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March 31, 2011
Music for those who remain
A Requiem is often a prayer for the souls of the dead. But in his German Requiem, Johannes Brahms chose words from the Gospel of Matthew that offer comfort to the living in the face of death. "Blessed are they who mourn, for they shall be comforted." On Thursday's Performance Today, music of survivors in a performance of Brahms' Requiem by the Dresden Staatskapelle in concert last month in Dresden, Germany.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Johannes Brahms
Sonata for violin and piano No. 3 in d minor, Op. 108 (Adagio)
Elmar Oliveira, violin, Jorge Federico Osorio, piano
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Clancy Newman
The Pizzicato Piece
Clancy Newman, cello
San Pablo Catholic Church, Marathon, Florida
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Silvius Leopold Weiss
Prelude and Fugue in E-flat, for lute
Luca Pianca, archlute
Rue Musicale, Cite de la Musique, Paris, France
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Johannes Brahms
Excerpts from Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem), Op. 45
Dresden Staatskapelle, Dresden State Opera Chorus, Mikhail Pletnev, conductor
Semperoper, Dresden, Germany
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Robert Schumann
Traumeswirren (Dreams' Confusion), from Fantasiestucke, Op. 12
Martha Argerich, piano
Chopin and his Europe International Music Festival, Philharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw, Poland
hour 2
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Felix Mendelssohn
Scherzo from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Bobby McFerrin, conductor
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Frederic Chopin
Introduction and Polonaise Brilliante in C Major, Op. 3
Alisa Weilerstein, cello; Inon Barnatan, piano
Spoleto Festival USA, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, South Carolina
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Gioachino Rossini
Sonata a quattro No. 1 in G Major
Frederike Saeijs, violin, Julia-Maria Kretz, violin, Jens Peter Maintz, cello, Stacey Watton, double bass
International Chamber Music Festival, Utrecht, Vredenburg Leeuwenbergh, Utrecht, Netherlands
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Allegro in F, KV 1c
Ton Koopman, harpsichord
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Minuet in F, KV 1d; Minuet in F, KV 2
Ton Koopman, harpsichord
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D Major, BWV 1069
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Laurence Cummings, conductor
Ted Mann Concert Hall, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (Available in Neural SURROUND)
