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August 11, 2010
Out-Englishing the English
England and Scotland haven't always been the best of friends. They're both part of Great Britain now, but there's still a bit of healthy rivalry between them. So when Scottish conductor Donald Runnicles brought his orchestra from Glasgow, the BBC Scottish Symphony, down to London to play at the Proms, he did quite a remarkable thing. He chose an all-English program. Effectively out-Englishing the English, one critic called it "the most purely English concert of this Prom season." We'll hear part of that concert, the final two movements of Edward Elgar's First Symphony.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Edward Elgar
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles, conductor
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Eugene Ysaye
Obsession from Sonata for Violin, Op. 27, No. 2
Julia Fischer, violin
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
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The Piano Puzzler
This week's special guest is Alan Fletcher, president and CEO of the Aspen Music Festival
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Edward Elgar
Two movements from Symphony No. 1 in A-flat, Op. 55
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
hour 2
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Frederick Delius
Intermezzo and Serenade from Hassan
The Northern Sinfonia of England, Norman Del Mar, conductor
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John Adams
The Chairman Dances
The Los Angeles Philharmonic, Xian Zhang, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
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Frederick Delius
Brigg Fair: An English Rhapsody
The Aspen Concert Orchestra, Christopher Seaman, conductor
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
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Johannes Brahms
First movement from String Quintet No. 2 in G, Op. 111
The Takacs Quartet with James Dunham, viola
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
