January 12, 2010
Brahms 2, with Sir Simon Rattle
Conductor Simon Rattle is back to introduce the Symphony No. 2, by Johannes Brahms. (Every Tuesday this month, Rattle joins host Fred Child to introduce one of the four Brahms symphonies.) Rattle says "this is a work where real unalloyed joy comes out, and that, in all of Brahms' output, is fairly rare." And we'll go to a concert in Berlin, with Rattle conducting the Berlin Philharmonic, in the complete symphony.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
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Paul Hindemith
March from "Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber"
The Berlin Philharmonic with conductor Claudio Abbado
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Frederic Chopin
Fantasie-Impromptu in C-sharp Minor
Pianist Ingrid Fliter
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 73
The Berlin Philharmonic with conductor Simon Rattle
Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany
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Edmund Rubbra
Third movement from Viola Concerto in A, Op. 75
Violist Lawrence Power with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and conductor Ilan Volkov
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Perotinus
"Ex Semine"
The Mediae Vox Ensemble with conductor Filipa Taipina
Cathedral, Castelo Branco, Portugal
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Karl Leopold Rollig
Kleine Tonstucke for Glass Harmonica
Thomas Bloch, glass harmonica
Limestone Caves, Montserrat, Spain
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Johann Albrechtsberger
Finale from Concerto for Jew's Harp, Mandora, and Orchestra
Fritz Mayr, Jew's harp, and Dieter Kirsch, mandora, with the Munich Chamber Orchestra and conductor Hans Stadlmeir
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Tibor Serly
Rhapsody for Viola and Orchestra
Violist Lawrence Power with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and conductor Marcus Stenz
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Antonin Dvorak
Serenade for Winds in D Minor, Op. 44
The Chicago Chamber Musicians
Gottlieb Hall, Chicago