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
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Antonin Dvorak
Third movement from Piano Trio in E Minor, Op. 90 ("Dumky")
The Golub-Kaplan-Carr Trio
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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
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Claude Debussy
"L'isle joyeuse" ("The Joyous Island")
Pianist Orli Shaham
Aspen Music Festival and School, Aspen, Colorado
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Antonin Dvorak
"In Nature's Realm," Op. 91
The Prague Symphony Orchestra with conductor Tomas Netopil
Smetana Hall, Prague, Czech Republic
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Antonin Dvorak
Second movement from String Quartet No. 11
The Guarneri String Quartet
Maud Moon Weyerhauser Music Studio, St. Paul
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Sergei Prokofiev
"Sarcasms," Op. 17, No. 1
Pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin
Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia
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Eugene Ysaye
"Obsession" from "Violin Sonata No. 2"
Violinist Veronika Eberle
Laeiszhalle, Hamburg, Germany
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Frederic Chopin and Franz Liszt
"Mes Joies"
Pianist Joyce Yang
Rockport Chamber Music Festival, Rockport, Massachusetts
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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
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Alberto Ginastera
"Dance of the Fugitive Cowboy" from "Argentinean Dances"
Pianist Ingrid Fliter
Aspen Music Festival and School, Aspen, Colorado
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"Tanguori" Quartet San Francisco
Jeremy
Cohen
Kaul Auditorium, Portland Oregon
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra with conductor Christoph Konig
Shanghai Concert Hall, Shanghai, China