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September 4, 2012
Brahms Gets a Makeover
Johannes Brahms wasn't exactly known for writing great xylophone parts. Or any xylophone parts, for that matter. But Arnold Schoenberg apparently thought that was just what Brahms needed. He orchestrated a Brahms piano quartet, and included a juicy part for the xylophone in the last movement. And he threw out the piano part entirely. Just a couple of the "improvements" in a wild, sometimes wacky, and ultimately very satisfying makeover by Arnold Schoenberg. We'll hear it, from a concert in New York.
Today's Playlist
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hour 1
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Johannes Brahms
Third movement from Piano Trio in C Minor, Op. 101
The Beaux Arts Trio
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Fourth movement from Solo Violin Sonata No. 1, BWV 1001
Chad Hoopes, violin
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Bruce Adolphe
Younger Than Springtime in the Style of Johann Sebastian Bach
Bruce Adolphe, piano
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
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Johannes Brahms (Orchestrated by Arnold Schoenberg)
Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25
The New York Philharmonic, Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
Avery Fisher Hall, New York City
hour 2
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John Adams
Tromba Lontana, from Two Fanfares for Orchestra
The San Francisco Symphony, Edo De Waart, conductor
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Richard Wagner
The Ride of the Valkyries, from Die Walkure
The Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Most, conductor
Severance Hall, Cleveland
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A, Op. 12, No. 2
Alina Ibragimova, violin, Cedric Tiberghien, piano
Wigmore Hall, London, England
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Charles Ives
Two movements from Symphony No. 2
The New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert, conductor
Avery Fisher Hall, New York City
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Charles Ives
The Alcotts, from a Concord Symphony
The San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco
