This week on Learning to Listen, our subject is rounds and rondos. 'Row, Row, Row Your Boat' and other well-known rounds help you understand this familiar concept and how it's implemented in Classical Music.
Program Playlist
Carol of the Bells, traditional
Dale Warland Singers
Rick Sowash, A Christmas Rondo
Kris Frankenfeld, violin
Belinda Burge, viola
Ellen Shertzer, cello
Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 1: Rondo
Dresden State Orchestra; Hans Vonk, cond.
Christian Zacharias, piano
David Diamond, Rounds for String Orchestra
Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, cond.
Dave Brubeck, Blue Rondo à la Turk
Dave Brubeck Quartet
Mozart, Ill Wind
Flanders and Swann
Beethoven, Fidelio: Mir ist so wunderbar
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Georg Solti, cond.
Sona Ghazarian, soprano
Hildegard Behrens, soprano
David Kuebler, tenor
Hans Sotin, bass
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