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Weekend of September 17, 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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Gabriel Faure (Transcribed by Yo-Yo Ma)
Fourth movement from Violin Sonata No. 1 in A, Op. 13
Yo-Yo Ma, cello, Kathryn Stott, piano
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Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 5
The Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
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Gabriel Faure
Sicilienne from Pelleas and Melisande
The Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Kent Nagano, conductor
Spring for Music, New York City
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Sergei Rachmaninoff
Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19
Yo-Yo Ma, cello, Kathryn Stott, piano
The BBC Proms, London, England
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Ennio Morricone
The Mission
Yo-Yo Ma, cello, Kathryn Stott, piano
The BBC Proms, London, England
