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September 3, 2010
Gergiev's Firebird Ignites the 2010 Proms
Every now and then, there is a concert performance that galvanizes an audience. If you're there, you feel it happening -- you unconsciously lean forward in your seat, grip the arm rests, the hair on the back of your neck stands up. There was a concert three weeks ago in London that had that effect: the audience shouted and stomped their approval, the critics raved. The concert performance of the summer (so far!) at the 2010 Proms in London: Valery Gergiev conducting the London Symphony Orchestra in an epic performance of the Firebird, by Igor Stravinsky.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Igor Stravinsky
Excerpt from Petrushka
Yuja Wang, piano
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Igor Stravinsky
The Firebird
The London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
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Alexander Scriabin
Piano Preludes No. 11 in B and No. 12 in G-sharp Minor, Op. 11
Yuja Wang, piano
Schwetzingen Festival, Schwetzingen, Germany
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Alessandro Piccinini
Ciaccona in Partite Variate
Axel Wolf and Michael Freimuth, theorbos
Schwetzingen Festival, Schwetzingen, Germany
hour 2
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Johannes Brahms
Two Fantasies, Op. 116
Richard Goode, piano
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Samuel Barber
Overture to The School for Scandal, Op. 5
The Cleveland Orchestra, Pinchas Steinberg, conductor
Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Miami
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Chris Rogerson
Lullaby: No Bad Dreams
Benjamin Beilman, violin, Francis Perron, piano
Montreal International Music Competition, Montreal, Quebec
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Johannes Brahms
Piano Trio in C Minor, Op. 101
Richard Goode, piano, Benjamin Beilman, violin, Peter Myers, cello
Marlboro Music Festival, Marlboro, Vermont
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Finale from Suite No. 6
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
