A lot of outstanding orchestras perform at London's BBC Proms. So what does the top hometown band, the London Symphony, do to re-assert its status as one of the best? At a concert two weeks ago, Valery Gergiev led them in Tchaikovsky's complete music for the ballet, "Sleeping Beauty," all three-plus hours of it. We'll have excerpts from that concert both today and tomorrow.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Luigi Boccherini: Rondo from String Quintet in C, Op. 28, No. 4
The Delme Quartet
Chen Yi: "Shuo"
The Ying Quartet
Aspen Music Festival and School, Aspen, Colorado
Luigi Boccherini: Pastorale from Guitar Quintet No. 4, G. 448 ("Fandango")
Guitarist Jason Vieaux, violinists Joseph Lin and David Armstrong, violist Yzhak Schotten and cellist Young Song
Strings Music Festival, Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54
Pianist Christian Zacharias with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Carnegie Hall, New York City
Hour 2
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "Tsveti Moi!" from "Servilla"
Soprano Renee Fleming with the Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre and conductor Valery Gergiev
Traditional: Variations and Improvisations on a French Melody
Jordi Savall, viola da gamba, and Rolf Lislevand, theorbo
The BBC Proms, London, England
Peter Tchaikovsky: Excerpts from the Prologue and Act One of "The Sleeping Beauty"
The London Symphony Orchestra with conductor Valery Gergiev
The BBC Proms, London, England
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Fantasy in D Minor, K. 397
Pianist Michael Roll
Portland Center for the Performing Arts, Portland, Oregon
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