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September 14, 2011
No Poverty Here
Critics beware. History may not judge your work all that kindly. Case in point: Peter Tchaikovsky's ballet, Swan Lake. It was a big flop. Critics didn't think much of it. One said it suffered from "a poverty of creative ideas." That critic is long forgotten, but Tchaikovsky's music has lived on. Valery Gergiev leads the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra in highlights from Swan Lake, 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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Peter Tchaikovsky
Autumn Song, from the Seasons
Moshe Hammer, violin, Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, cello, William Tritt, piano
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Marco dall'Aquila
Saltarello La Traditora No. 1 and La Cara Cossa No. 10
Paul O'Dette, lute
Boston Early Music Festival, Boston
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The Piano Puzzler
This week's contestant is George Andrew Wolff from Bourbonnais, Illinois
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Peter Tchaikovsky
Excerpts from Swan Lake
The Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Valery Gergiev, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
hour 2
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Richard Strauss
Potpourri from Die Schweigsame Frau (The Silent Woman)
The Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor
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Dmitri Shostakovich
Seven Dolls' Dances, Op. 91c
Lisa Batiashvili, violin, the Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
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Samuel Barber
Nocturne for Piano (Homage to John Field), Op. 33
Lilia Boyadjieva, piano
National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland
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Samuel Barber
Summer Music for Wind Quintet, Op. 31
Tara Helen O'Connor, flute, Stephen Taylor, oboe, Bil Jackson, clarinet, Frank Morelli, bassoon, David Jolley, horn
Music from Angel Fire, Taos, New Mexico
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Richard Strauss
Burleske
Kirill Gerstein, piano, John Chimes, timpani, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Semyon Bychkov, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
