It was an unlikely chain of events that brought Igor Stravinsky and "The Firebird" together. The Ballet Russes first considered four other composers before turning, in desperation, to the young, unknown Stravinsky. The result was a masterpiece, and Stravinsky became an overnight star. Today we'll hear the Netherlands Symphony perform a suite from Stravinsky's ballet.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Antonio Vivaldi: Third and Fourth Movements from Concerto in D Minor for Recorders and Strings, RV 535
Matthias Maute, recorder and conductor, with Ensemble Caprice
Duke Ellington: "Jump for Joy"
Calefax
The Frick Collection, New York City
George Gershwin: "Blues" from "An American in Paris"
The Italian Saxophone Quartet
Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa, California
Harold Arlen: "Over the Rainbow"
Soprano Renee Fleming and pianist Richard Bado
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, Minnesota
Somei Satoh: "Birds in Warped Time II"
Violinist Theresa Salomon and pianist Kathrun Woodard
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Igor Stravinsky: Suite from "The Firebird"
The Netherlands Symphony Orchestra with conductor Gerd Albrecht
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Hour 2
Joseph Haydn: Presto from Quartet No. 27 in D, Op. 20, No. 4
The Mendelssohn String Quartet
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, Minnesota
Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata in B Minor, Hob. XVI:32
Pianist Chu-Fang Huang
Strings Music Festival, Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Aaron Copland: "Three Latin American Sketches"
The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Carnegie Hall, New York City
Juan Crisostomos Arriaga: String Quartet No. 3 in E-flat
The Miro Quartet
Alice Tully Hall, New York City
Antonin Dvorak: Vivace from String Quartet No. 12 in F, Op. 96 ("American")
The Guarneri Quartet
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