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October 29, 2012
The Sounds of Nature
The first musical instruments, back in the caveman days, were percussion instruments. Discarded bones, hollow logs covered with animal skins. A battery of noisemakers designed to instill fear in one's enemies and keep evil spirits at bay. Today, we'll meet a percussion instrument that would have fit right in in those early times, the lion's roar. Jerry Junkin and the Dallas Wind Symphony put the lion's roar to good use in a set of Renaissance dances. Plus, a couple of woodland sketches and one of the greatest musical sunrises ever, the opening of Edvard Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Edvard Grieg
Summer Evening and Remembrances, from Lyric Pieces, Book 10, Op. 71
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
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Carl Maria von Weber
Overture to Silvana, J. 87
The RTE National Symphony Orchestra, John Finucane, conductor
National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland
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Antonin Dvorak
Silent Woods, from Ze Sumavy (From the Bohemian Forest), Op. 68, B.133
William Wolfram and Andrew Armstrong, piano
Seattle Chamber Music Society Winter Festival, Seattle
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto in E Minor for Flute, Violin, Strings, and Basso Continuo, TWV 52:e3
REBEL
International Handel Festival, Gottingen, Germany
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George Frideric Handel
Bourree from Water Music Suite in D , HWV 349
REBEL
International Handel Festival, Gottingen, Germany
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Edvard Grieg
Til Varen (To Spring), Op. 43, No. 6
Juho Pohjonen, piano
Music@Menlo, Palo Alto, California
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Edvard Grieg
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46
The Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Damian Iorio, conductor
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
hour 2
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Percy Grainger
Rufford Park Poachers, from Lincolnshire Posy
The Dallas Wind Symphony, Jerry Junkin, conductor
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Orlando di Lasso
Aurora Lucis Rutilat
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers, conductor
Ealing Abbey, London, England
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Nick Drake
Northern Sky
Christopher O'Riley, piano
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Bright Sheng
First movement from Northern Lights for Cello and Piano
Alisa Weilerstein, cello, Inon Barnatan, piano
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, New York City
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Tielman Susato
Selections from the Danserye
The Dallas Wind Symphony, Jerry Junkin, conductor
Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas
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Didier Benetti
Piazzolino 1
The Schwetzingen Festival Percussion Ensemble
Schwetzingen Festival, Schwetzingen, Germany
