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May 6, 2010
Two to Tango
The tango is a slow and sultry dance. A couple locked in a close embrace, snaking their way around the dance floor. But the tango isn't for the faint of heart. It can be rough, even a bit coarse. Quartet San Francisco delivers a proper tango in today's show: smooth on the outside, crunchy on the inside. "Tango Toscana" was written by quartet founder Jeremy Cohen. Plus, pianist Francesco Tristano Schlime gives us a tango from an unexpected source: Igor Stravinsky. And the Cleveland Orchestra performs music from Stravinsky's ballet, "Pulcinella."
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Modest Mussorgsky
Entr'acte from Kovanschina
The Cleveland Orchestra, Oliver Knussen, conductor
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Jeremy Cohen
Tango Toscana
Quartet San Francisco
Yoshi's, San Francisco
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Isaac Albeniz
Murmurs of the Cove
Pepe Romero, guitar
Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia
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Igor Stravinsky
Pulcinella Suite
The Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Most, conductor
Arsht Center, Miami
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Igor Stravinsky
Tango
Francesco Tristano Schlime, piano
Gilmore International Keyboard Festival, Kalamazoo, Michigan
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Dietrich Buxtehude
Suite in D Minor, BuxWV 222, and Toccata in G, BuxWV 165
Francesco Tristano Schlime, piano
Gilmore International Keyboard Festival, Kalamazoo, Michigan
hour 2
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Jean Sibelius
First movement from Suite in E for Violin and Piano
Pekka Kuusisto, violin, Raija Kerppo, piano
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Alexander Comitas
Apricot Tree
Sergey Khachatryan, violin
Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, Sweden
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Levon Eroyan
Variations on an Anatolian Tune
Sahan Arzruni, piano
Merkin Concert Hall, New York City
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George Frideric Handel
Concerto Grosso in G for Flute, Strings and Continuo, Op. 3, No. 3, HWV 314
Concerto Copenhagen, Lars Ulrik Mortensen, conductor
Schwetzingen Festival, Schwetzingen, Germany
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Jean Sibelius
Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47
Pekka Kuusisto, violin, the Bremen Philharmonic Orchestra, Markus Poschner, conductor
Die Glocke, Bremen, Germany
