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April 14, 2010
The Most Famous 4 Notes in Music
Last month, the London-based "Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment" played their first Beethoven symphony cycle in a decade. We're sampling three of their performances this week. Today: the most famous four notes in music, and the rest of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5. Ivan Fischer conducting a performance at Queen Elizabeth Hall, in London. And more from 2010 Pulitzer Prize winning composer Jennifer Higdon. She spoke with PT host Fred Child shortly after she got the news. And we'll hear the rousing finish of her prize-winning Violin Concerto. Violinist Hilary Hahn in concert this season with the Nashville Symphony Orchestra.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Johannes Brahms
Intermezzo in E, Op. 116, No. 4
Emanuel Ax, piano
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Anonymous
Ghaetta
Micrologus
Boston Early Music Festival, Boston
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The Piano Puzzler
This week's contestant is Leslie from San Diego, CA.
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Johannes Brahms
Two movements from Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15
Emanuel Ax, piano, the French National Orchestra, Daniele Gatti, conductor
Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris, France
hour 2
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Fourth movement from String Quartet No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 18, No. 4
The Miro Quartet
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67
The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Ivan Fischer, conductor
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, England
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John Cage
In A Landscape
Francesco Tristano Schlime, piano
Gilmore International Keyboard Festival, Kalamazoo, Michigan
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Linden Lea
Chanticleer
Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, Georgia
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Jennifer Higdon
Excerpts from Violin Concerto
Hilary Hahn, violin, the Nashville Symphony, Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, Tennessee
