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April 20, 2010
Love Songs for his Wife's Sister
It sounds scandalous: Antonin Dvorak wrote a set of sweet love songs for his wife's sister. But the story is innocent enough. The young Dvorak was head-over-heels for Josefina, and wrote her 18 love songs. She snubbed Dvorak, who eventually found love and life-long happiness with Josefina's younger sister, Anna. Dvorak later arranged his songs for string quartet -- we'll hear the Emerson Quartet in concert at the 2010 Savannah Music Festival, in Georgia, play half a dozen "Cypresses" by Dvorak.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Alexander Borodin
Scherzo from String Quartet No. 2 in D
The Emerson String Quartet
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Paul Dukas
Fanfare from La Peri
The Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Andrew Manze, conductor
Norwegian Opera House, Oslo, Norway
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Johannes Brahms
First movement from Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68
The Dresden Philharmonic, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, conductor
Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, West Palm Beach, Florida
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Antonin Dvorak
Selections from Cypresses
The Emerson String Quartet
Savannah Music Festival, Savannah, Georgia
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Ernst von Dohnanyi
Symphonic Minutes, Op. 36
The Buffalo Philharmonic, JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, New York
hour 2
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Capriccio in C, K. 395
Ton Koopman, harpsichord
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Johannes Brahms
Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56b
Martha Argerich and Lilya Zilberstein, pianos
Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Flensburg, Germany
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Fritz Kreisler
Schon Rosmarin
Gidon Kremer, violin, Martha Argerich, piano
Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Praise the Lord, all ye Nations, BWV 230
The Berlin Philharmonic, the RIAS Chamber Choir, Ton Koopman, conductor
Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 97 in C, Hob. I:97
The German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin, Ton Koopman, conductor
Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany
