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July 22, 2011
Narrative and Drama
The greatest musicians are part athlete and part story-teller. Able to pull off amazing technical feats, and to capture the emotional essence of the music at the same time. Cellist Yeesun Kim says she and the other members of the Borromeo String Quartet work on learning the narrative and drama of a piece, in addition to learning the notes. They play a Beethoven string quartet in today's show. Plus, Michael Tilson Thomas (pictured) tells the story of the life of a musician in his Notturno for solo flute and orchestra. Flutist Paula Robison performs it with the San Francisco Symphony.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Samuel Barber
Horizon
The San Diego Chamber Orchestra, Donald Barra, conductor
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Emilio de Cavalieri
Aria del Gran Duca
The Newberry Violin Band and the Venere Lute Quartet
Lutkin Hall, Evanston, Illinois
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Alan Hovhaness
Ghazal No. 1
Sahan Arzruni, piano
First Congregational Church of Berkeley, Berkeley, California
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Samuel Barber
Violin Concerto, Op. 14
Cho-Liang Lin, violin, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Pietari Inkinen, conductor
Town Hall, Auckland, New Zealand
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Richard Wagner (Orchestrated by Henk de Vlieger)
Excerpts from Tristan und Isolde: An Orchestral Passion
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Pietari Inkinen, conductor
Town Hall, Auckland, New Zealand
hour 2
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Gustav Mahler
Excerpt from Symphony No. 3
The London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
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Franz Liszt
Concert Etude No. 1, S145, R6 (Forest Murmurs)
George Li, piano
WGBH Fraser Performance Studio, Boston
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Michael Tilson Thomas
Notturno
Paula Robison, flute, the San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco
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Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet in D, Op. 18, No. 3
The Borromeo String Quartet
Alice Tully Hall, New York City
