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June 7, 2012
La Vie Boheme
Giacomo Puccini made it all seem so romantic in his opera, "La Boheme." But the Bohemian lifestyle that he celebrated was painfully real for some artists. Franz Schubert lived the Bohemian life in Vienna in the early 19th century, moving from garret to garret, sleeping on friends' couches, never having a place to call his own. Still, out of that poverty, Schubert wrote elegant, opulent music. We'll hear his String Quartet No. 15 in today's show, from a concert in Paris.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Manuel de Falla
Andaluza, from Cuatro Piezas Espanolas
Santiago Rodriguez, piano
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Henry Purcell
Excerpts from the Fairy Queen
The Portland Baroque Orchestra Chamber Ensemble, Robin Johannsen, soprano
Oregon Bach Festival, Eugene, Oregon
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Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata in C Minor, Hob. XVI: 20
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Carnegie Hall, New York City
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Manuel de Falla
Suite No. 1 from the Three-Cornered Hat
The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
hour 2
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Dmitri Shostakovich
Adagio (Elegy) for String Quartet
The Emerson String Quartet
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Richard Wagner
Prelude to Act III from Lohengrin
The Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard, conductor
Old Opera, Frankfurt, Germany
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Franz Schubert
String Quartet No. 15 in G , D. 887
The Emerson String Quartet
The Louvre, Paris, France
