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Weekend of April 16, 2011
Larger-than-life Mahler from New York
Gustav Mahler had a deep love and appreciation for the natural world. He also had a pretty good opinion of himself. When a friend came to visit him at his summer home in the Austrian countryside, the friend stopped to admire the spectacular scenery. Mahler waved his hand impatiently. "Don't bother looking at the view," he said. "I've already composed it." We'll go to a concert by the New York Philharmonic to hear some of Mahler's larger-than-life music, part of his Third Symphony.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Second movement from Concerto in F for Strings
Musica Amphion, Pieter-Jan Belder, conductor
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William Byrd
Why do I Use my Paper, Ink, and Pen?
Stile Antico
International Sacred Music Festival, Fribourg, Switzerland
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Gustav Holst
First Suite in E-flat
The Dallas Wind Symphony, Jerry Junkin, conductor
Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas
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The Piano Puzzler
This week's contestant is James Helton from Muncie, Indiana
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Quartet No. 1 in D for Flute, Violin, Viola da Gamba and Basso Continuo, TWV 43:D3
The Age of Passions
Coronation of Mary Church, Oberried, Germany
hour 2
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Leonard Bernstein
Times Square 1944, from On the Town
The New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein, conductor
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George Frideric Handel
Fugue in D Minor
The Flanders Recorder Quartet
Boston Early Music Festival, Boston
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Frederic Chopin
Mazurka No. 6 in A Minor, Op. 7, No. 2, Mazurka No. 7 in F Minor, Op. 7, No. 3, and Mazurka in B-Flat, Op. 17, No. 1
Evgeny Kissin, piano
Verbier Festival, Verbier, Switzerland
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Gustav Mahler
First movement from Symphony No. 3 in D Minor
The New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert, conductor
Avery Fisher Hall, New York City
