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April 11, 2011
Vienna's Golden Musikverein
Vienna's Musikverein is one of those spectacular old European concert halls. The walls and ceilings shimmer with real gold. And the acoustics are every bit as magnificent as the decor. Up until recently, pianist Lang Lang had never played there. He finally got his chance, playing a solo recital that included Beethoven's "Appassionata" Sonata. It's in today's show. Plus, we'll hear a performance from the Musikverein from a special New Year's Day concert. Daniel Barenboim and the Vienna Philharmonic rattled those golden walls and ceilings with Johann Strauss, Jr.'s "Thunder and Lightning Polka."
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Peter Tchaikovsky
The Sleeping Beauty Waltz
The New York Philharmonic, Kurt Masur, conductor
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto in G Minor, BWV 1056b
Elmar Oliveira, violin and conductor, the Arco Ensemble
Eugene Shelley Enlow Recital Hall, Union, New Jersey
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Dmitri Shostakovich
Prelude and Fugue No. 5 in D and No. 7 in A, Op. 87
Alexander Melnikov, piano
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue No. 21, from the Well-Tempered Clavier
Till Fellner, piano
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Gustav Mahler
Blumine (Bouquet of Flowers)
The New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert, conductor
Avery Fisher Hall, New York City
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043
Elmar Oliveira, violin and conductor, Eva Gruesser, violin, the Arco Ensemble
Eugene Shelley Enlow Recital Hall, Union, New Jersey
hour 2
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Johannes Brahms
Excerpts from Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118
Lang Lang, piano
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Johann Strauss, Jr.
Thunder and Lightning Polka
The Vienna Philharmonic, Daniel Barenboim, conductor
Musikverein, Vienna, Austria
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57 (Appassionata)
Lang Lang, piano
Musikverein, Vienna, Austria
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Robert Schumann
Traumerei (Dreaming), from Scenes from Childhood, Op. 15
Lang Lang, piano
Carnegie Hall, New York City
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Claude Debussy
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
The New York Philharmonic, David Robertson, conductor
Avery Fisher Hall, New York City
