Musicians are often compared to athletes, but we usually don't have the numbers to do the analysis. On Friday's Performance Today, we'll quantify some speed: 72 notes played on a clarinet in seven seconds. That averages more than 10 notes per second. And in case you thought this is all sprint and no endurance, that pace continues for an entire page of music. Tune in for Carl Maria von Weber's lightning fast Clarinet Quintet with clarinetist David Shifrin giving Usain Bolt a run for his money.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Antonin Dvorak: Serenade, Op. 44 - Mvt I. Moderato, quasi Marcia
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; David Shifrin, artistic director
Georg Philipp Telemann: Overture in E Minor from Tafelmusik, Production 1, TWV 55:e1
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Rachel Podger, director and violin
Anatol Liadov: Kikimora, Op. 63
North German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Constantinos Carydis, cond.
Laeiszhalle, Hamburg, Germany
Carl Maria von Weber: Quintet in B flat Major for Clarinet, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, Op. 34
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Alice Tully Hall, Starr Theater, New York City, NY
Hour 2
Bela Bartok: Rumanian Folk Dances
JoAnn Falletta, guitar; Debra Wendells Cross, flute; Robert Alemany, clarinet
Francis Poulenc: Sextet, FP 100
Tara Helen O'Connor, flute; James Austin Smith, oboe; Todd Palmer, clarinet; Peter Kolkay, bassoon; Eric Ruske, French horn; Inon Barnatan, piano
Paul Hindemith: String Quartet No. 4, Op. 22 III. Stets fliesend. Ruhge Viertel
Calidore String Quartet
Ted Mann Concert Hall, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Robert Sierra: Folias
Celil Refik Kaya, guitar; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
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