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July 14, 2011
Chausson from Spoleto
Ernest Chausson was plagued by doubt and self-criticism. He was given to beating himself with his fists when he was unhappy with his composing. His perfectionism got in the way of him finishing anything. And yet, he wrote beautiful music. Claude Debussy was his friend, and encouraged him, saying "you don't let yourself go enough." The story of Ernest Chausson's odd life and puzzling death, plus a performance of his Concerto for Violin, Piano, and String Quartet from the Spoleto Festival USA.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Maurice Ravel
Oiseaux Tristes (Sad Birds), from Miroirs
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
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Aaron Copland
Scenes from Billy the Kid
The United States Marine Band, Maj. Jason K. Fettig, conductor
Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria, Virginia
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The PT Mail Bag
Listener Calls and Emails
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Rodion Shchedrin
Quadrille from Not Love Alone
Ivan Karizna, cello, the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Valery Gergiev, conductor
Tchaikovsky Competition 2011, Moscow, Russia
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Sergei Prokofiev
Scherzo from Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 16
Yeol Eum Son, piano, the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Valery Gergiev, conductor
Tchaikovsky Competition 2011, Moscow, Russia
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Peter Tchaikovsky
My Lord If I am Guilty
Jongmin Park, bass, the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Valery Gergiev, conductor
Tchaikovsky Competition 2011, Moscow, Russia
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Maurice Ravel
Rapsodie Espagnole
The Nashville Symphony, Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, Tennessee
hour 2
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Edouard Lalo
Second movement from Symphonie Espagnole, Op. 21
Chee-yun, violin, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
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Sylvius Leopold Weiss
Musette from Sonata XXIII (L'Infidele)
Jon Mendle, guitar
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Ernest Chausson
Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Quartet, Op. 21
Chee Yun, violin, Anne Marie McDermott, piano, the St. Lawrence String Quartet
Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston, South Carolina
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Bela Bartok
Excerpts from Romanian Folk Dances, BB 76
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Ordway Center, St. Paul
