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October 15, 2012
Teacher and Student
Teacher and pupil both had wicked senses of humor. But the teacher always maintained a certain emotional distance in his music, more comedy and less pathos. It was the student who ventured into darker emotional corners. In today's show, a work by the student, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. His String Quartet No. 15 is almost unrelentingly dark. Mozart dedicated the work to his teacher, the sunny, funny Joseph Haydn.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Ottorino Respighi
The Valle Giulia Fountain at Daybreak, from the Fountains of Rome
The Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan, conductor
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Salomone Rossi
Sinfonia Grave a Cinque
Chatham Baroque
Synod Hall, Oakland, Pennsylvania
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Dario Castello
Sonata Quarta in D Minor
Chatham Baroque
Synod Hall, Oakland, Pennsylvania
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Ludwig Thuille
Sextet in B-flat, Op. 6
Tara Helen O'Connor, flute, James Austin Smith, oboe,Todd Palmer, clarinet, Peter Kolkay, bassoon, Eric Ruske, French horn, Pedja Muzijevic, piano
Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston, South Carolina
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Ottorino Respighi
Fourth movement from Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite 1, P. 109
The River Oaks Chamber Orchestra, Robert Moody, conductor
Church of St. John the Divine, Houston
hour 2
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
March No. 1 in D, K. 335
The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
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Jennifer Higdon
Stomp, from Short Stories
The Ancia Saxophone Quartet
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Minneapolis
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Frederic Chopin
Polonaise No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 40, No. 2
Barry Douglas, piano
Parish Church, Santa Cristina d'Aro, Spain
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet No. 15 in D Minor, K. 421
The St. Lawrence String Quartet
Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston, South Carolina
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Mike Block
Jurjina
Mike Block, cello
New Directions Cello Festival, Ithaca, New York
