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February 25, 2011
Music at the Academy Awards
Music has always been an important part of the film industry. Composers from Erich Korngold to John Williams have made a career of writing for the big screen. Today, in honor of Sunday's Academy Awards, a look at several of this year's crop of nominees that featured music in a pivotal role. Plus, Cesar Franck's much-loved Symphony in D Minor, much-maligned when it premiered. We'll hear a performance by the London Philharmonic.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Maurice Ravel
Epilog from Noble and Sentimental Waltzes
The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
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Ernest Bloch
Fourth movement from Suite Modale for Flute and Strings
Alexa Still, flute, the New Zealand Chamber Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor
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Cesar Franck
Symphony in D Minor, M. 48
The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
Royal Festival Hall, London, England
hour 2
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John Corigliano
Excerpts from the Red Violin
Joshua Bell, violin, the Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Overture to the Marriage of Figaro
The Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, Neville Marriner, conductor
Opera Comique, Paris, France
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Second movement from Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92
The German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Constantin Trinks, conductor
Old Smetry Arts Centre, St. Ingbert, Germany
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Edvard Grieg
Excerpts from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46
The Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan, conductor
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Clint Mansell
Excerpts from the Black Swan
Studio Musicians
