February 2: Groundhog Day

February 2 is the designated as Groundhog Day, and various connections to that theme are used. The movie Groundhog Day used music from one of the variations in Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.

Februrary 2 is also the birthday of violinists Fritz Kreisler and Jascha Heifetz. Historical recordings of these performers are included in the program.

Fanfare I						 (CD: Praise the Lord)
		(Gerre Hancock, organ)

Francis Poulenc: Concerto for piano and 18 instruments	     (CD: Poulenc /
		(Michael Boriskin, piano; Bronx 	  Hindemith / Janácek)
		 Arts Ensemble; Michael Bartos)

Claude Debussy: Rhapsodie for alto saxophone and	     (CD: Saxophone
	orchestra					       Concertos)
		(John Harle, saxophone; Academy
		 of St. Martin in the Fields)

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini	   (CD: Rachmaninoff
		(Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano;		   Plays Rachmaninoff)
		 The Philadelphia Orchesttra;
		 Leopold Stokowski)

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Sicut cervus		    (CD: Palestrina:
		(Choir of Christ Church 		   Mass for Pentecost
		 Cathedral; Stephen Darlington) 	       and Motets)

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli	(CD: Allegri: Miserere)
	Sanctus & Benedictus
		(Tallis Scholars; Peter Phillips)

Herbert Howells: Nunc dimittis (Collegium Regale)	    (CD: Winchester
		(Winchester Cathedral			   Cathedral Choir: A
		 Choir; Martin Neary)			    Choral Showcase)

John Sheppard: Reges Tharsis et insulae 		   (CD: Music by John
		(The Sixteen; Harry Christophers)	    Sheppard, Vol. 1)

Paradis: Sicilienne					     (CD: Songs My
		(Arturo Delmoni, violin;		    Mother Taught Me)
		 Meg Bachman Vas, piano)

Pablo de Sarasate: Romanza Adaluza			     (CD: Songs My
		(Arturo Delmoni, violin;		    Mother Taught Me)
		 Meg Bachman Vas, piano)

Francis Grier: Salve Regina				  (CD: Francis Grier:
		(Rodolfus Choir; Ralph Allwood) 	     Twelve Anthems)

Stephen Foster: Old folks at home (arr. Kreisler)	     (CD: Kreisler
		(Fritz Kreisler, violin;		     Plays Kreisler)
		 Carl Lamson, piano)

Fritz Kreisler: Schön Rosmarin				     (CD: Kreisler
		(Fritz Kreisler, violin;		     Plays Kreisler)
		 Carl Lamson, piano)

Massenet: Meditation from Thaïs 			     (CD: Kreisler
		(Fritz Kreisler, violin;		     Plays Kreisler)
		 Carl Lamson, piano)

Sergei Prokofiev: March (from The Love for the Three	   (CD: Heifetz Plays
	Oranges)					   Gershwin & Encores)
		(Jascha Heifetz, violin;
		 Brooks Smith, piano)

Benjamin Britten: Noye's Fludde 			      (LP: Noye's
		(St. Mark's Episcopal			     Fludde (1968))
		 Church, Palo Alto)

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