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Weekend of September 19, 2009
Looking in on the Strauss Family
Is it a 40-minute joke? It certainly has humor, but the 1903 Symphonia Domestica by Strauss is a serious symphony...that just happens to be inspired by an average day at home with the family. It has musical descriptions of putting the baby to sleep, the alarm clock going off in the morning, playful fights between husband and wife, etc. Our concert was three weeks ago at the Royal Albert Hall in London, Donald Runnicles leads the BBC Scottish Symphony.
Today's Playlist
hour 1
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Franz Schubert
Moderato from "Six Moments Musicaux," D. 780
Pianist Shai Wosner
Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center, St. Paul, Minnesota
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Jan Sweelinck
"Ballo del Granduca"
The Flanders Recorder Quartet
Boston Early Music Festival, Boston
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"The Piano Puzzler"
This week's contestant is Al Albers from Madison, WI.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466
Pianist Shai Wosner with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and conductor Donald Runnicles
The BBC Proms, London, England
hour 2
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Menuetto from Symphony No. 41 in C, K. 551 ("Jupiter")
The Orchestra of St. Luke's with conductor Donald Runnicles
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Gabriela Lena Frank
"Picaflor Esmeralda," from "Two Mountain Songs"
The Young People's Chorus of New York City with conductor Francisco J. Nunez
Greene Space at WNYC, New York City
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Richard Strauss
"Symphonia Domestica," Op. 53
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra with conductor Donald Runnicles
The BBC Proms, London, England
