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November 15, 2010
Shostakovich's Second Piano Concerto
In 1957, Dmitri Shostakovich wrote a letter to a friend. "Working on a new piano concerto," he reported. "Has no artistic value whatsoever." Well...with all due respect to Shostakovich, we happen to disagree with that assessment. In today's show, Finghin Collins plays this uncharacteristically light-hearted concerto with Alan Buribayev and the RTE National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland. Plus, musical settings of some of the stories from Greek mythology.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Henryk Gorecki
My Vistula, Grey Vistula, Op. 46
The Lira Chamber Chorus, Lucy Ding, conductor
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Edward Elgar
Nursery Suite
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Paul Goodwin, conductor
Ordway Center, St. Paul
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Michael Haydn
Divertimento for Flute, Horn, Violin, Viola, and Cello in G, Perger 94
Robert Langevin, flute, Erik Ralske, horn, Catherine Cho, violin, Cynthia Phelps, viola, Eileen Moon, cello
Kosciuszko Foundation, New York City
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Dmitri Shostakovich
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F, Op. 102
Finghin Collins, piano, the RTE National Symphony Orchestra, Alan Buribayev, conductor
National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland
hour 2
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Carlos Guastavino
Mariana
Christopher O'Riley, piano
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Bela Bartok
Hungarian Peasant Song No. 15
Christopher O'Riley, piano
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
Suite from Orpheus and Eurydice
The San Francisco Symphony, Bernard Labadie, conductor
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco
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Jean-Philippe Rameau
Les Cyclopes
The Assad Brothers Guitar Duo
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Igor Stravinsky
Pas de Deux from Apollon Musagete
Christopher O'Riley, piano
Caramoor International Music Festival, Katonah, New York
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Cesar Franck
Excerpt from Psyche and Eros
The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
De Doelen Hall, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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Felix Mendelssohn
First movement from Octet in E-flat, Op. 20
The Rubens Quartet and EnAccord String Quartet
Zeeuwse Concertzaal, Middelburg, the Netherlands
