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May 12, 2011
Irreverence Times Two
Mozart wrote classy (and classical) music, but wasn't necessarily the classiest guy around. Let's just call him earthy, and leave it at that. Pianist Jonathan Biss doesn't go that far, but thinks a certain amount of irreverence is important for anyone who walks on stage to perform. "Nothing is sacred," he says. We'll hear these two irreverent souls together when Biss performs Mozart Piano Concerto No. 22 with the San Francisco Symphony.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Felix Mendelssohn
Second movement from Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56 (Scottish)
The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Kurt Masur, conductor
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Jean-Philippe Rameau
Excerpts from Les Paladins
The Arion Baroque Orchestra, Tafelmusic, Jaap ter Linden, conductor
Claude Champagne Hall, Montreal, Quebec
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Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 2 in C, Op. 61
The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Jun Markl, conductor
Gewandhaus, Leipzig, Germany
hour 2
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Third movement from Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 (Pathetique)
Jonathan Biss, piano
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Maurice Ravel
Second movement from String Quartet in F
The St. Lawrence String Quartet
Rockport Chamber Music Festival, Rockport, Massachusetts
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat, K. 482
Jonathan Biss, piano, the San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco
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Tomas Luis de Victoria
Ne Timeas Maria
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers, director
Sherborne Abbey, Dorset, England
