Sponsor
Support Performance Today with your Amazon.com purchases
Search Amazon.com:
Keywords:
  • News/Talk
  • Music
  • Entertainment
Performance Today homepage

January 13, 2009

An early-morning wakeup call

On a trip to Rome, Tchaikovsky's hotel was next door to a cavalry barracks. Every morning, the company bugler would wake everyone up, including Tchaikovsky, with a bugle call. That musical alarm clock found its way into his "Italian Capriccio," along with songs from street vendors, and lots of other local color. Today, the Hungarian Symphony performs the "Italian Capriccio" in Budapest.

Today's Playlist



hour 1

  • Edward Elgar
    "Sospiri," Op. 70
    The BBC Symphony Orchestra with conductor Andrew Davis
  • Benjamin Lees
    Allegro Giusto from Violin Concerto
    Violinist Elmar Oliveira with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine and conductor John McLaughlin Williams
    Ukranian National Radio, Kiev, Ukraine
  • Tarik O'Regan
    "Had I Not Seen the Sun"
    Conspirare and Company of Voices with conductor Craig Hella Johnson
  • Edward Elgar
    Sonata in E Minor for Violin and Piano, Op. 82
    Violinist Elmar Oliveira and pianist Elizabeth Pridgen
    Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia
  • Peter Tchaikovsky
    "Italian Capriccio" in A, Op. 45
    The Hungarian Symphony Orchestra with conductor Janos Kovacs
    Palace of the Arts, Budapest, Hungary

hour 2

  • Jean Sibelius
    "Andante Festivo"
    The Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Mariss Jansons
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Symphony No. 39 in E-flat, K. 543
    The Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Arvid Engegard
    Concert Hall, Oslo, Norway
  • Franz Schubert
    Impromptu No. 2 in E-flat, Op. 90, D. 899
    Pianist Ingrid Fliter
    Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbara, California
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams
    "Oh, When I was in Love with You," from "On Wenlock Edge"
    Tenor Paul Groves and pianist Charles Wadsworth with the St. Lawrence String Quartet
    Spoleto Chamber Music Festival, Charleston, South Carolina
  • James Oswald
    "Oh Mother, What Shall I Do?"
    Chatham Baroque with Alison Melville, recorder and baroque flute
    Synod Hall, Pittsburgh
  • Nicola Matteis
    "Ground After the Scotch Humour"
    Chatham Baroque with Alison Melville, recorder and baroque flute
    Synod Hall, Pittsburgh
  • Traditional (Arranged by Kyle Dawkins)
    "The Road to Lisdoonvarna"
    The Georgia Guitar Quartet
    Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, Georgia
Program Archive



Questions or Comments
Call 1-866-943-4450 or email us.