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November 2, 2009
A Musical Peace Offering
Divorcing couples often have to split up their friends as well as their assets. Johannes Brahms was great friends with violinist Joseph Joachim and his wife, until the couple divorced, and Brahms sided with Mrs. Joachim. Brahms wrote his double concerto for violin and cello as a sort of peace offering to Joseph Joachim, helping to heal the rift in their friendship. Violinist Baiba Skride and cellist Sol Gabetta are our soloists today, in Brahms' musical peace offering.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Franz Schubert
First movement from Sonatina in D, No. 1, D. 384
Violinist Rachel Barton Pine and pianist Wonny Song
Montreal Chamber Music Festival Schubertiade, Montreal, Canada
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Various Composers
Spanish Renaissance Medley
La Caravaggia Ensemble
Sant Francesc Cloister, Berga, Spain
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Paul Hindemith
"Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes by Weber"
The Norwegian Radio Orchestra with conductor Mei-Ann Chen
Concert Hall, Oslo, Norway
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Johann Georg Pisendel
Sonata in A Minor for Unaccompanied Violin
Violinist Rachel Barton Pine
New York Chamber Music Festival, New York City
hour 2
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Franz Liszt
Paganini Etude No. 3 ("La Campanella")
Pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii
Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Fort Worth, Texas
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Alonso Mudarra
"Recuerde el Alma Dormida"
Paul Leenhouts, recorder, and Gabriel Shuford, harpsichord
Boston Early Music Festival, Boston
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Lucas Ruiz de Ribayaz y Fonseca
Tarantela
Paul Leenhouts, recorder, and Gabriel Shuford, harpsichord
Boston Early Music Festival, Boston
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Johannes Brahms
Double Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Minor, Op. 102
Violinist Baiba Skride and cellist Sol Gabetta with Kammerakademie Potsdam and conductor Paul Meyer
Nikolaisaal, Potsdam, Germany
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Frederic Chopin
Berceuse, Op. 57
Pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii
Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Fort Worth, Texas
