Weekend of June 6, 2009

The Laughter of the Universe

Composer Osvaldo Golijov's search for beauty in life and in his music is on-going. He likens it to "the laughter of the universe." On today's show, we'll hear the beauty of the color blue in Golijov's new work, "Azul." Cellist Yo-Yo Ma is among the soloists in this performance with Jeffrey Kahane and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. Plus, we'll hear from one of the finalists at the Van Cliburn Competition, Bulgarian Evgeni Bozhanov.

Today's Playlist

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hour 1

Dmitri Shostakovich
Allegro from Cello Sonata in D Minor for Cello and Piano
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and pianist Emanuel Ax
Cesar Franck
Third movement from Piano Quintet in F Minor
Pianist Evgeni Bozhanov with the Takacs Quartet
Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Fort Worth, Texas
Osvaldo Golijov
"Azul"
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma, accordionist Michael Ward-Bergeman, and percussionists Jamey Haddad and Keita Ogawa with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and conductor Jeffrey Kahane
Royce Hall, Los Angeles
Quincy Porter
Excerpts from "Early Works"
The Ives Quartet
Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, Windsor, California
Traditional (Arranged by Michael Neaum)
"The Water of Tyne"
The San Francisco Girls Chorus with conductor Susan McMane
Calvary Presbyterian Church, San Francisco

hour 2

Ludwig van Beethoven
March for Piano, Four Hands, Op. 45
Pianists Cecile Licad and Mieczyslaw Horszowski
Marlboro Festival, Marlboro, Vermont
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
Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in E-flat, Op. 64, No. 6
Musicians from Marlboro
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Gyorgy Ligeti
"Concerto Romanesc"
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra with conductor Antonio Pappano
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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