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June 16, 2011
Monteverdi Vespers
In 1607, there was no such thing as time off work to mourn the death of a spouse. So when Claudio Monteverdi's wife died, he had to keep putting pen to paper, composing music for, of all things, a royal wedding. Monteverdi can be forgiven if it's not the jolliest of wedding music. But his Vespers are quietly, hauntingly beautiful. We'll hear a performance from suburban Cleveland.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Bedrich Smetana
A Country Woman, from Short Orchestral Pieces
The Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Robert Stankovsky, conductor
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Felix Mendelssohn
Cello Sonata No. 2 in D, Op. 58
Hai-Ye Ni, cello, Cecile Licad, piano
Kosciuszko Foundation, New York City
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Claude Debussy
Gigues, from Images
The Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Serge Baudo, conductor
Grand Hall, Frankfurt, Germany
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Traditional (Arranged by Garth Knox)
I Once Loved a Lass
Garth Knox, viola d'amore, Agnes Vesterman, cello
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Gigue from Cello Suite No. 3 in C, BWV 1009
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
Virginia Arts Festival, Williamsburg, Virginia
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Bedrich Smetana
Rondo
Ran Dank, Eduardus Halim, Vassily Primakov, and Vassilis Varvaresos, pianos
Young Concert Artists Anniversary Concert, New York City
hour 2
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Overture from Don Quixote Suite
Apollo's Fire, Jeannette Sorrell, harpsichord and conductor
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Fantasy in D Minor for Solo Flute
Barthold Kuijken, traverse flute
Studio P, St. Paul
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Claudio Monteverdi
Excerpt from Vespers of 1610 (Vespers for the Blessed Virgin)
Apollo's Fire, Jeannette Sorrell, conductor
First Baptist Church, Shaker Heights, Ohio
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Kenneth Fuchs
An American Place
The Buffalo Philharmonic, JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, New York
