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July 12, 2011
Ravel's La Valse
Maurice Ravel was 31 when he began writing a piece that he called simply, "La Valse.""The Waltz." He was 45 when he finished it. In those 14 years, everything changed: Ravel, Europe, and the piece itself. It began as a light tribute to carefree Viennese waltzes. Ravel set the piece aside, then saw the agony of World War I firsthand. When he came back to his waltz, the world was very different place. He was a very different man. And La Valse was no longer a light tribute. In 13 minutes, you'll hear the waltz slowly go delirious, spin out of control, and finally, fly apart into chaos.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Running Set
The Bournemouth Sinfonietta, George Hurst, conductor
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Alexandre Desplat
Underworld and a New Beginning, from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II
The London Symphony Orchestra, Alexandre Desplat, conductor
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Frederick Delius
The Walk to the Paradise Garden, from a Village Romeo and Juliet
The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, David Hill, conductor
Abbey, Dorchester-on-Thames, England
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York Bowen
Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra
Raphael Wallfisch, cello, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, David Hill, conductor
Abbey, Dorchester-on-Thames, England
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on Greensleeves
The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, David Hill, conductor
Abbey, Dorchester-on-Thames, England
hour 2
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Peter Tchaikovsky
Russian Folk Songs Nos. 41-45
Gennady Rozhdestvensky and Viktoria Postnikova, piano
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Francois Couperin
Excerpt from Fourth Book Ordre 27eme de Clavecin in B Minor
Juho Pohjonen, piano
Music@Menlo, Palo Alto, California
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in D, RV 93
Sharon Isbin, guitar, the Salome Chamber Orchestra
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
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Henryk Wieniawski
Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 15
Itamar Zorman, violin, Ron Trachtman, piano
Tchaikovsky Competition 2011, St. Petersburg, Russia
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Maurice Ravel
La Valse
The Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, Christian Zacharias, conductor
Metropole Hall, Lausanne, Switzerland
