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May 3, 2011
The Tokyo String Quartet
The Tokyo String Quartet, perhaps surprisingly, has never been based in Tokyo, or even in Japan. Even so, they maintain close ties to Japan. So after this spring's devastating earthquake and tsunami, the members of the Tokyo String Quartet were quick to arrange a benefit concert. We'll hear highlights in today's show, including Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings, in its original version for string quartet.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Fourth movement from String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 18, No. 4
The Tokyo String Quartet
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in G Minor for Strings and Continuo
The Academy for Ancient Music, Berlin
Basilica of Notre Dame, Montreal, Quebec
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
First movement from String Quartet in D Minor, K. 421
The Tokyo String Quartet
Battell Chapel, New Haven, Connecticut
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Samuel Barber
Adagio from String Quartet, Op. 11
The Tokyo String Quartet
Battell Chapel, New Haven, Connecticut
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Felix Mendelssohn
Third movement from String Quintet in B-Flat, Op. 87
The Tokyo String Quartet, Ettore Causa, viola
Battell Chapel, New Haven, Connecticut
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Felix Mendelssohn
First movement from Octet for Strings in E-Flat, Op. 20
The Tokyo String Quartet and Linden String Quartet
Battell Chapel, New Haven, Connecticut
hour 2
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Antonin Dvorak
Polonaise from Rusalka
The Minnesota Orchestra, Eiji Oue, conductor
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Peter Tchaikovsky
Bluebird Pas de Deux, from the Sleeping Beauty
The San Francisco Symphony, James Gaffigan, conductor
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Sicut Cervus
The St. Olaf College Choir, Anton Armstrong, director
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
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Antonin Dvorak
Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 53
Veronika Eberle, violin, the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner, conductor
Beethovenhalle, Bonn, Germany
