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July 14, 2010
French Revolution and English Festivals
The biggest summer music festival of them all gets underway this week. The BBC Proms kicks off in London on Friday. We'll be bringing you great Proms performances for the rest of the summer. In today's show, a remembrance of Proms past, a couple of highlights from past summers at the Proms. Violinist Leila Josefowicz plays the Meditation from Jules Massenet's opera "Thais." And the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus perform a Proms favorite: Hubert Parry's "Jerusalem." Plus, music for Bastille Day, and the Piano Puzzler.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Francois Couperin
Les Rozeaux and L'Atalante
Alexandre Tharaud, piano
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Biagio Marini
Sonata da Chiesa e da Camera, Op. XXII, and Passacaglia a 3 & a 4
Chatham Baroque
Synod Hall, Oakland, Pennsylvania
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Francois Couperin
Excerpt from Pieces de Clavecin, Book III, Ordre 13 in B Minor
David Schrader, harpsichord
The Gilmore International Keyboard Festival, Kalamazoo, Michigan
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Hugo Alfven
Aftonen (Evening)
The Swedish Radio Choir, Ragnar Bohlin, conductor
Ted Mann Concert Hall, Minneapolis
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The Piano Puzzler
This week's contestant is Butch Thompson from Columbia, South Carolina
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Francois Couperin
Le Tic-Toc ou Les Maillotins
Alexandre Tharaud, piano
Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland
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Maurice Ravel
Bolero
The Orchestra of the Suisse Romande, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, conductor
Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland
hour 2
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Lyun Joon Kim
Korean Elegy
Han-Na Chang, cello, the Philharmonia Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin, conductor
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Jules Massenet
Meditation on Thais
Leila Josefowicz, violin, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Royal Albert Hall, London, England
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Hubert Parry
Jerusalem
The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, BBC Singers, Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Royal Albert Hall, London, England
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto for Flute and Harp in C, K. 299
Marie-Andree Benny, flute, Valerie Milot, harp, Les Violons du Roy, Bernard Labadie, director
Montcalm Palace, Montreal, Quebec
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Franz Schubert
Impromptu No. 4 in A-flat, D. 899
Lars Vogt, piano
Wigmore Hall, London, England
