The classical music writer for the New Yorker magazine reads from his best-selling book, "The Rest is Noise," and talks about Stravinsky before we hear Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic play music from "The Rite of Spring."
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Sir William Walton: March from "A History of the English Speaking Peoples"
The London Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Carl Davis
Francois Couperin: "Les Ondes" from Pieces de clavecin, premier livre, 5e ordre
Harpsichordist Lionel Party
Field Concert Hall, Philadelphia
Peter Tchaikovsky: "April" from "The Seasons," Op. 37b
Violist Helen Callus and pianist Robert Koenig
Unitarian Society, Santa Barbara, California
Sir William Walton: "Crown Imperial": A Coronation March
The Dallas Wind Symphony with conductor Jerry Junkin and organist Mary Preston
Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Hall, Dallas
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A, K. 219
Violinist Nikolaj Znaider with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Holland Performing Arts Center, Omaha, Nebraska
Hour 2
Georg Philipp Telemann: First movement from Concerto in E-flat
Philharmonia Virtuosi with conductor Richard Kapp
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 22 in F, Op. 54
Pianist Paul Lewis
Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia
Igor Stravinsky: "The Adoration of the Earth" from "The Rite of Spring (1947)"
The Los Angeles Philharmonic with conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
Georg Philipp Telemann: Trio Sonata in C Minor for Flute, Oboe and continuo
Flutist Carol Wincenc, oboist Stephen Taylor, cellist Colin Carr and harpsichordist Kenneth Cooper
Alice Tully Hall, New York City
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