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July 18, 2011
Pictures at an Exhibition
Modest Mussorgsky's biggest hit wasn't a hit at all, as far as he knew. Mussorgsky wrote Pictures at an Exhibition as a work for solo piano. It wasn't even published until after his death. He had no way of knowing that his quirky piano piece would turn out to be one of the greatest orchestral hits of all time, thanks to Maurice Ravel and a host of other composers who've made orchestrations of it. The Vienna Philharmonic plays Ravel's version, in the Gardens of Schonbrunn Palace.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Carl Nielsen
The Fog is Lifting
Michala Petri, recorder, the London Symphony Orchestra, James Judd, conductor
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Daron Hagen
Aria from Suite for Piano
Mariangela Vacatello, piano
Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Fort Worth, Texas
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Jacob van Eyck
Excerpts from the Recorder's Pleasure Garden
Michala Petri, recorder
Copenhagen Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Modest Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition
The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Valery Gergiev, conductor
Schonbrunn Palace, Vienna, Austria
hour 2
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Camille Saint-Saens
Air de Ballet d'Ascanio
Julia Bogorad-Kogan, flute, Margo Garrett, piano
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William Walton
Prelude and Fugue: The Spitfire
David Owen Norris, piano
Gilmore International Keyboard Festival, Kalamazoo, Michigan
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Rebecca Clarke
Lullaby
Toby Appel, viola, Anne Epperson, piano
Colorado College Summer Music Festival, Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Benjamin Britten
Toccata from Suite in C for Harp, Op. 83
Bridget Kibbey, harp
Brooks Center for the Performing Arts, Clemson, South Carolina
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Camille Saint-Saens
Piano Concerto No. 5 in F, Op. 103
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Lazarev, conductor
Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Adagio from Sonata in D for Viola da Gamba and Continuo, H. 559, Wq. 137
Daniel Muller-Schott, cello, Angela Hewitt, piano
Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia
