In the mid 1700s, the Gewandhous Orchestra of Leipzig had no concert hall, their regular venue was the Three Swans Tavern. It became apparent that the atmosphere of the tavern didn't always lend itself to the serious side of music-making, so in the 1780s, they moved to a big hall in a building where textiles were traded...the Garment House, or Gewandhaus. Two pieces by Max Bruch, played by the Gewandhaus Orchestra, on Wednesday's Performance Today.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Emmanuel Chabrier: Suite Pastorale - II. Danse villageoise, allegro risoluto
Vienna Philharmonic; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
Chabrier: Espana, Etc / Gardiner, Wiener Philharmoniker
DG 447751
Johann Adolf Hasse: Sinfonia to Lucio Papirio
Tempesta di Mare; Gwyn Roberts & Richard Stone, artistic directors
Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, PA
Johannes Brahms: Cello Sonata in e minor, Op. 38
Sebastian Baverstam, cello; Constantine Finehouse, piano
Sean Swinney Recording Studio, New York City, NY
Robert Schumann: Traumerei, arr. for orchestra (encore)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Franz Welser-Most, conductor
Gardens, Schonbrunn Palace, Vienna, Austria
Otto Nicolai: Moonrise Chorus, from 'The Merry Wives of Windsor'
Vienna State Opera Chorus Concert Association; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Franz Welser-Most, conductor
Gardens, Schonbrunn Palace, Vienna, Austria
Hour 2
Robert Schumann (arr. Mahler): Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 97 "rhenish" - III. Nicht Schnell
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
Schumann the Complete Symphonies, Mahler Edition
London/Decca 4780037
Ysaye Barnwell: No Mirrors in My Nana's House
Sweet Honey in the Rock
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, St. Paul MN
Aaron Copland: Simple Gifts from American Songs
Joann Falletta, conductor; Robert Shoup, chorusmaster; Virginia Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Ferguson Center for the Arts, Newport News, VA
Giovanni Battista Sammartini: Symphony in D Major, JC 14
Milano Classica, Marcello Scandelli, director and first cello
First Baptist Church, Savannah, GA
Max Bruch: Romance in F Major for Viola and Orchestra, Op. 85
Janine Jansen, viola; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
Mendelssohn, Bruch, Concertos and Romance
Decca 475 8328
Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
Janine Jansen, violin; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
Mendelssohn, Bruch, Concertos and Romance
Decca 475 8328
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