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.
Today's Playlist
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Franz Schubert
"Liebesbotschaft" ("Love Message")
Pianist Arcadi Volodos
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
"Flight of the Bumblebee"
Pianist Arcadi Volodos
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Robert Schumann
"In the Wonderfully Beautiful Month of May"
Baritone Chrisopheren Nomura and pianist Gilbert Kalish
Music@Menlo, Palo Alto, California
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Carlos Salzedo
"Song Through the Night"
Harpist Yolanda Kondonassis
Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia
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Sergei Rachmaninoff
"Fragments"
Pianist Arcadi Volodos
Carnegie Hall, New York City
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Franz Liszt
Variations on Mendelssohn's "Wedding March"
Pianist Arcadi Volodos
Carnegie Hall, New York City
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Sicilienne from Organ Concerto in D Minor, BWV 596
Pianist Arcadi Volodos
Concert Hall, Oslo, Norway
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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
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Jean Sibelius
"Humoresque," Op. 89, No. 1
Violinist Joseph Swensen with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste
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Claude Debussy
"Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun"
Da Camera Chamber Orchestra with conductor Gregory Vajda
Cullen Theater, Houston
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Magnus Lindberg
"Seht die Sonne" ("Behold the Sun")
The Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Concert Hall, Oslo, Norway
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Bobby Gentry
"Ode to Billie Joe"
Quartet San Francisco
Green Music Festival, Rohnert Park, California