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April 30, 2012
Beethoven as a Kid
Before he was a music celebrity, Beethoven was the new kid in town in Vienna. He was in his mid-20s and slowly earning a reputation as a great pianist and improviser. But nobody really knew if he could write music. Beethoven was eager to prove himself as a composer so he took a toe-tapper of a tune and wrote some virtuosic variations. That earned Beethoven a spot in a heated musical duel. Find out who won and how on Monday’s Performance Today
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet in f minor, Op. 95, (Serioso)
Borromeo String Quartet
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Richard Wagner
Faust Overture
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra,Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Concertgebouw; Amsterdam, Netherlands 110416
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 11 ("Gassenhauer")
Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet; Gilles Vonsattel, piano; Nicholas Canellakis, cello
Brooks Center for the Performing Arts, Clemson University, Clemson,
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Francesco Landini
Ecco la primavera
Trefoil: Drew Minter, Mark Rimple, Marcia Young
Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.
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Dominicus de Ferrara
O dolce conpagno
Folger Consort, Robert Eisenstein and Christopher Kendall, artistic directors
Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Mayskaya noch ("May Night"): Overture
RTE National Symphony Orchestra, Alan Buribayev, conductor
National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland
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Anonymous
Amours mi font souffrir/En mai/
Anonymous 4: Ruth Cunningham, Marsha Genensky, Susan Hellauer, Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek
Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia
hour 2
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Igor Stravinsky
Suite Italienne; Minuetto and Finale
Cho-Liang Lin, violin; Andre-Michel Schub, piano
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Recorder Concerto in Bb Major, BWV 1055
Erik Bosgraf, recorder Cordevento XL: Zefira Valova, violin; Ivan Iliev, violin; Zdenka Prochazkova, viola; Linda Mantcheva, cello; Alessandro Pianu, harpsichord
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
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Igor Stravinsky
Divertimento, from The Fairy's Kiss
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, New York
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Jean Rousee
La rosee du moys de may
Paul O'Dette, lute
Boston Early Music Festival; Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, Boston, Massachusetts
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Marco dall'Aquila
Saltarello (La Traditora)
Paul O'Dette, lute
Boston Early Music Festival; Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, Boston, Massachusetts
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Marco dall'Aquila
Il Marchese di Saluzzo
Paul O'Dette, lute
Boston Early Music Festival; Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, Boston, Massachusetts
