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April 10, 2012
Mozart from Boston
Times were tough for Mozart in the summer of 1788. His financial life was a shambles, and he was reduced to writing a series of pitiful letters to a friend, pleading for money. But at the same time, he was also writing his final three symphonies, each of them a masterpiece. He churned them out over the course of two months that summer. We'll hear Mozart's Symphony Number 39, from a concert by James Levine and the Boston Symphony.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Rondo from Quartet in F for Oboe and Strings, K. 370 (368b)
The Boston Symphony Chamber Players
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Claude Debussy
Excerpts from Suite Bergamasque
The Calefax Reed Quintet
Haarlem Church, Haarlem, the Netherlands
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 39 in E-flat, K. 543
The Boston Symphony Orchestra, James Levine, conductor
Symphony Hall, Boston
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Joseph Joachim
Romance in B-flat
Dimitri Murrath, viola, Vincent Planes, piano
Jordan Hall, Boston
hour 2
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Menuetto from Serenade for Winds in C Minor, K. 388
Festival Musicians
Music@Menlo, Palo Alto, California
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Henry Purcell
Fantasia upon One Note, Z. 745
The Escher String Quartet, Hsin-Yun Huang, viola
Music@Menlo, Palo Alto, California
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Benedetto Marcello
Concerto in C Minor for Oboe and Strings
Kathryn Greenbank, oboe, Daxun Zhang, bass, the Escher String Quartet
Music@Menlo, Palo Alto, California
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Ricercar a 6 from Musical Offering, BWV 1079
Festival Musicians
Music@Menlo, Palo Alto, California
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Felix Mendelssohn
Songs without Words No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 85, and No. 4 in C, Op. 67 (Spinning Song)
Gilbert Kalish, piano
Music@Menlo, Palo Alto, California
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Camille Saint-Saens
The Carnival of the Animals
Festival Musicians
Music@Menlo, Palo Alto, California
