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January 23, 2013
Celebrating Ambiguity
Today's show is a celebration of ambiguity, that delicious is-it-or-isn't-it uncertainty. In "ZZ's Dream," composer Osvaldo Golijov (pictured) asks the question, "Am I a man dreaming I'm a butterfly, or am I a butterfly dreaming I'm a man?" We'll hear it from the Spoleto Festival. And from Dmitri Shostakovich, who could be maddeningly hard to pin down, we'll hear the final movement from his Fifth Symphony. Is it a celebration of the Stalinist regime, as the Soviets claimed? Or a subtly-encoded cry of opposition? And we'll hear from a man who makes his living being deliberately ambiguous. Bruce Adolphe has this week's Piano Puzzler.
Today's Playlist
Performance Today audio is available for seven days following broadcast.
hour 1
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Jean Sibelius
Valse Triste (Sad Waltz), Op. 44, No. 1
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Lorin Maazel, conductor
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Dmitri Shostakovich
Waltz No. 2 from Jazz Suite No. 2 and Waltz from the Gadfly, Op. 97
Jan Vogler, cello, the Knights, Eric Jacobsen, conductor
Le Poisson Rouge, New York City
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Dmitri Shostakovich
Two Pieces by Domenico Scarlatti, Op. 17
The Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitri Kitaenko, conductor
Philharmonie, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
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Dmitri Shostakovich
Finale from Symphony No.5, Op. 47
The Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop, conductor
Concert Hall, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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The Piano Puzzler
This week's contestant is Gary Hoffman from Ketchum, Idaho
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Josef Strauss
The Dragonfly, Op. 204
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck, conductor
Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany
hour 2
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Antonin Dvorak
First movement from Wind Serenade in D Minor, Op. 44
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Musicians
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Henry Purcell
Scotch Tune
Solamente Naturali, Milos Valent, violin and leader
Boston Early Music Festival, Boston
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Osvaldo Golijov
ZZ's Dream
Pedja Muzijevic, piano
Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston, South Carolina
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Antonin Dvorak
Three Concert Overtures (In Nature's Realm, Op. 91, B. 168, Carnival, Op. 92, B. 169, and Othello, Op. 93)
The Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Marek Janowski, conductor
Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany
