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December 3, 2012
Till Eulenspiegel
Richard Strauss reached back to the Middle Ages to find a thoroughly modern character, the class clown. Till Eulenspiegel was a legendary German folk-hero who thumbed his nose at just about everybody. His antics got him in trouble with the authorities, and eventually earned him a one-way trip to the gallows. Thomas Dausgaard and the Danish National Symphony play Strauss' rollicking tone poem, "Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks," in concert in Till's home country of Germany.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Modest Mussorgsky
Scherzo in B-flat
The State Symphony Orchestra of Russia, Evgeny Svetlanov, conductor
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Frederic Chopin
Waltz No. 10 in B Minor, Op. 69, No. 2
Roland Dyens, guitar
Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia
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Bela Bartok
Six Romanian Dances, Sz. 56
Costin Soare, guitar, Ion Bogdan Stefanescu, flute
Mihail Jora Concert Hall, Bucharest, Romania
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Traditional Welsh
Wassail, Wassail Throughout all this Town!
Danielle Svonavec, soprano, the Baltimore Consort
Wesley United Methodist Church, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
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Modest Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition
The Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, Myung-Whun Chung, conductor
Cite de la Musique, Paris, France
hour 2
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Richard Strauss
Excerpts from Couperin Dance Suite
The Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Erich Leinsdorf, conductor
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Sergei Prokofiev
Cello Sonata in C, Op. 119
Hai-Ye Ni, cello, Cecile Licad, piano
Lyric Chamber Music Society, New York City
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Traditional Russian
Nana
The Rustavi Folk Chorus of Georgia, Anzor Erkomaishvili, director
Organ Hall, Chisinau, Moldova
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Richard Strauss
Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks
The Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard, conductor
Old Opera House, Frankfurt, Germany
