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January 20, 2012
Felix Mendelssohn
The term child prodigy gets thrown around so often in the musical world that we sometimes forget just how remarkable youthful talent can be. Felix Mendelssohn was writing music that had emotional and spiritual and intellectual depth before he even started shaving. In today's show, Vadim Repin plays Mendelssohn's first violin concerto, the product of an unparalleled 13-year-old mind.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Alexander Borodin
Scherzo from String Quartet No. 2 in D
The Emerson String Quartet
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Antonio Lauro
Vals Venzolano No. 3
Odair Assad, guitar
Guitar Alla Grande Festival, Ottawa, Ontario
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Antonio Carlos Jobim
Wave
Odair Assad, guitar
Guitar Alla Grande Festival, Ottawa, Ontario
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Ennio Morricone
Gabriel's Oboe, from the Mission
Ryan Anthony, trumpet, Gary Beard, organ
Beaches Fine Arts Series, Jacksonville Beach, Florida
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Two movements from String Quartet No. 22 in B-flat, K. 589
The Emerson String Quartet
Jerome L. Greene Performance Space, New York City
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Felix Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Minor
Vadim Repin, violin, the Britten Sinfonia, Thomas Gould, conductor
Storioni Festival, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
hour 2
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Gustav Holst
Mercury, the Winged Messenger, from the Planets
The CSR Symphony Orchestra of Bratislava, Adrian Leaper, conductor
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Gioachino Rossini
Overture to La Gazza Ladra (The Thieving Magpie)
The Nashville Symphony, Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville
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Kyle Gann
Jupiter, from the Planets
The Relache Ensemble
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Antonin Dvorak
Serenade in D Minor for Winds and Strings, Op. 44
Festival Musicians
La Jolla Music Society SummerFest, La Jolla, California
