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January 3, 2013
Teasing the Geese
The young Sergei Prokofiev was fed up with critics who thought he could only write crunchy, avant-garde music. So he threw them a musical curve ball, his "Classical" symphony, written in a Haydnesque style. He called it "a challenge to tease the geese." David Robertson leads the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in Prokofiev's First Symphony, in concert at the iconic Opera House in Sydney, Australia.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Dmitri Shostakovich
Polka from l'Age d'Or (the Golden Age), Op. 22
The Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, Paavo Jarvi, conductor
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Alexander Borodin
Excerpt from Polovtsian Dances, from Prince Igor
The Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, Paavo Jarvi, conductor
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Giuseppe Giamberti
Ballo di Mantova
Clematis, Leonardo Garcia-Alarcon, director
Roisin Summer Music Festival, Roisin, Belgium
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Erik Satie
Gymnopedie No. 1
The Salastina Music Society
Thayer Hall, Los Angeles
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Peter Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, Op. 23
Daniil Trifonov, piano, the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, Nikolaj Znaider, conductor
Salle Pleyel, Paris, France
hour 2
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Vaclav Trojan
Excerpts from the Valiant Knight Bajaja
The Czech Nonet
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Sergey Khvoschchinsky
Ave Maria
The Rose Ensemble, Jordan Sramek, director
Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis
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Traditional Irish
An Teicheahd go Heigipt (Flight into Egypt)
Anonymous 4
Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia
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Richard Wagner
Siegfried Idyll
The Czech Nonet
Morrison Center Recital Hall, Boise, Idaho
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Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No. 1 in D, Op. 25 (Classical)
The Sydney Symphony Orchestra, David Robertson, conductor
Opera House, Sydney, Australia
