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July 19, 2012
Finishing the Unfinished
Is an unfinished piece by a long-dead composer a historical artifact to be preserved as is? Or is it ripe with possibilities, waiting for someone to come along and finish in his or her own way? Franz Schubert's 8th Symphony is nicknamed the Unfinished because Schubert wrote only two movements instead of the usual four. Over the years, other composers have tried their hand at completing it. Today we'll hear a new approach, the symphony as Schubert himself might have finished it, using his sketches and music borrowed from other works.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Franz Schubert
Impromptu No. 2 in E-flat, D. 899
Alfred Brendel, piano
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James MacMillan
From Galloway
Todd Palmer, clarinet
Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston, South Carolina
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Daniel E. Kelley
Home on the Range
Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone, Llyr Williams, piano
Verbier Festival, Verbier, Switzerland
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Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D. 759 (Unfinished)
The Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Mario Venzago, conductor
Copenhagen Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark
hour 2
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Johann Heinrich Schmelzer
Sonata No. 7 in A
The Masques Ensemble
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Felix Mendelssohn
String Quartet No. 3 In E-flat, Op. 44
The Emerson String Quartet
The Louvre, Paris, France
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Johann Heinrich Schmelzer
Balletto for Strings and Basso Continuo (the Fencing School)
The Masques Ensemble
Our Lady of Good Help Chapel, Montreal, Quebec
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude No. 24 in B Minor, BWV 869, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I
Robert Henry, piano
The Waldomore Mansion, Clarksburg, West Virginia
