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January 18, 2013
Taking it out for a Spin
If you've ever had a shiny, brand new car, you may have found yourself volunteering to drive a lot more than you used to. Take the kids to soccer practice? Sure. Go pick up a loaf of bread? Love to. Johann Sebastian Bach was in pretty much the same place in 1719. He had just gotten a shiny, brand new harpsichord, and desperately wanted to take it out for a spin. So he wrote a flashy harpsichord part into the piece he was working on, his Brandenburg Concerto No. 5. We'll hear Bach's shiny new set of wheels, from a concert in Germany.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Leos Janacek
First movement from In the Mists
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
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Heinrich Schutz
Three Italian Madrigals
The American Brass Quintet
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
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Leos Janacek
Taras Bulba
The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Santtu-Matias Rouvali, conductor
Music Centre, Helsinki, Finland
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Sergei Rachmaninoff
Excerpts from Thirteen Preludes, Op. 13
Claire Huangci, piano
Ansermet Studio, Geneva, Switzerland
hour 2
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Johann Sebastian Bach
First movement from Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
The Marlboro Festival Orchestra, Pablo Casals, conductor
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Dan Visconti
Drift of Rainbows
The Scharoun Ensemble Berlin and friends, Michael Hasel, conductor
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Dan Visconti
Remembrances
Richard Duven, cello, Majella Stockhausen, piano
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D , BWV 1050
Emmanuel Pahud, flute, Yuki Kasai, violin, Davide Pozzi, harpsichord, the Potsdam Chamber Academy, Antonello Manacorda, conductor
Nikolai Hall, Potsdam, Germany
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Peteris Vasks
Epifania
The Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Juha Kangas, conductor
Blackheads Guild Hall, Tallinn, Estonia
