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July 21, 2010
Tantalizing Fragment, Finished Masterpiece
Felix Mendelssohn got the inspiration for his Scottish Symphony when he was 20 years old, travelling in Scotland. But, since he waited more than a dozen years to actually write the piece...is there any real connection between his inspiration and the symphony? Conductor Riccardo Chailly has been looking into it, and joins us today. Chailly talks about the fragmentary sketch Mendelssohn jotted down in Scotland. And we'll hear Chailly conduct the very orchestra Mendelssohn was leading when he wrote his symphony, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. We'll hear them play the sketch, and the full symphony, in concert in Leipzig.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Allegro in B-flat for Clarinet and String Quartet, K. 516c
Emma Johnson, clarinet, Rebecca Hirsch and Gabor Takacs-Nagy, violins, Tim Boulton, viola, Andrew Shulman, cello
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Leonard Bernstein
Overture to Candide
The Brevard Music Center Orchestra, Keith Lockhart, conductor
Brevard Music Center, Brevard, North Carolina
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The Piano Puzzler
This week's contestant is Dan Freiberg from Golden Valley, Minnesota
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat, K. 364
Richard Tognetti, violin and conductor, Christopher Moore, viola, the Australian Chamber Orchestra
Hamer Hall, Melbourne, Australia
hour 2
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Igor Stravinsky
Suite No. 1
The London Sinfonietta with conductor Riccardo Chailly
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Traditional
Dulaman
Chanticleer
Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, Georgia
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Traditional
Solbonn
Trio Mediaeval
Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul
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Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 3 in A Minor (Scottish)
The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra with conductor Riccardo Chailly
Gewandhaus, Leipzig, Germany
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude in B Minor, BWV 855a
Pianist Eduard Kunz
Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Fort Worth, Texas
