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November 24, 2010
A Ballet by any Other Name
In a 1980 interview with NPR, composer Aaron Copland chuckled when he talked about misconceptions people have about his ballet, "Appalachian Spring.""I was not thinking about the Appalachian Mountains when I wrote it. People are very disappointed to hear me say that." In today's show, the story of how the "Ballet for Martha" became "Appalachian Spring," and a performance by the Knights in Stillwater, Minnesota. Plus, Bruce Adolphe stops by for a new Piano Puzzler.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Aaron Copland
Saturday Night Waltz, from Rodeo
The London Symphony Orchestra, Aaron Copland, conductor
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Mikhail Glinka
Overture to Ruslan and Lyudmila
The Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Ari Rasilainen, conductor
Radio Concert Hall, Oslo, Norway
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The Piano Puzzler
This week's contestants are Dick and Serena LaVine from New York City
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Aaron Copland
Appalachian Spring
The Knights, Eric Jacobsen, conductor
Stillwater Music Festival, Stillwater, Minnesota
hour 2
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Johann Sebastian Bach
First movement from Concerto for Oboe, Violin, Strings and Continuo in C Minor, BWV 1060
Allan Vogel, oboe, Hilary Hahn, violin, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
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Various Composers (Arranged by William Kanengiser)
Music from the Time of Cervantes
The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A, K. 488
Rudolf Buchbinder, piano, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
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Dmitri Shostakovich
Galopp from the Nose
The Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
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Various Composers
Three Encores
Denis Matsuev, piano
Chopin and his Europe International Music Festival, Warsaw, Poland
