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January 19, 2011
Shakespeare in Music
William Shakespeare's dramas have provided creative fodder for countless composers. Verdi's dramatic opera "Otello," Mendelssohn's gossamer incidental music to "A Midsummer Night's Dream," and Prokofiev's ballet "Romeo and Juliet," just to name a few. In today's show, two works of cross-pollination based on Shakespeare's plays: Tchaikovsky's "Romeo and Juliet" Fantasy Overture, and Three Dramatic Scenes, by Jules Massenet.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Claude Debussy
Sarabande
The Quebec Symphony Orchestra, Yoav Talmi, conductor
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Jean-Marie Leclair
Overture, Op. 3, No. 13
The Masques Ensemble
Our Lady of Good Help Chapel, Montreal, Quebec
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The Piano Puzzler
This week's contestant is Ruth Anderson from Collegedale, Tennessee
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Peter Tchaikovsky
Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture
The Quebec Symphony Orchestra, Emmanuel Villaume, conductor
Domaine Forget International Festival, Saint-Irenee, Quebec
hour 2
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Georges Bizet
Carillon from L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1
The French National Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa, conductor
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Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No. 1 in D (Classical)
The Swiss-Italian Orchestra, John Axelrod, conductor
Congress Palace, Lugano, Switzerland
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Eugene Ysaye
Sonata for Solo Violin No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 27, No. 4
Hilary Hahn, violin
Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia
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Jules Massenet
Three Dramatic Scenes
The French National Orchestra, Fabien Gabel, conductor
Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris, France
