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October 9, 2012
Carmina Burana
Religion has always sought to explain the inexplicable. What's the meaning of life? Why do we suffer? How do we get to heaven? Sorry to say, a group of disaffected 12th-century monks were too busy writing about the pleasures of sex, gambling, and gluttony, and raging against the vagaries of fate, to earn their theological bread. Carl Orff set those surprising texts to equally surprising and powerful music in his "Carmina Burana" in 1936. Today we'll hear a performance by the Chicago Symphony, from last week's opening concert at Carnegie Hall.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon Duodecimi Toni a 10
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass
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Manuel de Falla
Danse Espagnole, from La Vida Breve
The Petar Jankovic Ensemble
Auer Hall, Bloomington, Indiana
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Josef Bonime
Danse Hebraique (Hebrew Dance)
Gil Shaham, violin, Orli Shaham, piano
92nd Street Y, New York City
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Carl Orff
Excerpts from Carmina Burana
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Chicago Children's Choir, soloists, Riccardo Muti, conductor
Carnegie Hall, New York City
hour 2
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Rondo from Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 (Pathetique)
Jonathan Biss, piano
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Alexander Borodin
Trio in G Minor
Kevin Kumar and Maia Jasper, violins, XiaoDan Zheng, cello
Salastina Music Society, Brentwood, California
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Reinhold Gliere
Cradle Song, from Duets for Violin and Cello, Op. 39
Jaime Laredo, violin, Sharon Robinson, cello
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Perfchat with Jonathan Biss, Part 1
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Robert Schumann
Of Foreign Lands and People, from Scenes from Childhood (Kinderszenen), Op. 15
Jonathan Biss, piano
NPR Studio 4A, Washington, D.C.
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Robert Schumann
Excerpts from Gesange der Fruhe (Songs of the Dawn), Op. 133
Jonathan Biss, piano
NPR Studio 4A, Washington, D.C.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Wellington's Victory, Op. 91 (Battle Symphony)
The RTE National Symphony Orchestra, John Finucane, conductor
National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland
