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October 15, 2010
Leaving out the Main Ingredient
Great music, like great cooking, is interesting when just the right flavors come together. And some dishes are most surprising not for what's in them, but for what's left out (think flourless chocolate cake). Johannes Brahms left out the flour when he wrote his second orchestral serenade. In this case, that translates to a large-scale symphonic work with no violins. We'll hear the San Francisco Symphony and music director Michael Tilson Thomas, in a performance where the violins were relaxing backstage. Who knows - maybe they were noshing on flourless chocolate cake.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Thomas Tallis
In Jejunio et Fletu for 5 voices
The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips, director
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Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
Sonata III a Cinque in D Minor
Masques Ensemble
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours, Montreal, Quebec
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Johannes Brahms
Serenade No. 2 in A, Op. 16
The San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco
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Thomas Tallis
If Ye Love Me
The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips, director
hour 2
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Peter Tchaikovsky
October (Autumn Song) from the Seasons
Moshe Hammer, violin, Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, cello, William Tritt, piano
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Maurice Ravel
Lullaby on the Name Gabriel Faure
Erin Keefe, violin, Alessio Bax, piano
Music@Menlo, Atherton, California
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Philip Glass
Violin Concerto No. 2 (American Four Seasons)
Robert McDuffie, violin, musicians from the Aspen Music Festival
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
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Antonio Vivaldi
Excerpt from Autumn from the Four Seasons
Philip Setzer, violin, musicians from the Music@Menlo Festival
Music@Menlo, Atherton, California
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Robert Schumann
Remembrance, from Album for the Young, Op. 68, No. 28
Eduardo Hubert, piano
RSI Auditorium, Lugano, Switzerland
