Bill Moyers narrates the story of percussion in the orchestra [sound recording].

Published:: Holcomb, N.Y. : Nexus, [1992]
Copyright Date:: ℗1992
Physical Description:: 1 audio disc (42 min., 30 sec.) : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.
Additional Creators:: Moyers, Bill D., Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, and Nexus (Musical group)

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Contents:

Narration : introduction (1:47) -- Variations and fugue on a theme of Purcell (excerpt) / Britten (2:48) -- Narration : orchestras in 1675 (:20) -- Thésée overture (excerpt) / Lully (1:04) -- Narration : the kettledrums (:51) -- March for kettledrums (excerpt) / Philidor ; arr. W. Cahn (1:28) -- Narration : Lully's orchestra (:49) -- Thésée. La marche / Lully (1:23) -- Narration : the bass drum ... [etc.] (:52) -- Janissary march / based on Mozart's Le nozze de Figaro ; arr. W. Cahn (:52) -- Narration : Mozart's orchestra (:22) -- Il Seraglio. Overture (excerpt) / Mozart (2:25) -- Narration : the snare drum (:45) -- Three camps (run, boys, run) (:57) -- Narration : Beethoven's orchestra (1:14) -- Wellington's victory. Sturm-Marsch / Beethoven (2:17) -- Narration : the xylophone (1:20) -- Bolero / Moszkowsky ; arr. W. Cahn (2:33) -- Narration : George Hamilton Green (:27) -- Fluffy ruffles / Green ; arr. W. Cahn (2:39) -- Narration : percussion today (1:01) -- The birds / Cahn (11:04) -- Narration : conclusion (:27) -- Variations and fugue on a theme of Purcell (excerpt) / Britten (3:23).

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Related Titles:

Percussion in the orchestra
Story of percussion in the orchestra

Note:

Compact disc.
Program and biographical notes ([6] p. : ports.) inserted in container.
Selections from the orchestral repertoire from 1675 to 1983 featuring percussion instruments; accompanied by commentary.

Participant/Performer Note:

Nexus ; Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra ; Bill Moyers, narrator.

Data/Place of Event:

Recorded at the Hochstein School of Music, Rochester, N.Y., April 23, 1992, and at WNET studios, Manhattan [N.Y.], June 30, 1992.

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