 |
|
|
|
|
 |
|
May 20, 2010
Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony
Ever since Dmitri Shostakovich premiered his fifth symphony in 1937, critics and musicians have been arguing over what it means. The work is powerful; no one disputes that. But is it power that defies authority, or celebrates it? That's the sticking point. You can hear the final two movements on today's show and decide for yourself. Yuri Temirkanov leads the St. Petersburg Philharmonic of Russia, in concert in Birmingham, England.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
-
Grigoras Dinicu
"Hora Staccato"
The New York Philharmonic with conductor Leonard Bernstein
-
Richard Strauss
"Quick Waltz" from "Der Rosenkavalier"
The New York Philharmonic with conductor Lorin Maazel
-
Leopold Godowsky and Frederic Chopin
Two selections from "Studies on the Chopin Etudes"
Pianist Francesco Libetta
Miami International Piano Festival, Miami Beach
-
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Adagio in B-flat, K. 411
David Shifrin and Todd Levy, clarinets; Mark Dubac, Kyle Knox and James Moffitt, basset horns
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Santa Fe, New Mexico
-
Igor Stravinsky
"The Song of the Nightingale"
The New York Philharmonic with conductor Lorin Maazel
Avery Fisher Hall, New York City
-
Maurice Ravel
"Le tombeau de Couperin"
Music@Menlo faculty members
Music@Menlo, Palo Alto, California
hour 2
-
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Introduction, theme and seven variations from "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini"
Pianist Dmitri Alexeev with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Yuri Temirkanov
-
Johann Sebastian Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Three Fugues from "The Well-Tempered Klavier" for String Quartet, K. 405
The Orion String Quartet
Music@Menlo, Palo Alto, California
-
Anonymous
"A New Tune"
The Palladian Ensemble
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
-
Dmitri Shostakovich
Third and fourth movements from Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47
The St. Petersburg Philharmonic with conductor Yuri Temirkanov
Symphony Hall, Birmingham, England
-
Ludwig van Beethoven
Rondino in E-flat for wind octet, WoO. 25
The Chicago Chamber Musicians
Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Evanston, Illinois
