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November 8, 2011
Thinking Big
When Hector Berlioz was writing his opera Les Troyens (the Trojans), he envisioned a drama on an epic scale. A little too epic, as it turns out. Because of its massive size and the forces needed to pull it off, Berlioz never saw a complete performance of it in his lifetime. We'll continue the grand tradition of shortchanging Berlioz' vision with a set of orchestral excerpts, from a concert in Switzerland.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Sergei Prokofiev
Second movement from Symphony No. 1, Op. 25 (Classical)
The Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, Alberto Zedda, conductor
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Peter Tchaikovsky
Pezzo Capriccioso, Op. 62
Narek Hakhnazaryan, cello, Oxana Shevchenko, piano
International Tchaikovsky Competition, Moscow, Russia
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Domenico Scarlatti
Keyboard Sonata in B Minor, K. 27, L. 449, P. 83
Christian Zacharias, piano
Chopin and his Europe International Music Festival, Warsaw, Poland
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Johannes Brahms
Rhapsody in B Minor, Op. 79, No. 1
Christian Zacharias, piano
Chopin and his Europe International Music Festival, Warsaw, Poland
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Hector Berlioz
Excerpts from Les Troyens (the Trojans)
The Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, Christian Zacharias, conductor
Metropole Hall, Lausanne, Switzerland
hour 2
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Johannes Brahms
Second movement from Sonata No. 3 in D Minor for Violin and Piano, Op. 108
Christian Tetzlaff, violin, Lars Vogt, piano
Heimbach Chamber Music Festival, Heimbach, Germany
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Orlande de Lassus
Veni in Hortum Meum
Stile Antico
Flanders Festival, Bruges, Belgium
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Lucas Ruiz de Ribayaz y Fonseca
Tarantela
Paul Leenhouts, recorder, Gabriel Shuford, harpsichord
Boston Early Music Festival, Boston
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Diego Ortiz
Recercada Segunda Sobre Doulce Memoire
Paul Leenhouts, recorder, Gabriel Shuford, organ
Boston Early Music Festival, Boston
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Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16
Lars Vogt, piano, the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Serge Baudo, conductor
Grand Hall, Frankfurt, Germany
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Johannes Brahms
Waltz No. 15 in A-flat, Op. 39
Lars Vogt, piano
Grand Hall, Frankfurt, Germany
