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September 17, 2010
An Unfinished Masterpiece Revived, and a Classical Mashup
Ralph Vaughan Williams began writing a cello concerto in the 1940s, but never finished. The fragmentary manuscript is in the British Museum in London. Cellist Steven Isserlis was thrilled to get a look at it recently, and asked composer David Matthews to take a peek. This year, Matthews incorporated that 4-minute fragment into a longer original piece that he calls "Dark Pastoral." On Friday's PT, the world premiere performance from a concert two weeks ago at the Proms in London. Steven Isserlis solos with the BBC Concert Orchestra. Also from the 2010 Proms, "Mashup" by Chris Willis, combining tunes from about a dozen and a half classical favorites.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Ernest Bloch
Prayer from Jewish Life
Lynn Harrell, cello, Bruno Canino, piano
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Anonymous
La Vida de Culin and Zappay lo Campo
La Caravaggia Ensemble, Lluis Coll, director
Sant Francesc Cloister, Berga, Spain
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Anonymous
Lanchas Para Bailar
Ensemble Ars Longa
Stockholm Early Music Festival, Stockholm, Sweden
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Perfchat with the Bergen Woodwind Quintet
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in G
The Bergen Woodwind Quintet
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
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Harald Saeverud
Quintet No. 1 from Siljustol
The Bergen Woodwind Quintet
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
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Chris Willis
Mash-Up
The National Children's Chamber Orchestra, the National Youth Chamber Orchestra, and the Aurora Orchestra, Nicholas Collon, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
hour 2
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Salamone Rossi
Ebreo and Seconda Desperada
Fretwork
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Max Bruch
Kol Nidrei, Op. 47
Yuri Bashmet, viola, the London Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi, conductor
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Franz Schubert
First movement from Piano Sonata in G, D. 894
Lars Vogt, piano
The BBC Proms, London, England
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David Matthews
Dark Pastorale
Steven Isserlis, cello, the BBC Concert Orchestra, Paul Daniel, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Gulliver's Suite, for two violins
Livia Sohn and Geoff Nuttall, violins
Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston, South Carolina
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Fantasie in D for Solo Flute
Emmanuel Pahud, flute
Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, Georgia
