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May 25, 2011
Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody, that's What's Up
A 1946 Warner Brothers cartoon called Rhapsody Rabbit featured Bugs Bunny in white tie and tails, contending with everything from audience coughing to an impish little mouse, as he hammered and thundered his way through Franz Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody Number 2 for Piano. Bugs puts in a brief appearance on the show today, before handing the reins over to the Liege Philharmonic. They'll play an orchestral arrangement of Liszt's most famous tune.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Max Reger
Bacchanale, from Four Tone Poems after Arnold Bocklin, Op. 128
The Buffalo Philharmonic, JoAnn Falletta, conductor
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Robert Trognee and Samuele Pagano
Swallow's Spring
The Soave Duo
Mihail Jora Hall, Bucharest, Romania
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Claude Debussy
Round Dance of Spring, from Images
The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, Sweden
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The Piano Puzzler
This week's contestant is Joseph Tambornino from Walnut Creek, California
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Josef Suk
Scherzo Fantastique in G Minor, Op. 25
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, New York
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Fritz Kreisler
Viennese Caprice, from Three Pieces
Michael Ludwig, violin, the Buffalo Philharmonic, JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, New York
hour 2
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Pablo de Sarasate
Habanera, Op. 21, No. 2
Midori, violin, Robert McDonald, piano
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Johann Melchior Molter
Concerto No. 1 in A for Clarinet, Strings and Continuo, MWV6, No. 41
Bil Jackson, clarinet, and friends
Music from Angel Fire, Taos, New Mexico
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Johannes Brahms
Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 108
Midori, violin, Ozgur Aydin, piano
Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Itzehoe, Germany
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Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, S. 244, R. 106
The Liege Philharmonic Orchestra, Christian Arming, conductor
Philharmonic Hall, Liege, Belgium
