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September 13, 2011
The Best Wrong Notes Ever
Dmitri Shostakovich's Ballet, the Age of Gold, is a witty and raucous farce, full of what conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen calls "the most skillfully-written wrong notes in the history of music." It's a Soviet take on the old good guys vs. bad guys story. The good guys are a hard-working Soviet soccer team. The bad guys are the greedy Western capitalists who try to exploit them. It's no surprise who wins in this delightful ballet by Shostakovich. In today's show, we'll hear highlights from a recent Proms concert in London.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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John Adams
Tromba Lontana, from Two Fanfares for Orchestra
The San Francisco Symphony, Edo De Waart, conductor
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Richard Wagner
The Ride of the Valkyries, from Die Walkure
The Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Most, conductor
Severance Hall, Cleveland
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A, Op. 12, No. 2
Alina Ibragimova, violin, Cedric Tiberghien, piano
Wigmore Hall, London, England
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Charles Ives
Two movements from Symphony No. 2
The New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert, conductor
Avery Fisher Hall, New York City
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Charles Ives
The Alcotts, from a Concord Symphony
The San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco
hour 2
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Dmitri Shostakovich
Two Waltzes
The Nash Ensemble
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Josef Strauss
Polka (Without Worries)
The National Youth Orchestra of Romania, Cristian Mandeal, conductor
Romanian Athenaeum, Bucharest, Romania
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Alfred Schnittke
Polka
The Moscow Soloists, Yuri Bashmet, director
Kolarac Hall, Belgrade, Serbia
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Trio in G for Violin, Cello and Piano, K. 564
Stefan Jackiw, violin, Bion Tsang, cello, Anna Polonsky, piano
Seattle Chamber Music Society, Seattle
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude in B Minor, BWV 855a
Anna Polonsky, piano
Seattle Chamber Music Society Summer Festival, Seattle
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Dmitri Shostakovich
Excerpts from the Age of Gold, Op. 22
The Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
