In 1942, choreographer Agnes de Mille came to composer Aaron Copland with an idea: a ballet about cowboys. Copland responded by saying..."A cowboy ballet? I've already composed one of those," he said. That was called Billy the Kid. "Can't you do a ballet about Ellis Island?" Agnes de Mille said no, Aaron Copland shrugged, composition on the ballet Rodeo began and some of the most memorable music of the 20th century was written. We'll hear dances from the ballet Rodeo on Tuesday's Performance Today.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Antonin Dvorak: Quintet in G Major for Strings, Op. 77 - II. Intermezzo (Notturno)
Emerson String Quartet with Edgar Meyer, bass
Antonio Vivaldi: L'Estate (Summer), RV 315 in G minor, The Four Seasons - 1. Allegro non molto, 2. Adagio, 3. Presto
New Century Chamber Orchestra; Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, music director
Herbst Theatre, San Francisco, CA
Aaron Copland: Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo - 1. Buckaroo Holiday, 2. Corral Nocturne, 3. Saturday Night Waltz, 4. Hoe-Down
Artosphere Festival Orchestra; Corrado Rovaris, conductor
Baum Walker Hall, Walton Arts Center, Fayetteville, AR
Antonin Dvorak: Piano Quartet no. 2, E-flat, Op. 87 B162 - iii. Allegro moderato, grazio; iv. finale-allegro, ma non troppo
Eteri Andjaparidze, piano; Espen Lilleslatten, violin; Brett Deubner, viola; Emilio Colon, cello
Round Top Festival Institute; Festival Concert Hall, Round Top, TX
Hour 2
Frederic Chopin: Prelude No. 2 & No. 4 (arr. by Wispelwy & Lazic)
Pieter Wispelwey, cello; Dejan Lazic, piano
Ludwig van Beethoven: Coriolan Overture in c minor, Op. 62
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Ilyich Rivas, Conductor
Berwaldhallen, Stockholm
PT Young Artist-in-Residence: Coleman Itzkoff, cello
Frederic Chopin: Introduction and Polonaise brillante, Op. 3
Coleman Itzkoff, cello; Eliza Ching, piano
Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul, MN
Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition - Promenade V, 7. Limoges, le marche, 8. Catacombae, Cum mortuis in lingua mortua, 9. The Hut on Fowl's Legs, 10. The Great Gate at Kiev
San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA
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