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May 27, 2011
Temperamental Nielsen
How are your bodily fluids today? Too much black bile? Not enough phlegm? Ridiculous questions today, but in medieval times, people believed that there were four fluids that ruled our moods. Depending on the mix, you were choleric, phlegmatic, melancholic, or sanguine. Carl Nielsen ran across four comical paintings based on these four temperaments, and based his Second Symphony on them. We'll hear it, from a concert by the San Francisco Symphony.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Carl Nielsen
Overture to Maskarade
The San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
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George Gershwin
Prelude No. 2
Red Cedar Chamber Music
Westminster Presbyterian Church, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Carl Nielsen
Symphony No. 2, Op. 16 (The Four Temperaments)
The San Francisco Symphony, Alan Gilbert, conductor
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Sleepers Awake
Joshua Smith, flute, Cynthia Phelps, viola
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
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Jean Marie LeClair
Sonata No. 6 for Two Violins
Caterina Lichtenberg and Mike Marshall, mandolins
Savannah Music Festival, Savannah, Georgia
hour 2
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Stephen Paulus
Playful, from Dramatic Suite
Mina Fisher, cello, and friends
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Gavotte from Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830
Jeremy Denk, piano
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Bedrich Smetana
Polka in A Minor, from Czech Dance Book I
Jeremy Denk, piano
Alice Tully Hall, New York City
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Stephen Paulus
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
Lynn Harrell, cello, the Grand Teton Festival Orchestra, Donald Runnicles, conductor
Grand Teton Music Festival, Teton Village, Wyoming
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Franz Schubert
Quartet Movement in C Minor, D. 703
The Shanghai Quartet
Oregon Bach Festival, Eugene, Oregon
