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January 12, 2011
A composer's best friends
Edward Elgar populated his Enigma Variations with loving portraits of his wife, his friends, even a bulldog named Dan. In one variation, Elgar paints a comical portrait of a bruised doggie ego: Dan tumbles down a hill, falls into a river, waddles out, shakes himself off, and barks furiously. We'll hear a performance by the Swedish Radio Symphony that careens from the comical to the touching, just as Elgar intended.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Joseph Haydn
Finale from Symphony No. 101 in D, Hob.I:101 (The Clock)
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Colin Davis, conductor
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in C for Sopranino Recorder, Strings, and Continuo, RV 443
Michala Petri, recorder, musicians from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Alice Tully Hall, New York City
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The Piano Puzzler
This week's contestant is Billy Brown from Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Hugo Wolf
Penthesilea
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Lothar Zagrosek, conductor
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
hour 2
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Edward Elgar
Chanson de Nuit, Op. 15, No. 1
The English Sinfonia, Charles Groves, conductor
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Francois Couperin
Excerpts from Concerto No. 9 (Portrait of Love)
Peter Sykes, harpsichord, Carol Ou, cello, Fenwick Smith, flute
Jordan Hall, Boston
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Edward Elgar
Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 (Enigma)
The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Xian Zhang, conductor
Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, Sweden
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Brad Richter
Elation
Brad Richter, guitar
Jacklin Arts and Culture Center, Post Falls, Idaho
