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June 26, 2012
Checking his Rear-View Mirror
It's always a touchy situation when the student finally eclipses the teacher. That subtle shift in dynamics that indicates the balance of power is about to flip-flop. That's what Joseph Haydn thought he saw in his rear-view mirror with his student Ignaz Pleyel, who was improving rapidly. So Haydn stepped up his game and wrote a terrific new symphony. In the end, Haydn didn't have that much to worry about with Pleyel. Today we'll hear Haydn's A-game, his Surprise Symphony, from a concert in San Francisco.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Excerpts from English Suite No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 808
Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 94 in G (Surprise)
The San Francisco Symphony, David Robertson, conductor
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto in C Minor for Oboe and Violin, BWV 1060
James Austin Smith, oboe, Daniel Phillips, violin, Anthony Manzo, bass, Pedja Muzijevic, harpsichord, the St. Lawrence String Quartet
Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston, South Carolina
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Traditional Korean
Two Orchestral Works
The Unhasu Orchestra, Pom ju-Yun and Myong-il Ri, conductors
Salle Pleyel, Paris, France
hour 2
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Fritz Kreisler
Aucassin and Nicolette, and Schon Rosmarin
Joshua Bell, violin, Paul Coker, piano
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Giovanni Battista Sammartini
First movement from Symphony in F, JC 36
Milano Classica, Marcello Scandelli, cello and leader
First Baptist Church, Savannah, Georgia
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Traditional Irish
Danny Boy
Matthew Polenzani, tenor, Julius Drake, piano
Wigmore Hall, London, England
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Frederic Chopin
Third movement from Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 65
Miklos Perenyi, cello, Denes Varjon, piano
Wigmore Hall, London, England
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 4 in B-flat, Op. 60
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Joshua Bell, conductor
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, St. Paul
