One critic said a recent performance by Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic was "like sitting on top of the orchestra world." But the praise wasn't just for the orchestra. Part of what made the concert so electrifying was the two soloists, brothers Renaud and Gautier Capucon. They teamed up for the Brahms Double Concerto for violin and cello. We'll hear it in today's show.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Johann Sebastian Bach: Gavotte from English Suite No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 808, and Invention No. 13 in A Minor, BWV 784
Renaud Capucon, violin, Gautier Capucon, cello
Traditional (Arranged by Mark O'Connor): Away in a Manger
Renee Fleming, soprano, Mark O'Connor, violin, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Andreas Delfs, conductor
Traditional (Arranged by New York Polyphony): Away in a Manger
New York Polyphony
Johannes Brahms: Concerto in A Minor for Violin and Cello, Op. 102
Renaud Capucon, violin, Gautier Capucon, cello, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
Johann Halvorsen: Passacaglia (After Handel's Suite No. 7 in G Minor)
Renaud Capucon, violin, Gautier Capucon, cello
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
Hour 2
Jules Massenet: The Last Sleep of the Virgin, from La Vierge
The City of Birmingham Symphony, Louis Fremaux, conductor
Traditional (Arranged by Robert Lucas de Pearsall): In Dulci Jubilo
Theatre of Voices, Ars Nova Copenhagen, Paul Hillier, director
Richard Strauss: Don Juan
The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons, conductor
Symphony Hall, Birmingham, England
Bruce Adolphe: Santa and Isolde
The Metropolitan Opera Brass
Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue
Festival Musicians
Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston, South Carolina
Ludwig van Beethoven: Minuet from String Quartet in A, Op. 18, No. 5
The St. Lawrence String Quartet
St. Anthony Park United Church of Christ, St. Paul
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