February 12, 2013
A Controlled Burn
Putting conductor Gustavo Dudamel in front of the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela is a bit like throwing a lit match onto a powder keg. The results are almost always explosive. But it's a superbly controlled burn. Dudamel and the SBSO gave a fiery concert of Latin American music at Carnegie Hall in New York recently. We'll hear highlights in today's show, including Carlos Chavez'"Sinfonia India."
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Second movement from Piano Sonata No. 9 in E, Op. 14, No. 1
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
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Arturo Marquez
Conga del Fuego Nuevo
The Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Carnegie Hall, New York City
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Astor Piazzolla
Oblivion
Tine Thing Helseth, trumpet, Steffen Horn, piano
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57 (Appassionata)
Boris Giltburg, piano
Wellspring Theater, Kalamazoo, Michigan
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Carlos Chavez
Symphony No. 2 (Sinfonia India)
The Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Carnegie Hall, New York City
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Felix Mendelssohn
Song Without Words, Op. 109
Alisa Weilerstein, cello, Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, piano
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Sergei Rachmaninoff
Etude-Tableau, Op. 39, No. 6 (Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf)
Valentina Lisitsa, piano
Royal Albert Hall, London, England
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Richard Wagner
Prelude to Act III from Lohengrin
The Vienna Philharmonic, Franz Welser-Most, conductor
Musikverein, Vienna, Austria
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Trio Sonata from Musical Offering, BWV 1079
Sooyun Kim, flute, Alessio Bax, harpsichord, Arnaud Sussmann, violin, Laurence Lesser, cello
Music@Menlo, Atherton, California
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Felix Mendelssohn
Three Songs Without Words: Op. 19, No. 6 (Venetian Boat Song), Op. 85, No. 2, and Op. 67, No. 4 (Spinning Song)
Gilbert Kalish, piano
Music@Menlo, Palo Alto, California
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Antonin Dvorak
Romance in F Minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 11
Michael Ludwig, violin, the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Chrysler Hall, Norfolk, Virginia