Johannes Brahms wasn't exactly known for writing great xylophone parts. Or any xylophone parts, for that matter. But Arnold Schoenberg apparently thought that was just what Brahms needed. He orchestrated a Brahms piano quartet, and included a juicy part for the xylophone in the last movement. And he threw out the piano part entirely. Just a couple of the "improvements" in a wild, sometimes wacky, and ultimately very satisfying makeover by Arnold Schoenberg. We'll hear it, from a concert in New York.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Johannes Brahms: Third movement from Piano Trio in C Minor, Op. 101
The Beaux Arts Trio
Johann Sebastian Bach: Fourth movement from Solo Violin Sonata No. 1, BWV 1001
Chad Hoopes, violin
Bruce Adolphe: Younger Than Springtime in the Style of Johann Sebastian Bach
Bruce Adolphe, piano
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
Johannes Brahms (Orchestrated by Arnold Schoenberg): Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25
The New York Philharmonic, Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
Avery Fisher Hall, New York City
Hour 2
John Adams: Tromba Lontana, from Two Fanfares for Orchestra
The San Francisco Symphony, Edo De Waart, conductor
Richard Wagner: The Ride of the Valkyries, from Die Walkure
The Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Most, conductor
Severance Hall, Cleveland
Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A, Op. 12, No. 2
Alina Ibragimova, violin, Cedric Tiberghien, piano
Wigmore Hall, London, England
Charles Ives: Two movements from Symphony No. 2
The New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert, conductor
Avery Fisher Hall, New York City
Charles Ives: The Alcotts, from a Concord Symphony
The San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco
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