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August 31, 2009
Bum, bubba-da-bum, bubba-da-bum, bum...
In Ravel's Bolero, the lead snare drummer plays a simple pattern 168 times in a row, gradually getting louder for 16 minutes. It's a study in deep concentration, and percussionist David Corkhill has it mastered. From a concert two weeks ago at the Royal Albert Hall in London, rock-solid David Corkhill and the rest of the Philharmonia Orchestra give a riveting performance of Bolero.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Jacques Offenbach
The Rhine Nymphs Overture
Philharmonia Orchestra; Antonio de Almeida, conductor
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Andante in C, K. 315
Sir James Galway, flute; Los Angeles Philharmonic, Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, California
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Franz Schubert
Andante, from Piano Sonata in A, op. 120
Emanuel Ax, piano
From a concert with the French National Orchestra, Daniele Gatti, conductor.
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Sergei Prokofiev
Andante dolce (Theme and Variations) from Sonata in D, Op. 115
Veronika Eberle, violin
Weilburg Castle Concerts
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Jean Hotteterre
La Noce Champetre ou l'Himen Pastoral
Francois Lazarevitch, recorder, musette; Vittorio Ghielmi, viola da gamba; Monica Waisman, violin; Andre Henrich, theorbo, baroque guitar; Alexander Puliaev, harpsichord; Ensemble 1700, Dorothee Oberlinger, director
Herne Early Music Days; Mont-Cenis Academy, Herne, Germany
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Maurice Ravel
Bolero
Philharmonia Orchestra; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Royal Albert Hall, London; BBC Proms 2009
hour 2
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Charles Ives
Symphony No. 1 -- III. Scherzo
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Ricercar a 6 from Musical Offering, BWV 1079
Geoff Nuttall, violin; Scott St. John, violin; Arnaud Sussmann, viola; Lesley Robertson, viola; Christopher Costanza, cello; Dennis Godburn, bassoon; Scott Pingel, bass
Music@Menlo; St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Palo Alto, California
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Franz Schubert
3 Klavierstucke: No. 2 in E flat major
Imogen Cooper, piano
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
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Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 10 -- I. Adagio
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco
