December 9, 2008
At the Top of her Game
Violinist Hilary Hahn was just nominated for two Grammy Awards for her 2008 recording of the Schoenberg and Sibelius violin concertos. Today we'll hear her in a performance of the Dvorak violin concerto with the Cleveland Orchestra, part of our week-long celebration of the Cleveland Orchestra's 90th anniversary season.
Today's Playlist
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Jiri Antonin Benda
Sinfonia No. 10 in G
The Prague Chamber Orchestra with conductor Christian Benda
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Bedrich Smetana
Vivace from String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor ("From My Life")
The Prazak String Quartet
Sanibel Music Festival, Sanibel Island, Florida
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Josef Suk
Second Movement from Three Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op. 17
Violinist Irina Muresanu and pianist Katherine Collier
Strings Music Festival, Steamboat Springs, Colorado
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Anton Reicha
Andante Grazioso from Wind Quintet Op. 88, No. 2
Prairie Winds
Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, Michigan
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Antonin Dvorak
Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 53
Violinist Hilary Hahn with the Cleveland Orchestra and conductor Ivan Fischer
Severance Hall, Cleveland
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Overture to "Cosi fan Tutte," K. 588
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra with conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt
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Gabriel Faure
Two movements from "Pelleas and Melisande"
Violinist Gil Shaham and pianist Orli Shaham
Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia
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John Adams
"Hallelujah Junction"
Pianist Orli Shaham
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 104 in D, Hob. 1/104 ("London")
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra with conductor Ton Koopman
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Franz Schubert
Allegretto in C Minor
Pianist Paul Lewis
Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Reinbek, Germany