May 21, 2008
A novel approach to music
Our week of exploring the intersections between literature and music continues with music inspired by novels... and music that inspired novels. Telemann channels Jonathan Swift, Charles Ives pays homage to the Alcotts, and a Beethoven work gives birth to a Tolstoy novella. Then there are Richard Strauss' take on "Don Quixote," Reynaldo Hahn's Proustian piano pieces, and the poetry that launched Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons."
Today's Playlist
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Claude Debussy
Finale from Violin Sonata
Violinist Christian Tetzlaff and pianist Leif Ove Andsnes
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Georg Philipp Telemann
"Gulliver" Suite in D for Two Violins
Violinists Ida Kavafian and Arnaud Sussman
The New York Society for Ethical Culture, New York City
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Charles Ives
"The Alcotts" from Piano Sonata No. 2 ("Concord, Mass., 1840-1860")
The United States Marine Band with conductor Captain Michelle A. Rakers
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, College Park, Maryland
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"The Piano Puzzler"
This week's contestant is Jenny Kelley from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Ludwig van Beethoven
First movement from Violin Sonata No. 9 in A, Op. 47 ("Kreutzer")
Violinist Christian Tetzlaff and pianist Alexander Lonquich
Philharmonic Chamber Hall, Warsaw, Poland
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Antonio Vivaldi
First movement from Concerto in C Minor, RV 441
Matthias Maute, alto recorder, with Rebel and director Jorg-Michael Schwarz
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Richard Strauss
Variations six through 10 and Finale from "Don Quixote, Fantastic Variations on a Theme of Knightly Character," Op. 35
The Orchestra of the National Orchestral Institute with conductor Eri Klas
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, College Park, Maryland
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Reynaldo Hahn
Portraits of Painters after Poems by Marcel Proust
Pianist Jeffrey Swann
International Keyboard Institute and Festival, New York City
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Antonio Vivaldi
"Spring" and "Autumn" from "The Four Seasons"
Violinist Vilde Frang Bjaerke with the Diamond Ensemble
Queen's Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark