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September 20, 2010
Berlioz' Roman Carnival Overture, and Uchida Plays Mozart
Hector Berlioz' opera "Benvenuto Cellini" was an unqualified disaster. After the premiere, Berlioz wrote that the audience "hissed with admirable energy and unanimity." Undaunted, he decided to salvage what he could from the opera. He reworked a few themes from a carnival scene, added some new material, and called it the Roman Carnival Overture. It was an instant hit. Berlioz' recycled hit, plus pianist Mitsuko Uchida playing a Mozart concerto with the Cleveland Orchestra, coming up on Performance Today.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Eric Ewazen
Adagio from Concerto for Flute and Chamber Orchestra
Marya Martin, flute, the Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, Paul Polivnick, conductor
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Antonin Dvorak
Carnival Overture, Op. 92
The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
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Hector Berlioz
Roman Carnival Overture
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Stephane Deneve, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
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Richard Rodgers
Excerpts from Oklahoma!
Julian Ovenden, baritone, the John Wilson Orchestra, John Wilson, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
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Johann Joseph Fux
Sonata Pastorale for Three
Chatham Baroque
Synod Hall, Oakland, Pennsylvania
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Eric Ewazen
Pastorale
Scott Moore, trumpet, David Jackson, trombone, Michael Gurt, piano
Hot Springs Music Festival, Hot Springs, Arkansas
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for Strings and Basso Continuo in D Minor, RV 127
The Venice Baroque Orchestra, Luca Mares, violin and conductor
Schwetzingen Festival, Schwetzingen, Germany
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Johann Paul von Westhoff
Sonata for Violin and Continuo
Daniel Hope, violin, and friends
Rolf Liebermann Studio, Hamburg, Germany
hour 2
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
First movement from Piano Sonata in C, K. 545
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
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Johann Friedrich Fasch
Trumpet Concerto in D
David Washburn, trumpet, and friends
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in B Minor, K. 27
Sara Daneshpour, piano
Frederic Chopin Society, St. Paul
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Hugo Wolf
Italian Serenade in G
The Escher String Quartet
Music@Menlo, Palo Alto, California
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A, K. 488
Mitsuko Uchida, piano and conductor, the Cleveland Orchestra
Severance Hall, Cleveland
