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February 24, 2011
Unspeakable Jazz Must Go
When you push the envelope, sometimes the envelope pushes back. Early jazz was criticized as lawless, lascivious, even dangerous. In 1921, the Ladies Home Journal wrote that "Unspeakable Jazz Must Go." Apparently, jazz doesn't read the Ladies Home Journal, because it never left. In today's show, we'll explore the permeable boundary between classical and jazz, in works by Darius Milhaud, George Gershwin, and Dave Brubeck.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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George Gershwin
Prelude No. 1
The Eroica Trio
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Darius Milhaud
The Creation of the World, Op. 81
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Donato Cabrera, conductor
Ordway Center, St. Paul
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Dave Brubeck
Blue Rondo a la Turk
Quartet San Francisco
Green Music Festival, Rohnert Park, California
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Gunther Schuller
Suite for Wind Quintet
The Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet
Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, Georgia
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George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop, conductor
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore
hour 2
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Albert Roussel
Gigue from Suite in F, Op. 33
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Stephane Deneve, conductor
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Anton Webern
In the Summer Wind
The New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert, conductor
Avery Fisher Hall, New York City
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Johannes Brahms
Three Fantasies, Op. 116
Shai Wosner, piano
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Arnold Schoenberg
Excerpts from Six Little Piano Pieces, Op. 19
Shai Wosner, piano
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Igor Stravinsky
Concerto in E-flat (Dumbarton Oaks)
The Los Angeles Philharmonic, Stephane Deneve, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
