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October 26, 2012
Fate, Frenemies, and the Fourth
Fate. Is it a friend or an enemy? Easy answer, as far as Peter Tchaikovsky was concerned. He railed against fate, calling it "the force which prevents our hopes of happiness from being realized. It is invincible and you will never vanquish it. All we can do is subject ourselves and lament." OK, so Peter was depressed. He veered wildly between fate the friend and fate the enemy in his Fourth Symphony, with gorgeous melodies crashing into invincible, musical brick walls. Mikhail Pletnev leads the Russian National Orchestra in a riveting performance of Tchaikovsky's Fourth from Warsaw, Poland.
Today's Playlist
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hour 1
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Peter Tchaikovsky
Interrupted Dreams, from Twelve Pieces of Average Difficulty, Op. 40, No. 12
Mikhail Pletnev, piano
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Samuel Scheidt
Galliard Battaglia
The Canadian Brass
Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, Georgia
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Edvard Grieg
In the Hall of the Mountain King, from Peer Gynt
Denis Matsuev, piano
Verbier Festival and Academy, Verbier, Switzerland
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Peter Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36
The Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
Philharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw, Poland
hour 2
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Fourth movement from Flute Sonata in E Minor, BWV 1034
Marina Piccinini, flute, the Brasil Guitar Duo
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George Gershwin
Cuban Overture
The Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
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Leonard Bernstein
Mambo
The Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Simon Bolivar Hall, Caracas, Venezuela
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Stephen Hough
Sonata for Piano (Broken Branches)
Stephen Hough, piano
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G, BWV 1048
The San Francisco Symphony, Alexander Barantschik, violin and leader
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco
