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August 12, 2011
A Copland Discovery
"My career in the theatre has been a flop," wrote Aaron Copland. It was 1939, and a stage version of a play called Quiet City had closed before it even opened. Copland had written incidental music for the show. He later reworked some of it for an orchestral arrangement. Saxophonist Christopher Brellochs obtained a copy of the unpublished manuscript for Quiet City. Brellochs joins host Fred Child to talk about the piece. And we'll hear his arrangement of Copland's original version.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Aleksander Michalowski
Etude after an Impromptu in A-flat by Frederic Chopin
Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 64 in A, Hob. I:64 (Tempora Mutantur)
The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Simon Rattle, conductor
Royal Festival Hall, London, England
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Aaron Copland
Quiet City (Original Stage Version)
Donald Batchelder, trumpet, Mitchell Kriegler, clarinet and bass clarinet, Christopher Brellochs, saxophone, Allison Brewster Franzetti, piano
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Maurice Ravel
Ondine, from Gaspard de la Nuit
Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
Schwetzingen Festival, Schwetzingen, Germany
hour 2
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Third movement from Quartet in F for Oboe, Violin, Viola, and Cello, K. 370 (368b)
The Boston Symphony Chamber Players
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Robert Schumann
Variations on a Theme in E-flat, WoO 24 (Ghost Variations)
Andras Schiff, piano
Schwetzingen Festival, Schwetzingen, Germany
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Carter Pann
Mercury Concerto
Christina Jennings, flute, the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra; Alastair Willis, conductor
The Church of St. John the Divine, Houston
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Divertimento in D, K. 136
The Moscow Soloists Chamber Ensemble, Yuri Bashmet, conductor
Theatre Hall, Ruse, Bulgaria
