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Weekend of August 25, 2012
The Sound of Evolution
Evolutionary theory holds that life evolves from the simple to the complex. Over the course of eons, new life forms weave in and, more often than not, out of existence. Composer Fung Lam knew this when he wrote his new piece for orchestra, "Endless Forms." The title is a quote from Charles Darwin. Lam creates a number of musical ideas, some of which don't survive. Others, he says, "blossom into very different and contrasting creatures." We'll hear the world premiere, from a concert last month in London.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Erik Satie
Gnossienne No. 1
Havard Gimse, piano
Concert Hall, Oslo, Norway
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Bela Bartok
15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, BB 79, Sz. 71
The Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer, conductor
Carnegie Hall, New York City
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Olivier Messiaen
Les Offrandes Oubliees (Forgotten Offerings)
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Ludovic Morlot, conductor
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Toru Takemitsu
The Night, from Toward the Sea II
Patrick Gallois, alto flute, Fabrice Pierre, harp, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis, conductor
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Maurice Ravel
La Valse
The New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert, conductor
Avery Fisher Hall, New York City
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Claude Debussy
Clair de Lune
The Aspen Chamber Symphony, Matthias Pintscher, conductor
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
hour 2
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Fantasia in C Minor, BWV 906
Angela Hewitt, piano
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Claude Debussy
Danse Sacree et Danse Profane
Ida Aubert Bang, harp, the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Terje Tonnesen, violin and leader
Ojai Music Festival, Ojai, California
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Flourish
The National Youth Wind Orchestra of Great Britain, James Gourlay, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
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Fung Lam
Endless Forms
The BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G, BWV 1049
Alexander Barantschik, violin and leader, Tim Day and Robin McKee, flutes, the San Francisco Symphony
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco
