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February 1, 2010
Musical Defiance in Leningrad
August, 1942. The German Army had been laying siege to the Russian city of Leningrad for a year. Nearly 800,000 civilians had died. But on a warm evening, sick and starving musicians gathered for a musical act of defiance: a performance of the new "Leningrad" Symphony, by Dmitri Shostakovich, broadcast via loudspeakers to the Germans outside the city. Music of bravery and resolve -- we'll hear the Cleveland Orchestra give a stirring performance of the final movement, from their residency in Miami. And we'll hear from Shostakovich's broadcast on Radio Leningrad, telling his fellow citizens to defend their city.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Polonaise from Eugene Onegin
The Cleveland Orchestra with conductor Christoph von Dohnanyi
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Traditional
Variations on a Danish Folktune
Michala Petri, recorder
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
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Isaac Albeniz
Torre Bermeja
Jason Vieaux, guitar
Strings Music Pavilion, Steamboat Springs, Colorado
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Ludwig van Beethoven
The Presto from the "Ghost" Trio (Piano Trio in D Major, Op. 70)
Morgenstern Trio
Megaron Concert Hall, Athens, Greece
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Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 49
The Morgenstern Trio
Megaron Concert Hall, Athens, Greece
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Dmitri Shostakovich
Final movement of the "Leningrad" Symphony (No. 7 in C Major, Op. 60)
Cleveland Orchestra; Franz Welser-Most
Knight Concert Hall, Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County, Miami
hour 2
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Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dances 3 and 10
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor
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Felix Mendelssohn
Three Songs without Words
Roberto Prosseda, piano
St. Mary's Church, New Ross Piano Festival, Ireland
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Sergei Rachmaninoff
Vocalise for cello and piano
David Finckel, cello and Wu Han, piano
Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
"Haffner" Symphony (No. 35 in D major)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra: Bernard Haitink, conductor
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Charles Trenet
Que reste-t-il de nos amours
The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic
Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Christ Church, Rendsburg, Germany
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Astor Piazzolla
Fuga y misterio
The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic
Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Christ Church, Rendsburg, Germany
