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September 21, 2010
Feminine Beethoven, Vacationing Mendelssohn
It's not often that Beethoven is characterized as feminine. And yet conductor Yannick Nezet-Seguin does just that when he describes the long, beautiful melodic lines in Beethoven's Third Symphony, the "Eroica." Nezet-Seguin brings out both the masculine and the feminine sides of Beethoven in a performance of the Eroica with the Rotterdam Philharmonic, at the Proms in London. And Herbert Blomstedt leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic in Mendelssohn's Scottish Symphony, from a concert at Walt Disney Hall. Mendelssohn got the inspiration for the music while on holiday in Scotland.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Alexander Scriabin
Etudes No. 1 in C-sharp Minor and No. 3 in B Minor
Lang Lang, piano
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Invention No. 1 in C
Jonas Knutsson, saxophone, Eva Kruse, double bass
Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, Sweden
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Frederic Chopin
Waltz, Op. 34, No. 2
Eliot Fisk and Jerome Mouffe, guitars
Flagey, Brussels, Belgium
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Three movements from Symphony No. 3 in E-flat, Op. 55 (Eroica)
The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
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Ren Guang
Silver Clouds Chasing the Moon
Lang Lang, piano
Place des Arts, Montreal, Quebec
hour 2
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Carl Nielsen
Overture to Maskarade
The San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
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Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon from Sacrae Symphoniae
Members of the National Youth Chamber Orchestra and the Aurora Orchestra, Graham Ross, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
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Alessandro Scarlatti
Allegro from Sinfonia IV in E Minor
Tempesta di Mare Chamber Players
Plays and Players Theater, Philadelphia
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Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56 (Scottish)
The Los Angeles Philharmonic, Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
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Jean Marie LeClair
Sonata No. 6 for Two Violins
Caterina Lichtenberg and Mike Marshall, mandolins
Savannah Music Festival, Savannah, Georgia
