Latvian composer Peteris Vasks was once asked if his music contained sadness. He answered, "Perhaps... but it also contains a great deal of idealism. I go through pessimism finally to confirm... that I say 'yes' until my last breath to the beauty of this world." On Thursday's Performance Today we'll hear a piece called Epifania, by Peteris Vasks, in concert from Estonia.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Darius Milhaud: Scaramouche, Op. 165b - II. Modere
Anthony & Joseph Paratore, pianos
Album: Anthony & Joseph Paratore: French Romance; Four Winds 3014
Gerald Finzi: A Severn Rhapsody, Op. 3
Windham Festival Chamber Orchestra; Robert Manno, conductor
Windham Chamber Music Festival: Windham Civic and Performing Arts Center, Windham, NY
Darius Milhaud: La creation du monde "Creation of the World" Op. 81
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Ivan Fischer, conductor
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Richard Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Czech Nonet
Morrison Center Recital Hall, Boise ID
Hour 2
Felix Mendelssohn: Octet for Strings: III. Scherzo
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Marin Marais: Suite in D major from Pieces de violes, Troisieme Livre
Joanna Blendulf, cello; Yuko Tanaka, harpsichord
Music of the Spheres; St. Mark's Lutheran Church, San Francisco, CA, USA
Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13 - III. Intermezzo, IV. Presto
Calidore String Quartet
Ted Mann Concert Hall, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Peteris Vasks: Epifania
Tallinn Chamber Orchestra; Juha Kangas, conductor
Blackheads Guild Hall, Tallinn, Estonia
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