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July 17, 2008

Beethoven in shanghai

The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra recently completed an eight-city tour of China. We'll go to their concert in Shanghai to hear Christoph Konig lead them in Beethoven's powerful Symphony No. 7.

Today's Playlist



hour 1

  • Antonin Dvorak
    Third movement from Piano Trio in E Minor, Op. 90 ("Dumky")
    The Golub-Kaplan-Carr Trio
  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    Finale from Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043
    Violinists Adele Anthony and Gil Shaham with the Aspen Chamber Symphony and conductor Nicholas McGegan
    Aspen Music Festival and School, Aspen, Colorado
  • Claude Debussy
    "L'isle joyeuse" ("The Joyous Island")
    Pianist Orli Shaham
    Aspen Music Festival and School, Aspen, Colorado
  • Antonin Dvorak
    "In Nature's Realm," Op. 91
    The Prague Symphony Orchestra with conductor Tomas Netopil
    Smetana Hall, Prague, Czech Republic
  • Antonin Dvorak
    Second movement from String Quartet No. 11
    The Guarneri String Quartet
    Maud Moon Weyerhauser Music Studio, St. Paul
  • Sergei Prokofiev
    "Sarcasms," Op. 17, No. 1
    Pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin
    Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia
  • Eugene Ysaye
    "Obsession" from "Violin Sonata No. 2"
    Violinist Veronika Eberle
    Laeiszhalle, Hamburg, Germany
  • Frederic Chopin and Franz Liszt
    "Mes Joies"
    Pianist Joyce Yang
    Rockport Chamber Music Festival, Rockport, Massachusetts

hour 2

  • Ludwig van Beethoven
    Second movement from Trio for Piano, Clarinet and Cello in B-flat, Op. 11
    Clarinetist Vlad Weverbergh, cellist Benjamin Glorieux and pianist Vasily Ilisavsky
  • Alberto Ginastera
    "Dance of the Fugitive Cowboy" from "Argentinean Dances"
    Pianist Ingrid Fliter
    Aspen Music Festival and School, Aspen, Colorado
  • "Tanguori" Quartet San Francisco
    Jeremy
    Cohen
    Kaul Auditorium, Portland Oregon
  • Ludwig van Beethoven
    Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92
    The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra with conductor Christoph Konig
    Shanghai Concert Hall, Shanghai, China
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