May 1, 2009

Behold the Sun

Critics don't always warm up to a new work right away. But Finnish Composer Magnus Lindberg set critics abuzz with the premiere of his new work for orchestra, "Behold the Sun." They used words like, "glittering,""extravagant," and "opulent." As part of our weekly 21st century feature, the Oslo Philharmonic and conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste perform this masterful new work.

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hour 1

Franz Schubert
"Liebesbotschaft" ("Love Message")
Pianist Arcadi Volodos
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
"Flight of the Bumblebee"
Pianist Arcadi Volodos
Robert Schumann
"In the Wonderfully Beautiful Month of May"
Baritone Chrisopheren Nomura and pianist Gilbert Kalish
Music@Menlo, Palo Alto, California
Carlos Salzedo
"Song Through the Night"
Harpist Yolanda Kondonassis
Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia
Sergei Rachmaninoff
"Fragments"
Pianist Arcadi Volodos
Carnegie Hall, New York City
Franz Liszt
Variations on Mendelssohn's "Wedding March"
Pianist Arcadi Volodos
Carnegie Hall, New York City
Johann Sebastian Bach
Sicilienne from Organ Concerto in D Minor, BWV 596
Pianist Arcadi Volodos
Concert Hall, Oslo, Norway
Camille Saint-Saens
Violin Concerto No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 61
Violinist Augustin Dumay with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

hour 2

Jean Sibelius
"Humoresque," Op. 89, No. 1
Violinist Joseph Swensen with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Claude Debussy
"Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun"
Da Camera Chamber Orchestra with conductor Gregory Vajda
Cullen Theater, Houston
Magnus Lindberg
"Seht die Sonne" ("Behold the Sun")
The Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Concert Hall, Oslo, Norway
Bobby Gentry
"Ode to Billie Joe"
Quartet San Francisco
Green Music Festival, Rohnert Park, California

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