The concert was an experiment - a new composition was played, and the audience was supposed to guess who wrote it. When the music ended, Maurice Ravel's friend leaned over said: "What idiot could have written such a piece?" Well, that "idiot" would be Ravel, and the music is eternal. Ravel's 'Valses nobles et sentimentales', on Wednesday's Performance Today.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Erich Korngold: The Adventures of Robin Hood (from Robin Hood and His Merry Men)
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor
The Hollywood Sound
Sony 62788
Felix Mendelssohn: Overture Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, Op. 27
London Symphony Orchestra; Sir John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
The Barbican, London, England
**Classical Live - available on Google Play**
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Jessie J. Marshall from Tallahassee, FL
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Trio in G major, K. 564
Orion Weiss, piano; Nicolas Dautricourt, violin; Mihai Marica, cello
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY
Hour 2
Maurice Ravel: String Quartet in F major: Movement 4
Ebene String Quartet
Debussy, Faure, Ravel - String Quartets Music
Virgin 519045
Aaron Copland: Two movements from 'Latin American Sketches'
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
Maurice Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales
New York Philharmonic; Alan Gilbert, conductor
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY
Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in C Major, Hob. III:32
Quatuor Ebene
Union College Concert Series, Memorial Chapel, Union College, Schenectady, NY
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