September 10, 2009

Concerto for three harpsichords & strings in C Major, BWV 1064 by Johann Sebastian Bach Kenneth Gilbert, Trevor Pinnock, Lars Ulrik Mortensen, The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock Johann Sebastian Bach; The Concertos for Three and Four Harpsichords Archiv  400 041 - 2
Concerto in D Major for 3 violins, BWV 1064 by Johann Sebastian Bach Naoko Tanaka, Eriko Sato, Mayuki Fukuhara, Orchestra of St. Luke's  Johann Sebastian Bach:  Four Concerti fopr Various Instruments Musical Heritage Society Musical Heritage Society         MHS 512268T
Symphony # 25 in G Minor, K183 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock The Complete Mozart Symphonies Archiv 471 666 - 2
Moonlight in Memphis Ericsson Holt The Blue Side Waterman No number
Symphony # 2 in C minor, 'Little Russian,' by Piot Ilyich Tchaikovsky Philharmonia Slavonica  Peter Iljitch Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 2, No 3, & No. 4; Capriccio Italien. Excelsior EXT - 2 - 3018
Hungarian Dance No 11 in C Major by Johannes Brahms Hungarian Philharmonic Orchestra, Janos Sandor Johannes Brahms, Hungarian Dances 1 - 21 Laserlight 15 501
Hungarian Dance No 14 in D minor by Johannes Brahms Hungarian Philharmonic Orchestra, Janos Sandor Johannes Brahms, Hungarian Dances 1 - 21 Laserlight 15 501

THE MEANDER TEASER – DOUBLE
1) Bach wrote many of his instrumental pieces for the amateur group of musicians meeting in Zimmerman’s Coffee House. What orchestra did this group ultimately become?

ANS: The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra


2)  Besides Brahms himself, who orchestrated the Hungarian Dances?

ANS: Johann Andreas Hallen (2), Paul Juon (4), Morton Schmelez (5,6,7), Hans Gal (8,9), Albert Pailow (11 – 16) Antonin Dvorak (17 – 21)


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