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May 19, 2009
Intimate Letters
Leos Janacek was 74 and madly in love with a much younger woman. She didn't love him back. And besides, both were married to other people. None of that stopped him from writing her over 700 love letters. He also wrote a string quartet and dedicated it to her, calling it "Intimate Letters." On today's show, the Emerson String Quartet performs this monument to unrequited love.
Today's Playlist
hour 1
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Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance No. 1 in B, Op. 72
The Cleveland Orchestra with conductor George Szell
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Francis Poulenc
March from "Two Marches and One Interlude for Orchestra"
The Lausanne Chamber Orchestra with conductor Christian Zacharias
Stravinsky Auditorium, Montreux, Switzerland
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Overture to "The Marriage of Figaro"
The Lausanne Chamber Orchestra with conductor Christian Zacharias
Stravinsky Auditorium, Montreux, Switzerland
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Leos Janacek
String Quartet No. 2 ("Intimate Letters")
The Emerson String Quartet
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Antonin Dvorak
Excerpts from "Rusalka"
Soprano Camilla Nylund with the Cleveland Orchestra and conductor Franz Welser-Most
Severance Hall, Cleveland
hour 2
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Leos Janacek
Romance for Violin and Piano
Violinist Petr Messieurer and pianist Radoslav Kvapil
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Valerie Coleman
"Umoja"
The Imani Winds
Jordan Hall, Boston
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Leos Janacek
First Movement from "In the Mist"
Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Bedrich Smetana
Excerpts from "Ma Vlast" ("My Country")
The Brno Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Petr Altrichter
Prague Spring International Music Festival, Prague, Czech Republic
