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December 16, 2010
Beethoven's 240th Birthday
History isn't absolutely clear on this point, but we're pretty sure today is Ludwig van Beethoven's birthday. Most of us have the image of the older Beethoven in our heads: stone deaf, isolated, angry, tormented. Some of that late Beethoven is in the show today, but also some early Beethoven, like a charming little Sonatina for recorder and guitar from the Minnesota Beethoven Festival. Plus Beethoven's massive oddity for orchestra, chorus, and piano soloist: the Choral Fantasy, from a concert in San Francisco.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Third movement from Piano Trio in E-flat, Op. 63
The Beethoven Project Trio
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonatina in C for Recorder and Guitar, WoO 44a
Michala Petri, recorder, Lars Hannibal, guitar
Minnesota Beethoven Festival, Winona, Minnesota
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Andre Jolivet
Pastorale de Noel for Flute, Bassoon, and Harp
Monica Raga, flute, Vicente Alario, bassoon, Beatriz Millan, harp
Teatro Monumental, Madrid, Spain
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Excerpt from Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat, Op. 110
Andras Schiff, piano
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Fantasia, Op. 80 (Choral Fantasy)
Louis Lortie, piano, the San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Symphony Chorus, Kurt Masur, conductor
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco
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Sammy Cahn
Let it Snow
The Lubbock Symphony Orchestra Brass Quintet
St. John's United Methodist Church, Lubbock, Texas
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Matthew Nielsen
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
The Brigham Young University Singers, Ronald Staheli, conductor
Harris Fine Arts Center, Provo, Utah
hour 2
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Second movement from Septet in E-flat, Op. 20
Thomas Zehetmair, violin, and friends
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Ole Bull
Excerpts from La Melancholie
Berit Opheim, singer, Arve Tellefsen, violin, Sveinung Bjelland, piano
Bergen International Festival, Bergen, Norway
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Peter Warlock
Bethlehem Down
The RTE National Symphony Orchestra, Gavin Maloney, conductor
National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Sonata in A Minor, Op. 23
Midori, violin, Ozgur Aydin, piano
Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Itzehoe, Germany
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9th Century Chant
Creator of the Stars of Night
Men of Renaissance, St. John's Choir
St. John's Baptist Church, Charlotte, North Carolina
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Break Forth, O Beauteous Morning Light, from the Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248
The Swedish Radio Chorus and Orchestra, Mika Eichenholz, conductor
Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, Sweden
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Rondino in E-flat, WoO 25
The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Carnegie Hall, New York City
