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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



hour 1

  • Claude Debussy
    Finale from Violin Sonata
    Violinist Christian Tetzlaff and pianist Leif Ove Andsnes
  • 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
  • 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
  • "The Piano Puzzler"
    This week's contestant is Jenny Kelley from Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • 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

hour 2

  • Antonio Vivaldi
    First movement from Concerto in C Minor, RV 441
    Matthias Maute, alto recorder, with Rebel and director Jorg-Michael Schwarz
  • 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
  • Reynaldo Hahn
    Portraits of Painters after Poems by Marcel Proust
    Pianist Jeffrey Swann
    International Keyboard Institute and Festival, New York City
  • Antonio Vivaldi
    "Spring" and "Autumn" from "The Four Seasons"
    Violinist Vilde Frang Bjaerke with the Diamond Ensemble
    Queen's Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark
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