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November 5, 2012
A Late Quartet
There's a new movie opening this weekend. It's called "A Late Quartet," the story of a string quartet that's been together for 25 years. The movie does a good job portraying the very close, and sometimes very messy, relationships that develop when a quartet plays together for 25 years. Jealousy, passion, conflict, boredom. In the final scene, we see them on stage playing Beethoven's Op. 131 quartet. You can hear some of the beautiful intimacy and beautiful messiness of the human condition in Beethoven's music. The film's stars, including Christopher Walken and Philip Seymour Hoffman, do a passable job of pretending to play instruments. Today, we'll hear the real musicians who recorded soundtrack of "A Late Quartet," the Brentano Quartet.
Today's Playlist
hour 1
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Richard Wagner
Magic Fire Music, from Die Walkure
The Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell, conductor
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Angelo Badalamenti
Winter Love and Eternal Quest, from A Late Quartet
Studio Musicians
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Second movement from String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 131
The Brentano String Quartet
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Richard Wagner (arranged by Lorin Maazel)
The Ring Without Words, for Orchestra
The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Lorin Maazel, conductor
Carnegie Hall, New York City
hour 2
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George Frideric Handel
See, the Conquering Hero Comes, from Judas Maccabaeus
Solid Brass
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Johann Sebastian Bach (arranged by Pet Laurence)
Prelude from Violin Partita No. 3 in E, BWV 1006
The Schwetzingen Festival Percussion Ensemble
Schwetzingen Festival, Schwetzingen, Germany
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Johann Joachim Quantz
Concerto in G for Two Flutes, Two Horns, Strings, and Continuo
The Academy for Ancient Music, Berlin, Bernhard Forck, director
Potsdam Sanssouci Music Festival, Potsdam, Germany
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George Frideric Handel
Suite in B-flat, Vol. 2, No. 1, HWV 434
Juho Pohjonen, piano
Music@Menlo, Palo Alto, California
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George Frideric Handel
Concerto Grosso in F, Op. 6, No. 2, HWV 320
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Paul Goodwin, conductor
St. Paul's United Church of Christ, St. Paul
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Jean Sibelius
Lemminkainen's Return, from Lemminkainen Suite, Op. 22, No. 4
The Nashville Symphony, Mario Venzago, conductor
Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville
