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December 10, 2012
The Autumn Symphony
Simon Rattle joins host Fred Child today for a discussion of his favorite Brahms symphony, the third. He calls it the "autumn symphony" of the four, filled with rich colors and textures. Rattle conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in today's performance. And the members of the Doric String Quartet played a bit of a joke on their audience at a recent concert. The trickster was actually the composer, Joseph Haydn, who wrote a false ending to one of his string quartets. The audience fell for that 200-year-old joke, in a concert at London's Wigmore Hall.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Peter Tchaikovsky
Adagio from Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton, conductor
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Leonore Overture No. 1, Op. 138
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Ordway Center, St. Paul
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Franz Schubert
Klavierstucke No. 2 in E-flat, D. 946
Imogen Cooper, piano
Southbank Centre, London, England
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Peter Tchaikovsky
Capriccio Italien, Op. 45
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas
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Gerald Finzi
Romance for String Orchestra, Op. 11
The Scottish Ensemble, Jonathan Morton, director
Wigmore Hall, London, England
hour 2
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John Adams
Short Ride in a Fast Machine
The City of Birmingham Symphony, Simon Rattle, conductor
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Joseph Haydn
Finale from String Quartet in B-flat, Op. 50, No.1
The Doric String Quartet
Wigmore Hall, London, England
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Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 3 in F, Op. 90
The Berlin Philharmonic, Simon Rattle, conductor
Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany
