December 2002
December 1 - December 08 - December 15 - December 22 - December 29

	Phantasm in the Water, by Coneyl Jay

Phantasm
December 1, 2002
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Fancies and Fantasies
In its heyday, the viol's wide familiarity and affecting voice-like timbres captivated generations of composers and performers. This week on Saint Paul Sunday, Phantasm, an extraordinary viol quartet from England, draws from this tradition a program of airs, fancies, and fantasies - music as beguiling today as it was four centuries ago.

John Jenkins: Fantasy No. 2
John Jenkins: An Ayre
John Jenkins: An Almaine
John Jenkins: Fantasy No. 3
Orlando Gibbons: Pavan for Lord Salisbury
Orlando Gibbons: Peascod Time
Richard Mico: Fancy No. 14
Richard Mico: Fancy No. 18
Henry Purcell: Fantazia 4
Henry Purcell: Fantazia 12
Henry Purcell: Fantazia 5

	Gottlieb Wallisch

Gottlieb Wallisch, piano
December 08, 2002
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The remarkable young Viennese pianist Gottlieb Wallisch visits Saint Paul Sunday this week for a program that explores his instrument's subjective and coloristic possibilities to their fullest. First we'll hear a Mozart fantasy that ventures beyond its classical milieu into stormy Romantic territory; next an evocative sound-picture of moorish Spain by Debussy; and finally Robert Schumann's dazzling "Carnaval," a coded panoply of the composer's loves, theatrical passions, and alter egos. Mr. Wallisch inhabits each work with the virtuosity for which he is already warmly noted.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Phantasie in c minor, KV 475
Claude-Achille Debussy: "La soirée dans Grenade" (from Estampes)
Robert Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9

	Dorian Wind Quintet

The Dorian Wind Quintet
December 15, 2002
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TIME magazine called them “one of chamber music’s most sparkling and eloquent ensembles." Find out why on Saint Paul Sunday this week, when the Dorian Wind Quintet, now celebrating its 40th anniversary, joins Bill McGlaughlin in the studio. The quintet brings an anniversary gift with them: imaginative new variations on Anton Reicha’s E-flat Major Quintet by Richard Rodney Bennett, George Perle and Lee Hoiby. We’ll also hear the original Reicha Quintet, along with charming music of Darius Milhaud and Lalo Shifrin, all played with Dorian’s characteristic spirit and virtuosity.

Artists Web site

Darius Milhaud: La Cheminée du Roi René, Op. 205 (The Chimney of King René)
-I. Cortège
-II. Aubade (Morning Serenade)
-III. Jongleurs (Jugglers)
-IV. La Malousinglade
-VI. Chasse A Valabre (Hunting at Valabre)
Anton Reicha: Quintet in Eb Major, Op. 88, No. 2
-III. Poco Andante-Grazioso
-IV. Finale-Allegretto
Anniversary Variations on a Theme of Reicha
-Theme: Andante Grazioso from Quintet in Eb Major, Op. 88, No. 2
-I. Richard Rodney Bennett: Con Eleganza
-II.George Perle: Four Variations
-IV. Lee Hoiby: Finale: Andante/Lento/Allegro
Lalo Shifrin: "La Nouvelle Orleans"

The Lyra Concert; David Douglass, director; Ellen Hargis, soprano
December 22, 2001
Rejoice Greatly
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For music of tranquility and splendor, the Christmas season has it all. This week on Saint Paul Sunday Bill McGlaughlin welcomes the Lyra Concert and celebrated soprano Ellen Hargis under the direction of violinist David Douglass. Their musical offering includes works of Michael Praetorius, Johann Rosenmüller, and William Byrd, along with three beloved selections from Handel's "Messiah." It's music of comfort and joy.

Michael Praetorius (1571-1621): Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
Michael Praetorius: In Dulci Jubilo
Johann Rosenmuller (1619-1684): Paduan
Johann Rosenmuller: Lieber Herre Gott, wecke uns auf
Anonymous: Sweet was the song the virgin sung
William Byrd (1543-1623): This day Christ ws born
Anonymous: Born is the Babe
George Fridric Handel (1685-1759): from Messiah
    Pifa
    He shall feed his flock
    Rejoice greatly

The Lyra Concert Baroque Orchestra Web Site

The Grieg Trio, with composer Libby Larsen
December 29, 2002
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Scandinavian Connection
Named for composer Edvard Grieg, the Grieg Trio has won praise throughout its native Scandinavia and worldwide for, as one critic put it, “its sensitivity, flexibility and above all, outstanding talent." The acclaimed Norwegian trio is back in St. Paul, and this time they’ve brought Haydn, Schubert and a new work written just for them: Libby Larsen’s Piano Trio No. 3. The members of the Grieg Trio are known for their strong connection to their Norwegian cultural heritage and a commitment to sharing their music with the world; so the artists’ collaboration with Larsen, an internationally known American composer of Norwegian ancestry, has proved a perfect fit. Larsen joins the Grieg Trio in the studio for a discussion of her new work.

Franz Joseph Haydn: Trio in C major, No. 43, Hob. XV: 27
-I. Allegro
Libby Larsen: Piano Trio No. 3
Franz Schubert: Trio in E flat major, Op. 100 (D.929)
-IV. Allegro moderato

Libby Larsen's web site

Audio from previous shows is archived in the program catalog. Go to the catalog to listen to previous shows.

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