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April 21, 2010
Pretty is good, gritty is better
In 1924, American composer George Antheil was experimenting with jazz styles. He liked Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue," but thought it was too pretty. So he began writing his own answer to Gershwin and the new world of jazz. The grittier, not-as-pretty result, Antheil's "Jazz Symphony," is in today's show. We'll hear a performance by the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Blind Tom Wiggins
The Rainstorm
John Davis, piano
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Carl Orff
Veni Creator Spiritus
The Munich Academy of Music Madrigal Choir
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Melodram
Thomas Bloch, glass harmonica
Coves del Salnitre, Montserrat, Spain
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Claude Debussy
Syrinx
Alison Balsom, trumpet
Weimarhalle, Weimar, Germany
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The Piano Puzzler
This week's contestant is Doug Griggs from Georgetown, Kentucky
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George Antheil
A Jazz Symphony
The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Heinz Karl Gruber, conductor
Gewandhaus, Leipzig, Germany
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Maurice Ravel
Piano Concerto No. 1 in G
Martha Argerich, piano, the Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tugan Sokhiev, conductor
Konzerthaus, Freiburg, Germany
hour 2
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Erno Dohnanyi
Romanza from Serenade in C, Op. 10
The English Sinfonia with conductor John Farrer
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Stephen Hough
"Musical Jewelry Box"
Pianist Stephen Hough
Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center, St. Paul, Minnesota
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Antoine Busnois
"Fortuna desperata zu vier Stimmen"
Musica Antiqua of London with lutenist Jacob Heringman
Tage Alter Musik Festival in Herne, Germany
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Anonymous
"Zorzi" and "Giorgio", Two Saltarelli
Musica Antiqua of London with lutenist Jacob Heringman
Tage Alter Musik Festival in Herne, Germany
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Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98
The Philharmonia Orchestra with conductor Christoph von Dohnanyi
Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall, London
