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September 2, 2011
Josef Stalin, Movie Mogul?
Maybe all he really wanted to do was direct, like the old Hollywood joke goes. But the fact is that Josef Stalin, murderous Russian despot, did get involved in the movie biz. In today's show, the story of Alexander Nevsky, a 1938 propaganda film ordered up by Stalin, and a concert performance of the film score, written by Sergei Prokofiev.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Sergei Prokofiev
Second movement from Sonata No. 8, Op. 84
Barbara Nissman, piano
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Traditional (Arranged by Mark O'Connor)
Amazing Grace
Mark O'Connor, fiddle
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Sergei Prokofiev
Excerpts from Alexander Nevsky
The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Andris Nelsons, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita in C Minor for Alto Recorder
Michala Petri, recorder
Copenhagen Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Polish Music Medley
Jan Rokyta, chalumeau, the Holland Baroque Society
Witold Lutoslawski Polish Radio Concert Hall, Warsaw, Poland
hour 2
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Felix Mendelssohn
Scherzo from Octet in E-flat, Op. 20
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Pinchas Zukerman, conductor
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Antonio Vivaldi
Third movement from Violin Concerto in F, Op. 8, No. 3, RV 293 (Autumn, from the Four Seasons)
Philip Setzer, violin, Festival Musicians
Music@Menlo, Atherton, California
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Ketil Bjornstad
Remembrance and Tribute to Summer
Ketil Bjornstad, piano
Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston, South Carolina
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Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 5 in D, Op. 107 (Reformation)
The Aspen Concert Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
