April 8, 2009

Peer Gynt

In 1867, Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen wrote a play about a young man who spends his life avoiding responsibility. The play features amorous milkmaids, a runaway bride, a cave full of trolls, and a sojourn in the deserts of Egypt. The drama never became one of Ibsen's biggest hits, but the music that Edvard Grieg wrote for it did. On today's PT, Grieg's "Peer Gynt" suites 1 and 2, performed by the North German Radio Philharmonic.

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hour 1

Dmitri Shostakovich
Prelude and Fugue No. 15
Pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy
Traditional
"Chad Gadya" ("One Young Goat")
Harpist Rachel Van Voorhees
Joel Engel
"Beggar's Dance," from "The Dybbuk," Op. 35
The Biava Quartet and friends
The New York Society for Ethical Culture, New York City
Levon Eroyan
"Variations on an Anatolian Tune"
Pianist Sahan Arzruni
Merkin Concert Hall, New York City
"The Piano Puzzler"
This week's contestant is Timothy Strand from Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Concerto for Piano, Trumpet, and Strings in C Minor, Op. 35
Jon Kimura Parker, piano, and Mark Hughes, trumpet, with the Houston Symphony Orchestra and conductor Hans Graf
Jones Hall, Houston
Tobias Picker
"Old and Lost Rivers"
The Houston Symphony Orchestra with conductor Hans Graf
Jones Hall, Houston

hour 2

Antonin Dvorak
Polonaise from "Rusalka"
The Minnesota Orchestra with conductor Eiji Oue
Traditional (Arranged by Mark O'Connor)
"Amazing Grace"
Violinist Mark O'Connor
Field Concert Hall, Philadelphia
Edvard Grieg
"Peer Gynt," Suties No. 1 and 2, Op. 46 and 55
The North German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Eiji Oue
Grand Studio, Hanover, Germany
Robert Schumann
Arabeske in C, Op. 18
Pianist Christian Zacharias
Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia

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