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June 14, 2011
The Devil's House
Heironymous Bosch painted dark, frightening pictures of hell in the 15th century, with tortured souls suffering in agony. Dante used words rather than paint in his Divine Comedy. But he came up a similar picture of hell, along with the inscription "Abandon hope, all ye who enter here" on the gates. Composer Luigi Boccherini painted a lively, boisterous picture of hell, one that draws us in rather than sends us fleeing. No need to abandon hope in today's show. We'll hear Boccherini's "The Devil's House," from a concert by Mercury Baroque in Houston.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Igor Stravinsky
Suite No. 1
The London Sinfonietta, Riccardo Chailly, conductor
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Traditional
Dulaman
Chanticleer
Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, Georgia
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Traditional
Solbonn
Trio Mediaeval
Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul
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Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 3 in A Minor (Scottish)
The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly, conductor
Gewandhaus, Leipzig, Germany
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude in B Minor, BWV 855a
Eduard Kunz, piano
Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Fort Worth, Texas
hour 2
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Luigi Boccherini
Rondo from String Quintet in C, Op. 28, No. 4
The Delme String Quartet
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Osvaldo Golijov
Lullaby and Doina from the Man Who Cried
The St. Lawrence String Quartet and friends
Spoleto Festival, Charleston, South Carolina
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Maurice Durufle
Prelude, Recitative and Variations, Op. 3
Tara Helen O'Connor, flute, Carolyn Blackwell, viola, Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
Spoleto Festival, Charleston, South Carolina
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Luigi Boccherini
Symphony in D Minor, Op. 12, No. 4, G. 506 (The Devil's House)
Mercury Baroque, Antoine Plante, conductor
Cullen Theater, Houston
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Jean Sibelius
Valse Triste, Op. 44, No. 1
The Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi, conductor
Lucerne Summer Festival, Lucerne, Switzerland
