrington
  Label -	EMI

Hour 2 - The Planets

• The Planets
  • Mars - The Bringer of War
  • Venus - The Bringer of Peace
  • Mercury - The Winged Messenger
  • Jupiter - The Bringer of Jollity
  • Saturn - The Bringer of Old Age
  • Uranus - The Magician
  • Neptune - The Mystic

  Composer -	Gustav Holst
  Album -	The Planets
  Ensemble -	The Berlin Philharmonic
  Conductor -	Herbert von Karajan
  Label -	Deutsche Grammophon