Live Blogging from Classical Radio Show

It's surprisingly easy when you're broadcasting a 40-minute string quartet!

Playlist below. No, I didn't get around to "actually" writing about what I'm playing this week. And yes, I forgot it was Shostakovich's birthday when I pulled a bunch of random CDs this morning.

Claude Debussy, Fêtes (from "Nocturnes"), arr. Ravel for 2 pianos, 1901
Luciano Berio, Quattro versioni originali della "Ritirata notturna di Madrid" (Boccherini), 1975
Carl Nielsen, Concerto for Flute and Orchestra, 1926
Franz Liszt, Totentanz, 1849
Maurice Ravel, Pavane pour une infante défunte, 1899 (orchestrated 1910)
Jennifer Higdon, blue cathedral, 1999
Ludwig van Beethoven, String Quartet in C-sharp minor, op. 131, 1826