Town Council Meeting - Jan 27, 2026
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What opening announcements and musical highlights start the Jan 27, 2026 Town Council Meeting recording?
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Janine Janssen playing the violin with German Chamber Philharmonic and Paavo Jarvi at the head of it all. That's the violin concerto in D major, composed by Beethoven, and the finale movement just there. Surf over to yourclassical.org and click on the daily download link. Today you can download Pezzo Capriccioso, some cello music by Tchaikovsky, 100% free.
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Opening nights in the theater are a strange mixture of nerves and excitement. It doesn't matter if you're in the leading role, a supporting character, or working behind the scenes. Everyone is electrified with the prospect of opening a new show.
Aram Kachaturian wrote incidental music for a production of Masquerade, and I have to wonder if there might have even been some extra electricity in the air for opening night, or maybe just some ominous feelings. Stay with me. I'll tell you a little bit more in five minutes, along with the waltz and mazurka from Masquerade.
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She has impeccable technique. Xuefei Yang playing the guitar. Starting into the hour with the prelude number one, composed by Etor Villalobos.
Aram Kachetaryan's masquerade arrived at a moment when history was about to just tear open. The ballet premiered in Leningrad on June 21, 1941. The very next night, Germany invaded the Soviet Union. The chandeliers were still glowing, dancers still taking bows, while the world outside was about to change forever. And that context clings to the music now. The elegance, the glitter, the famous waltz that feels both lush and uneasy. So when you hear Masquerade today, you're not just hearing theatrical splendor. You're hearing the last echo of normalcy before the mask comes off and history steps in.
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Waltz and Mazurka from The Masquerade Suite by Aram Kachaturian with Alexander Lazarev conducting Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra. Next is three short pieces, which began as an incidental piece for The Bow's Stratagem by the Irish playwright George Farquhar. The plot is simple. Two awful young men seduce a whole range of women. Farquhar's play aimed to offend, thumbing its nose at the conventional mores of the time. Here's three short pieces by Jacques Ibert with Syrinx Quintet.
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three short pieces. It's the truth. It's music by Jacques Ibert, performed by Syrinx Quintet.
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Hi, I'm Scott Blankenship. Stay with me for music from Mozart. His Twinkle Twinkle Variations are coming up right after this by Oskar Nedbal, a Czech violist, conductor, and composer who lived with one foot in the serious symphonic world and the other in the theater. And this piece comes from his gift for character pieces, you know, those... Vivid little scenes that suggest fairy tales, but doesn't pin anyone down to a single plot. It's called From Tale to Tale, and it feels like a storybook opened at a random page, and somehow it still makes sense.
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Miroslav Homolka conducting Dvorak Chamber Orchestra. That's called The Months. It comes from Tale to Tale, written by Oskar Nedbal. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on this day in 1756. And here's a simple celebration for you. It's the Twinkle Twinkle Variations with Helen Huang playing piano.
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A simple celebration of Mozart's birthday. That's the Twinkle Twinkle Variations, played by Helen Hwang. ¦ ¦
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