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January 11, 2013
Inspiring Beethoven
How often have you listened to a piece of music and thought, "What on earth was the composer thinking when he/she wrote that?" Usually that reaction is reserved for something we don't like. But American composer Kevin Puts took on the question in a serious, thoughtful way. He started with the first movement of Beethoven's Seventh Symphony, and wondered what inspired him to write it. The result is an engaging new piece, "Inspiring Beethoven." We'll hear it from a concert in North Carolina.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Robert Schumann
Third movement from Symphony No. 3 in E flat, Op. 97 (Rhenish)
The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly, conductor
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Enrique Granados
The Straw Man, from Goyescas: The Gallants in Love, Op. 11
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
Gilmore International Keyboard Festival, Kalamazoo, Michigan
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Gaetano Donizetti
Ah! Mes Amis, from La Fille du Regiment (Daughter of the Regiment)
Juan Diego Florez, tenor, Vincenzo Scalera, piano
Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, Spain
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Vincenzo Ciampi
Tre giorni son che Nina, from Gli Tre Cicisbei Ridicoli
Juan Diego Florez, tenor, Vincenzo Scalera, piano
Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, Spain
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Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 120
The Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michel Tabachnik, conductor
Lucerne Summer Festival, Lucerne, Switzerland
hour 2
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Maurice Ravel
Epilogue from Valses Nobles et Sentimentales (Noble and Sentimental Waltzes)
The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
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Bolette Roed
Improvisation on Ecossaise
Bolette Roed, recorder, David Hildebrandt, percussion
Music in Paradise Festival, Paradyz, Poland
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Edvard Grieg
Anitra's Dance, from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46
The Glass Duo
International Chopin Piano Festival, Duszniki Zdroj, Poland
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Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in G Minor
Ana Belen Tejedor, mandolin, Yiannis Sofos, guitar
GRERT Radio, Athens, Greece
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Kevin Puts
Inspiring Beethoven
The Winston-Salem Symphony, Robert Moody, conductor
Stevens Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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Maurice Ravel
Le Tombeau de Couperin
The Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic, Philippe Herreweghe, conductor
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
