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September 14, 2009
A Gentle Ode to Joy
It may be the gentlest, sweetest version of the Ode to Joy you will ever hear. Last month, the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain invited audience members to bring their ukuleles to a concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London. They even scheduled a rehearsal, and a thousand ukulele players learned their arrangement of Beethoven's Ode to Joy. We'll hear how it came together in concert.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Claude Debussy
Arabesque No. 1 in E major
John O'Conor, piano
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Ode to Joy, from Symphony No. 9
Ukulele Orchestra of Great-Britain + audience
BBC Proms 2009, Royal Albert Hall, London, England
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Six Bagatelles, Op. 126; No. 1 - Andante con moto; No. 6 - Presto (First and Last as 1 File)
John O'Conor, piano
Aspen Music Festival, Harris Concert Hall, Aspen, CO
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Peteris Vasks
Cantabile
Academy Chamber Orchestra; Anne Manson, conductor
First Presbyterian Church, Santa Barbara, CA
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Mahler
Todtenfeier
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Jarvi, conductor
Cincinnati Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH
hour 2
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J. S. Bach
Suite in E minor, BWV 996: II. Allemande, III. Courante
Jason Vieaux, guitar
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Felix Mendelssohn
Prelude and Fugue in E minor, Op. 35 No. 1
Llyr Williams, piano
BBC Proms 2009, Cadogan Hall, London, England
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Felix Mendelssohn
Prelude and Fugue in E minor, Op. 35 No. 1
Llyr Williams, piano
BBC Proms 2009, Cadogan Hall, London, England
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Perfchat with Jason Vieaux
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Bach
Allegro, from Prelude, Fugue and Allegro BWV 998
Jason Vieaux, guitar
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Leonard Bernstein
Three Dance Episodes from On the Town
China Philharmonic Orchestra; Yang Yang, conductor
Beijing Music Festival, Beijing Concert Hall
