The Netherlands conjures up images of windmills, page-boy haircuts, and wooden shoes. But despite its small size, it's a big player on the classical music scene. In today's show, the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra plays Dvorak's 8th Symphony at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. And Dutch conductor Jaap van Zweden leads the Dallas Symphony in Beethoven's 7th, from a concert in Dallas.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Peter Tchaikovsky: Excerpt from the Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton, conductor
Anonymous: Aria Hannaco
Solamente Naturali
Boston Early Music Festival, Boston
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas
Hour 2
Antonin Dvorak: Scherzo from Piano Quintet in A, Op. 81, B. 155
Peter Serkin, piano, the Orion String Quartet
Judith Weir: Stars, Night, Music, and Light
The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, the BBC Singers, Jiri Belohlavek, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
Robert Schumann: Romance No. 2 in F-sharp, Op. 28
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Royal Castle, Warsaw, Poland
Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 8 in G, Op. 88
The Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, Gerd Albrecht, conductor
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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