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June 1, 2009
Scottish Inspiration
Felix Mendelssohn was 20 years old, and on holiday in Scotland. Visiting a ruined castle, he wrote, "Everything around is broken and mouldering, and the bright sky shines in. I believe that today I've found the beginning of my Scottish Symphony." From the shards of that ruined place, Mendelssohn created a work of great wholeness and beauty. Today, we'll go to a concert in Berlin to hear the German Symphony Orchestra perform it.
Today's Playlist
hour 1
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Felix Mendelssohn
Songs Without Words, Op. 19, No. 2 in A Minor, and Op. 19, No. 3 in A ("Hunting Song")
Pianist Daniel Barenboim
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Scott Tennant and Simon Jeffes
"Daya's Spin,""Music for a Found Harmonium," and "The Cat-Cow Reel"
The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Kaul Auditorium, Portland, Oregon
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Frederic Chopin
"Three Ecossaises," Op. 72
Pianist Arthur Greene
Britton Recital Hall, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56 ("Scottish")
The German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin, with conductor Kent Nagano
Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany
hour 2
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Ludwig van Beethoven
March for Piano, Four Hands, Op. 45
Pianists Cecile Licad and Mieczyslaw Horszowski
Marlboro Festival, Marlboro, Vermont
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto Grosso Op. 3, No. 11, RV 565
The Australian Chamber Orchestra with violinist and conductor Richard Tognetti
Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbara, California
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in E-flat, Op. 64, No. 6
Musicians from Marlboro
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
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Gyorgy Ligeti
"Concerto Romanesc"
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra with conductor Antonio Pappano
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
