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December 15, 2010
Making the fountains sing
Ottorino Respighi loved his adopted home city of Rome, especially the hundreds of fountains. He once said, "I wonder why no one has ever thought of making the fountains of Rome 'sing,' for they are, after all, the very voice of the city." Since no one else thought to do it, Respighi took on the job. The result was his orchestral tone poem, "The Fountains of Rome," with its evocative depictions of splashing, gurgling, spurting water in the Eternal City. Vladimir Ashkenazy leads the San Francisco Symphony in a performance from Davies Symphony Hall.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Ottorino Respighi
Song and Dance from Brazilian Impressions
The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
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Tomaso Albinoni
Introduction and Allegro from Sonata for Violin and Continuo, Op. 6, No. 5
The Empire Brass
Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia
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Luigi Boccherini
Fandango from Quintet for Guitar and Strings in D, G. 448
Interpreti Veneziani
Camelback Bible Church, Phoenix
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The Piano Puzzler
This week's contestant is Ben Fox from Boston
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Ottorino Respighi
The Fountains of Rome
The San Francisco Symphony, Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco
hour 2
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Johann Gottlieb Janitsch
Third movement from Quartet in D for Two Traversi, Viola, and Continuo
Jed Wentz, traverso, Musica ad Rhenum
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Traditional (Arranged by David Greenberg)
Medley of Joy
The Seattle Baroque Orchestra, David Greenberg, fiddle and director
Benaroya Hall, Seattle
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Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon Primi Toni
The G8 Octet
Plateau Christian Church, Gatineau, Quebec
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Domenico Gabrieli
Recercar No. 2 in A Minor for Solo Double Bass
Edicson Ruiz, double bass
Chopin and his Europe International Music Festival, Warsaw, Poland
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Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon No. 28
The London Symphony Orchestra Brass, Eric Crees, conductor
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Johann Gottlieb Janitsch
Sonata da Camera in C
Tempesta di Mare
Old St. Joseph's Church, Philadelphia
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Soghomon Gevorki Soghomonyan (Komitas)
Hymn of the Baptism of Christ
The Hilliard Ensemble, Jan Garbarek, tenor saxophone
