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November 2, 2010
Mendelssohn's Sketch, Mendelssohn's Symphony
"This is the mark of a true genius." So says conductor Riccardo Chailly about a quick sketch the 20 year-old Felix Mendelssohn made during a trip to Scotland in 1829. Mendelssohn kept that scrap of paper for 13 years, then finally used that idea as the opening of his Symphony No. 3, his "Scottish" Symphony. Riccardo Chailly talks about the connection between the sketch and the final symphony, and leads Mendelssohn's own orchestra, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, in both the sketch and the finished version of the piece.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Igor Stravinsky
Suite No. 1
The London Sinfonietta with conductor Riccardo Chailly
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Traditional
Dulaman
Chanticleer
Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, Georgia
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Traditional
Solbonn
Trio Mediaeval
Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul
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Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 3 in A Minor (Scottish)
The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra with conductor Riccardo Chailly
Gewandhaus, Leipzig, Germany
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude in B Minor, BWV 855a
Pianist Eduard Kunz
Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Fort Worth, Texas
hour 2
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Robert Schumann
Second movement from Symphony No. 4 in D Minor
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink, conductor
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Niccolo Paganini
Perpetual Motion
Jonathan Cohler, clarinet
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FJean-Baptiste Arban
Carnival of Venice, Theme and Variations
Roger Webster, cornet, the Brass Band of Battle Creek, James Gourlay, conductor
W.K. Kellogg Auditorium, Battle Creek, Michigan
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Robert Schumann
String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 41, No. 1
Musicians from the Taos School of Music
Fort Burgwin, Talpa, New Mexico
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Music in Prison
Transformations
