When war broke out in 1914, French composer Claude Debussy refused to go near a piano or compose any music; he said that France could neither laugh nor weep while so many of her sons were dying. As the war continued, however, Debussy decided to write music with an especially French feel as a way to "give proof, however small it may be...that French thought will not be annihilated." On Tuesday's Performance Today we'll hear Debussy's very French Sonata for Flute, Harp, and Viola from a concert in Oslo, Norway.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Claude Debussy: Reverie
Turtle Island String Quartet
The Impressionists: A Windham Hill Sampler
Windham Hill 11116
Igor Stravinsky: Octet for Winds: 1. Sinfonia, 2. Theme and Variations, 3. Finale
Festival Chamber Players; Deanna Tham, conductor
Prince Theatre, Garfield Center for the Arts, Washington College, Chestertown, MD
Claude Debussy: Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp
Tom Ottar Andreassen, flute; Jon Wien Sonstebo, viola; Sidsel Walstad, harp
Oslo Concert Hall, Oslo, Norway
Antonio Vivaldi: L'Autunno (Autumn), RV 293 in F Major: 1. Allegro (Candace Guirao, violin), 2. Adagio Molto, 3. Allegro (Liza Zurlinden, violin)
New Century Chamber Orchestra; Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, music director
Herbst Theater, San Francisco, CA
Hour 2
Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 43 in A-flat Major, HOB XVI/43: 3. Presto
Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
Haydn: Piano Sonatas Vol 1
Hyperion 67554
Antonin Dvorak: Scherzo Capriccioso, B. 131, Op. 66
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, music director and conductor
Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
Veljo Tormis: Excerpts from Vespian Paths: 2. Venesse pugiv neiu (The Maid Striving to the Boat), 3. Kukku ja kukku (Cuckoo and Cuckoo), 5. Kiisu-miisu (Pussy-Cat), 6. Laulda teile lauluke (To Sing You a Little Song), 7. Kus sa tana magasid? (Where Did You Sleep Last Night?), 10. Vagisi mehele (Forced to Get Married)
musica intima
Egilse de la Purification, Repentigny, Quebec, Canada
Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in c minor, Op. 17, No 4. Hob. III:28
Musicans from Marlboro: Veronika Eberle, violin; Benjamin Beilman, violin; Beth Guterman, viola; Judith Serkin, cello
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA
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