Leonard Bernstein's one-act opera, "Trouble in Tahiti," has languished since he wrote it in 1952. Opera companies rarely stage it these days. But the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra just commissioned an orchestral suite based on music from "Trouble in Tahiti." We'll hear the world premiere in this weekend's show, from a concert this spring in New York.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Leonard Bernstein: Aristophanes, from Serenade for Solo Violin, Strings, Harp, and Percussion
Hilary Hahn, violin, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman, conductor
Johann Sebastian Bach: Fugue from the Well-Tempered Clavier
The Emerson String Quartet
Alamo Heights United Methodist Church, San Antonio, Texas
Antonin Dvorak: The Sweet Power of your Eyes, from Cypresses, B. 152
The Emerson String Quartet
The Louvre, Paris, France
Ludwig van Beethoven: Fourth movement from String Quartet No. 16 in F, Op. 135
The Emerson String Quartet
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Christine Boone from Terre Haute, Indiana
Leonard Bernstein: Suite for Small Orchestra, from Trouble in Tahiti
The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Carnegie Hall, New York City
Hour 2
Anton Reicha: Fourth movement from Flute Quartet in D, Op. 12
Flute Force
Clint Needham: When We Forget
The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Carnegie Hall, New York City
PT Young Artist-in-Residence: Alexander Malikov, piano
Maurice Ravel: Ondine and Scarbo, from Gaspard de la Nuit
Alexander Malikov, piano
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Music Studio, St. Paul
Anton Reicha: Scene for English Horn and Orchestra
Heinz Holliger, English horn and conductor, the Orchestra of the Suisse Romande
Baitiment des Forces Motrices, Geneva, Switzerland
Ludwig van Beethoven: Bagatelle No. 7 in A-flat, Op. 33
Anton Nel, piano
Seattle Chamber Music Society Summer Festival, Redmond, Washington
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