In 1805, a critic wrote: "The [Eroica] Symphony contains much to admire, but it's difficult to keep up admiration for 45 minutes. If this symphony is not abridged, it will soon fall into disuse." Well, that hasn't happened yet! On Tuesday's Performance Today, we'll hear Beethoven's Eroica Symphony from the Grand Teton Festival.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Ludwig van Beethoven: 5 Variations on "Rule Britannia" in D, WoO 79
Melvyn Tan, fortepiano
The Beethoven Broadwood Fortepiano
EMI 54526
Giuseppe Verdi: String Quartet in E minor
Shanghai Quartet: Weigang Li, violin; Yi-Wen Jiang, violin; Honggang Li, viola; Nicholas Tzavaras, cello
The Flagler Museum, Palm Beach, FL
Paul Schoenfield: "Boogie" for Four Hands
Christina Naughton, piano; Michelle Naughton, piano
University of Georgia, Performing Arts Center, Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, GA
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55: Movements 3,4
Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra; Donald Runnicles, conductor
Grand Teton Music Festival, Walk Festival Hall, Jackson Hole, WY
Hour 2
Johannes Brahms: Intermezzo in B minor, No. 1, Op. 119, No. 1
Joyce Yang, piano
Macalester College, Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center, St. Paul, MN
The Frederic Chopin Society (Live)
MPR 091108
Richard Wagner: Overture to Rienzi
Academy Festival Orchestra; James Gaffigan, conductor
Music Academy of the West, The Granada Theatre, Santa Barbara,CA
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber: Mystery (Rosary) Sonata No. 10 in G minor ('Crucifixion')
Pallade Musica Ensemble
Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel, Montreal, Canada
Manuel de Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain
Joyce Yang, piano; Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra; Rafael Payare, conductor
Aspen Music Festival and School, Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, CO
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