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October 24, 2012
Rescuing the Concertgebouw
The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam is an amazing old concert hall. Beautiful, opulent, with great sight lines and spectacular acoustics. But up until a few decades ago, it was a hall with a dirty little secret. It was sinking into the surrounding mud. As the hall slowly settled into the ooze, the musicians of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra happily, unknowingly fiddled away. In today's show, the story of how engineers rescued the hall from an untimely end. And we'll hear highlights from a recent concert at the Concertgebouw.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Walter Neville
Hurrah for our National Game
Jacqueline Schwab, piano
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Hosea Ripley
The Red Stocking Quickstep
The American Brass Quintet Brass Band
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Anton Bruckner
Symphonic Prelude in C Minor
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Markus Stenz, conductor
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Gustav Mahler
Blumine
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Markus Stenz, conductor
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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The Piano Puzzler
This week's contestants are Bill Wise and Toni Kazic from Columbia, Missouri
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Leos Janacek
Sinfonietta, JW VI, No. 18
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Markus Stenz, conductor
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
hour 2
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Felix Mendelssohn
Hexenlied (Witches' Song) and Auf Flugeln des Gesanges (On Wings of Song)
Daniel Hope, violin, Sebastian Knauer, piano
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Jean Daniel Braun
Minuetto in E Minor
Anne Freitag, flute
Garden Pavilion, Melk, Austria
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Marco dall'Aquila
La Cara Cossa No. 10
Paul O'Dette, lute
Boston Early Music Festival, Boston
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Johann Paul von Westhoff
Imitation of the Lute, from Violin Sonata No. 2
Daniel Hope, violin, Paul O'Dette, lute
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, New York City
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Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56 (Scottish)
The Berlin Philharmonic, Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor
Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany
