Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 4 is music of glorious contradictions. Delicate, with an undercurrent of aggression; full of both vivid light, and creeping shadow. On Monday's Performance Today, we'll take look back at the very definition of avant-garde, on the way from a recent concert in Lugano, Switzerland.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Gabriel Faure: Impromptu
Emmanuel Ceysson, harp
The Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach, The Mar-a-Lago Club, Palm Beach, FL
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B flat, Op. 60: Movements 1, 3, 4
Swiss Italian Orchestra; Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
Theatre, LAC, Lugano, Switzerland
Frederic Chopin: Ballade in g minor, Op. 23
David Deveau, piano
Strings Music Festival, Pavillion, Steamboat Springs, CO
Hour 2
Nicola Campogrande: Urban Gardens for Piano and Orchestra
Emanuele Arciuli, piano; Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Roberto Abbado, conductor
Ted Mann Concert Hall, Minneapolis, MN
SPCO Live Recording 140914
Antonio Vivaldi: Oboe Concerto in C major, RV 450
Masamitsu San'nomiya, oboe; Bach Collegium Japan; Masaaki Suzuki, conductor
Spivey Hall, Morrow, GA
Francis Poulenc: Clic, clac, dansez sabots, from "Chansons Francaises Pilons l'orge"
Chanticleer
Performing Arts Center, Hodgson Concert Hall, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Francis Poulenc: C'est la petit' fill' du prince, from "Chansons Francaises Pilons l'orge"
Chanticleer
Performing Arts Center, Hodgson Concert Hall, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Traditional Romani (arr. Evan Price): Niska Banja
Chanticleer
Performing Arts Center, Hodgson Concert Hall, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
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