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June 22, 2011
Summer Music, Birthday Music
Alexander Borodin was a professional chemist, with little time to compose. Usually, he took forever to finish a piece of music. But one summer, he took some time off work and wrote a string quartet. The Jerusalem String Quartet plays Borodin's String Quartet No. 2, in concert in New York City. And Yefim Bronfman (pictured) plays Dmitri Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 2, from a concert in London. Shostakovich wrote it in honor of his son Maxim's 19th birthday.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Peter Tchaikovsky
June, from the Seasons, Op. 37b
Yefim Bronfman, piano
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Claudio Monteverdi
Pur ti Miro, from the Coronation of Poppea
Maxine Eilander, baroque harp, Stephen Stubbs, lute
Boston Early Music Festival, Boston
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The Piano Puzzler
This week's contestant is Reuben Manring from Columbia, Missouri
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Partita No. 3 in E, BWV 1006
Gil Shaham, violin
Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C.
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Dmitri Shostakovich
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F, Op. 102
Yefim Bronfman, piano, the London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev, conductor
Barbican Hall, London, England
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Frederic Chopin
Etude No. 12 in C Minor, Op. 10 (Revolutionary)
Yefim Bronfman, piano
Barbican Hall, London, England
hour 2
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Alexander Borodin
Tarantella in D
Marco Rapetti and Giampaolo Nuti, piano
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Coriolan Overture in C Minor for Orchestra, Op. 62
The Texas Festival Orchestra, Gregory Vajda, conductor
International Festival-Institute at Round Top, Round Top, Texas
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Alexander Borodin
String Quartet No. 2 in D
The Jerusalem String Quartet
Alice Tully Hall, New York City
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Peter Tchaikovsky
Waltz from Serenade for Strings in C, Op. 48
The French National Orchestra, Kurt Masur, conductor
Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris, France
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Johann Strauss, Jr.
Napoleon March, Op. 156
The Vienna Philharmonic, Georges Pretre, conductor
Musikverein, Vienna, Austria
