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April 7, 2011
Ballet for Martha
Aaron Copland was working on a new project in 1944, a collaboration with choreographer Martha Graham. There was a rough story line about a young couple starting out married life in rural Pennsylvania. But the ballet didn't have a name, so Copland called it simply, Ballet for Martha. Only at the last minute did it get its real name, Appalachian Spring. In today's show, we'll hear Aaron Copland getting a good chuckle out of the story (from a 1980 interview), and a performance from Los Angeles.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Alexander Glazunov
Minstrel's Song, Op. 71
Mischa Maisky, cello, the Orchestra of Paris, Semyon Bychkov, conductor
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Franz Schubert
Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel, D. 118
Yuja Wang, piano
Schwetzingen Festival, Schwetzingen, Germany
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
Dance of the Blessed Spirits, from Orpheus and Eurydice
Yuja Wang, piano
Copley Symphony Hall, San Diego, California
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Turkish March
Yuja Wang, piano
Copley Symphony Hall, San Diego, California
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Arvo Part
Da Pacem Domine
Vox Clamantis, Jaan-Eik Tulve, director
International Sacred Music Festival, Fribourg, Switzerland
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Robert Schumann
Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 129
Mischa Maisky, cello, Sinfonia Varsovia, Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor
Chopin and his Europe International Music Festival, Warsaw, Poland
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Sarabande from Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011
Mischa Maisky, cello
Chopin and his Europe International Music Festival, Warsaw, Poland
hour 2
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Aaron Copland
Dream March and Circus Music, from the Red Pony
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton, conductor
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Domenico Scarlatti
Keyboard Sonata in F, K. 378
Fazil Say, piano
Schwetzingen Festival, Schwetzingen, Germany
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Antonio Vivaldi
Oboe Sonata in G Minor, RV 28
Ramon Ortega Quero, oboe, Olga Watts, harpsichord
Lucerne Festival, Lucerne, Switzerland
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Nicola Matteis
Variations on a Chaconne, from Ayres, Book 1
Musicians from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Alice Tully Hall, New York City
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Aaron Copland
Appalachian Spring
The Los Angeles Philharmonic, Miguel-Harth Bedoya, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
