Compact Discoveries 55: James Brooks-Bruzzese
Series: Compact Discoveries
From: Fred Flaxman
Length: 00:58:00
The recordings of the conductor of the Symphony of the Americas, based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, are featured. Maestro Brooks-Bruzzese conducts the Hungarian Virtuosi in Tchaikovsky's "Serenade for Strings," Bartok's "Romanian Folk Dances," and Elgar's "Serenade for Strings." He conducts the Xalapa Symphony Orchestra of Mexico for Gershwin's "I Got Rhythm" and Kander and Ebb's "Cabaret." Complete script with playlist available here or at www.compactdiscoveries.com.
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Piece Description
The recordings of the conductor of the Symphony of the Americas, based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, are featured. Maestro Brooks-Bruzzese conducts the Hungarian Virtuosi in Tchaikovsky's "Serenade for Strings," Bartok's "Romanian Folk Dances," and Elgar's "Serenade for Strings." He conducts the Xalapa Symphony Orchestra of Mexico for Gershwin's "I Got Rhythm" and Kander and Ebb's "Cabaret." Complete script with playlist available here or at www.compactdiscoveries.com.
Broadcast History
This program was originally distributed nationally by the WFMT Radio Network in 2004.
Transcript
Program 55
"James Brooks-Bruzzese"
MUSIC: Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5 with the Hungarian Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra conducted by James Brooks-Bruzzese [Maduro Muziekstichting MCD 06, track 8] [under the following]
The music in the background was written by a German composer, Johannes Brahms. But it is not a German dance. It is his Hungarian Dance No. 5. It is performed here by the Hungarian Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, but they were not recorded in Hungary. They were recorded at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. They were conducted by James Brooks-Bruzzese, who was born in Panama in a bilingual home. His mother was from Colombia. His father was in the U.S. Armed Forces.
And there you have it - the international, multicultural world of classical music - perhaps the first evidence of our modern global economy.
MUSIC: Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5...
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