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March 23, 2010
Cat's Fugue, and Repressed Passion
Is it true? Well...it's a great story. Domenico Scarlatti's "Cat's Fugue" got the name because the strange rising six-note theme was plunked out by his cat, Pulcinella, walking up the keyboard of his harpsichord. The Georgia Guitar Quartet plays the Cat's Fugue, in concert in Athens, Georgia. Plus, violinist Nikolaj Znaider on the passion expressed, and the passion repressed, in Johannes Brahms' Violin Concerto. (Znaider thinks the restrained passion is more interesting.) Znaider joins the Cleveland Orchestra for a concert in Miami.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Igor Stravinsky
Second movement from Concerto in E-flat (Dumbarton Oaks)
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra with conductor Christopher Hogwood
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Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in E
Harpist Miruna Vidican
Romanian Atheneum, Bucharest, Romania
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Domenico Scarlatti
The Cat's Fugue, K. 30, L. 499
The Georgia Guitar Quartet
Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, Georgia
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Georges Bizet
Excerpts from L'Arlesienne
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra with conductor Christian Zacharias
Ordway Center, St. Paul
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Rebecca Clarke
Lullaby
Violist Toby Appel and pianist Anne Epperson
Colorado College Summer Music Festival, Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Frederic Chopin
Berceuse in D-flat, Op. 57
Pianist Daniel Barenboim
Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany
hour 2
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Joseph Haydn
Fourth movement from Symphony No. 93 in D, H. I:93
The Cleveland Orchestra with conductor George Szell
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George Frideric Handel
Sonata No. 1 in B-flat, HWV 377 (Fitzwilliam)
Erik Bosgraaf, recorder, and Francesco Corti, harpsichord
Oriol Martorell Hall, Barcelona, Spain
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Johannes Brahms
Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77
Violinist Nikolaj Znaider with the Cleveland Orchestra and conductor Pinchas Steinberg
Arsht Center, Miami
