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May 27, 2010
No Hidden Messages
Composer Ralph Vaughan Williams was fed up with people trying to attach hidden meanings to his music. When one critic tried calling Vaughan Williams' sixth symphony his "War Symphony," the composer had enough. He sniffed, "It never seems to occur to people that a man might just want to write a piece of music." We'll have that music-without-a-deeper-meaning, the sixth symphony, in today's show. Jaap Van Zweden leads the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, in concert in Amsterdam.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Michael Torke
Excerpt from Book of Proverbs
The Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and Netherlands Radio Choir, Edo de Waart, conductor
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Franz Schubert
Impromptu No. 3 in G-flat, D. 899
Imogen Cooper, piano
Southbank Centre, London, England
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Phil Woods
Excerpt from Three Improvisations for Saxophone Quartet
The Zagreb Saxophone Quartet
Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, Georgia
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Mark O'Connor
Improvisation on Sally Goodwin
Mark O'Connor, violin
Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 6 in E Minor
The Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden, conductor
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
hour 2
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Philip Glass
Two movements from String Quartet No. 2 (Company)
The Fine Arts Quartet
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Richard Strauss
Rosenkavalier Suite
The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mariss Jansons, conductor
Bulgaria Concert Hall, Sofia, Bulgaria
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Hugo Wolf
Italian Serenade for String Quartet
The Fine Arts Quartet
Hampden Sydney Music Festival, Hampden-Sydney, Virginia
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Overture to the Marriage of Figaro, K. 492
Musicians from the West Cork Chamber Music Festival
West Cork Chamber Music Festival, West Cork, Ireland
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Jean Baptiste Arban
Variations on a Theme from Bellini's Norma
Sergei Nakariakov, trumpet, the Swiss-Italian Orchestra, Tomas Netopil, conductor
Congress Palace, Lugano, Switzerland
