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September 10, 2012
Roman Carnival Overture
No doubt about it: opening night of Hector Berlioz's opera Benvenuto Cellini was a spectacular disaster. Berlioz sarcastically wrote that the audience "hissed with admirable energy and unanimity." Part of the problem was the conductor, who ignored Berlioz's directions. The composer reworked the overture, renamed it and led the re-premiere himself. This time, Berlioz sent a note to the first conductor: "THAT is how the music goes." We'll hear the Roman Carnival Overture the way Berlioz intended it, on Monday's Performance Today.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Hector Berlioz
Rakoczy March, from the Damnation of Faust
The New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein, conductor
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Franz Schubert
Auf dem Wasser zu singen (Singing on the Water), D. 774
Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone, Llyr Williams, piano
Verbier Festival and Academy, Verbier, Switzerland
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Franz Schubert
Gretchen am Spinnrade (Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel), Op. 2, D. 119
Yuja Wang, piano
Bass Performance Hall, Fort Worth, Texas
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Mauro Giuliani
Grand Overture
Chaconne Klaverenga, guitar
Legacy Hall, Columbus, Georgia
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Francois C. de Blamont
Les Fetes Grecques et Romaines (Greek and Roman Festivals)
Les Ombres
Capucine Church, Fribourg, Switzerland
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Hector Berlioz
Roman Carnival Overture, Op. 9
The San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco
hour 2
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Antonin Dvorak
Humoresque No. 1 in E-flat Minor, Op. 101, B. 187, and Humoresque No. 2 in B, Op. 101, B. 187
Radoslav Kvapil, piano
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Johann Christian Bach
Sinfonia in B-flat , Op. 18, No. 2 (Overture to Lucio Silla)
The San Francisco Symphony, Alexander Barantschik, violin and leader
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco
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Bohuslav Martinu
Variations on a Slovak Folksong
Matt Haimovitz, cello, Christopher O'Riley, piano
Redpath Hall, Montreal, Quebec
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Antonin Dvorak
Serenade in D Minor, Op. 44, B.77
The RTE National Symphony Orchestra, John Finucane, conductor
National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland
